Conveyor Manager

About Atlas Sand

Headquartered in Austin, TX with operations in Kermit and Monahans, TX, Atlas Sand is the leading provider of frac sand to the Permian Basin. We are proud of what we do – we have state of the art manufacturing facilities, high quality products, outstanding customer service, and exceptional work culture and a commitment to giving back to the community. Atlas was established in 2017 by a team of career oil & gas operators led by Bud Brigham. Since then, we’ve added top industrial sand mining talent and have navigated, grown and innovated our way through the recent ups and downs in the commodity markets. We’re very excited about what we see in front of us, and we think you will be too – so come join the team!

Conveyor Manager

Atlas Sand is in search of a Conveyor Manager to oversee the build and startup of one of a kind overland conveyor in West Texas. The Conveyor Manager will drive the build, commissioning and maintenance of this new transport delivery system. This opportunity is a rare chance to create from the ground floor. This role is multifaceted, high impact and imperative to the success of Atlas Sand.

Responsibilities:

Manage the construction, commissioning, and startup of overland conveyors

Review the designs for new conveyor construction to make sure it is built in a maintainable fashion

Build the Maintenance, Operations and support departments

Manage project progress reports, schedules, risks, costs, logistics, resources and technical objectives required to meet stakeholder’s expectations and corporate financial goals

Participate in scheduled updates with Executive Team and stakeholders

Organize and conduct maintainability and constructability reviews with all major stakeholders prior to project execution

Project management ensuring projects are executed in full compliance with all regulatory requirements of the OSHA and MSHA

Coordinate multiple engineering design/supply organizations

Ensure construction permits are in place in compliance with local regulations

Lead the development and implementation of short, mid, and long-term engineering planning and structures in support of project development and construction activities.

Participate in negotiations with vendors and contractors for purchases of equipment, material and supplies, services and rental of equipment, and resolve budget, schedule and quality issues

Manage all efforts related but not limited to earthworks, concrete and structural works, steel erection, piping, electrical distribution, instrumentation and DCS, equipment installation, commissioning and startup

Track plant reliability and carry out improvements to optimize equipment availability

Execution and monitoring of the project to performance objectives

Qualifications:

Strong technical and leadership experience

Ability to read, understand and redline drawings and schematics

Procurement and warehouse experience

Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Power Point

Extensive experience operating and maintaining conveyor systems, minimum of 7 years

Solid experience managing fixed and mobile equipment maintenance crews

Experience with operating and maintaining long overland conveyors

Experience overseeing engineering designs and managing 3 rd party engineering firms

Experience developing and tracking budgets

Experience in equipment reliability and condition monitoring