Operational Excellence Specialist

Hays is seeking Expressions of Interest for a temporary assignment as an Operational Excellence Specialist.

About the role:
This temporary assignment will be with a tier 1 mining company that is a global leader in the production of copper, nickel and Iron Ore. The anticipated duration is 6 to 12 months with permanent opportunities, based on performance.
The Operational Excellence Specialist role is a great opportunity to work within the broader improvement community, while exposing yourself to everyday operational challenges and further developing your Mining Industry acumen and network.

Responsibilities include:

• Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable improvement;
• Drive continuous improvement and embed sustainable capability and maturity of the Operating System from frontline to leadership;
• Assess and recommend focus areas and activities with a focus on unlocking value and removing processes waste;
• Facilitate collaborative problem-solving sessions with the frontline and leaders to identify and solve problems at the root cause;
• Continue to guide and work with relevant stakeholders to build, test and deploy practical solutions to improve work methods;
• Work collaboratively with a broad stakeholder customer base to identify and manage key safety, culture, cost and productivity improvement projects.

What you'll need to succeed:

• High level of demonstrated teamwork skills, curiosity, proactiveness and a positive can-do attitude;
• High level of demonstrated power of influence and resilience;
• Critically observing, coaching and providing feedback on improved ways of working;
• Ability to engage with all levels of the business, from frontline employees to higher level management;
• Strong critical reasoning and ability to facilitate problem-solving sessions to identify the root cause of problems and explore opportunities to implement Continuous Improvement tools;
• Good analytical skills and ability to synthesise operational data into risks, insights and recommendations;
• Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement experience will be highly regarded;
• Mining operational background preferred;
• The ability to pass a pre-employment medical, if applicable;
• A current National Police Check;
• Full Australian working rights;
• Currently reside in Western Australia.

What you'll get in return:

• Opportunity to work with a tier 1 mining company.
• 5:2;4:3 Roster.
• Competitive hourly rate.
• Permanent opportunities, pending performance.
• Weekly pay cycle.
• Super paid for all hours worked.

What you need to do now: 
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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