Director of Process Improvement
(Management & Executives)
Full Time
Viper Mine, Williamsville, IL, Illinois, United States
Job Location: Viper Mine, Williamsville, IL
Overall Job Purpose: Assist and coordinate with mine site management in focusing and prioritizing safety, economic, and process improvement opportunities, facilitating and driving process management activities to proactively identify, communicate, train, and initiate strategies in support of the company's vision and values.
Responsibilities Include:
- Assist mine management in the development of Key Mine Drivers that measure the most critical and leveraging elements at the mines
- Involve areas where top mine management recognizes the best opportunities for economic return
- Target areas for improvement from these Key Mine Drivers
- Hold process improvement meetings with supervisory and hourly personnel
- Work with management to ensure proper communication of goals and plans
- Set up meetings that will include cross-functional personnel such as maintenance, engineering, and operations
- Meet frequently with department heads
- Discuss process improvement
- Monitor progress of various goals and plans
- Attend operational, maintenance, safety, and engineering meetings as needed
- To be informed on issues
- To identify opportunities for improvement
- Provide department heads with a high level review of the status of Key Mine Drivers
- Provide a review of specific goals, targets, and plans to meet mine drivers
- Provide monitoring methods for supervisors and crews on process improvement goals and plans
- Provide short-term targets and progress to give feedback and identify problems
- Visually examine and review selected projects and activities
Required Education & Experience:
Preferred Education & Experience:
- Proven EH & S performance
- Minimum of 5 years of engineering, operations, or maintenance experience
- Familiarity with large-scale CM mine planning and preparation plant facilities
- Strong leadership and presentation skills
- Preference to an individual with an engineering, accounting, or related technical degree
Position will report to: General Manager