Process Improvement Specialist

What You’ll Do

Visit plants to prioritize, coordinate, and participate in process and improvement reviews.

• Work with plant managers and area managers monthly to check goal progress, review plant KPIs and cost performance, develop short-term improvement actions, and follow up on projects.
• Collaborate with other support functions (Central Services, Procurement, Finance, Mining and Geology, etc.) to ensure a coordinated approach on projects, engineering, and management of outside resources.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time.
• Set production targets (production and cost) for each plant segment and assist local management with understanding growth areas and their impact on the bottom line.
• Define key performance metrics and ensure standardization in data collection to drive a clear and transparent view of operational success.
• Ensure assigned plants comply with company policies, practices, and standards, including ARC Flash, Electrical Upgrades, and Automation Upgrades.
• Ensure all employees understand available tools and resources, including system capabilities for pulling historical information.
• Maintain relationships with general managers, area managers, and plant managers to define, develop, share, and drive implementation of best practices.
• Champion continuous improvement by collecting and organizing information to identify process improvement opportunities through plant site visits and reviews.
• Utilize innovation and historical information to make high-quality, informed decisions.
• Conduct process engineering for projects such as conveyor installs and pit moves, including control system automation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Understanding of data analytics.
• Two years of experience in a heavy industrial, civil/mechanical engineering, or mining environment.
• Experience with aggregate facilities engineering; industrial experience is preferred.
• Ability to effectively influence change and maintain relationships with key internal and external customers.
• Project management skills to lead safe and timely completion of projects at or below budget, and control scope to avoid cost creep or expansion.
• Mentoring skills to coordinate the training and development of operations personnel.
• Ability to work in all climate environments.

Business Planning

Participates in developing short- and long-term business plans, forecasting performance against key metrics, preparing justifications and AFEs for major projects, and estimating the financial and human resources needed to achieve performance goals.