Senior Coordinator, Improvement
Logan Lake, British Columbia, CA
Full Time
1 day ago
$122,000 - $150,000 CAD
Key skills
PythonSQLAnalyticsBIBusiness IntelligencePower BILeadershipCommunication
About this role
Location: Logan Lake, BC, Canada
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Workplace Type: On-site
About Highland Valley Copper
Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Operations is Canada’s largest open-pit copper mine and molybdenum operation. HVC produces both copper and molybdenum concentrate through autogenous and semi-autogenous grinding and flotation.
Located approximately 17 kilometers west of Logan Lake and about 50 kilometers southwest of Kamloops in British Columbia, the surrounding areas of HVC have an abundant offering of outdoor experiences.
Role Overview
As Canada’s largest diversified mining company, Teck is committed to providing the world with essential resources safely and sustainably. We have a rich history of consistently driving innovation, harnessing cutting-edge technology, and cultivating a dynamic environment that empowers our employees to shape the future.
Embrace Courageous Safety Leadership (CSL): At Teck, safety is a core value, central to our work culture. Through programs like CSL, we empower every employee to be a safety leader, fostering a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. As part of our team, you'll contribute to sustaining this safety-first environment, where speaking up and driving positive changes are not just encouraged but expected.
The Senior Improvement Coordinator is a key member of Highland Valley Copper’s (HVC) Improvement Team, reporting to the Superintendent, Improvement. This small, site-based group partners with departments across the operation to develop, execute, and sustain continuous improvement initiatives that deliver measurable business value.
Experience in this role will set you up for success for future opportunities within the company. Success will require a blend of analytical and interpersonal skills. Your analytical skills will allow you to tackle large and ambiguous business problems through hypothesis-driven approach, while your interpersonal skills will allow you to contribute to cross-functional teams, such as mining engineers, mine operations and continuous improvement specialists, to develop, implement and sustain novel solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures.
- Communicate with stakeholders to provide updates, feedback, and scope adjustments for improved efficiency.
- Be the primary source of reliable data and rock-solid analysis, providing the fact base the team uses to make decisions
- Develop implementation plans for portfolio of initiatives that have clear business cases and buy-in from key stakeholders, aligned with HVC’s strategic pipeline
- Track the performance of improvement initiatives via key metrics such as KPI impact, end user adoption, schedule & cost.
- In addition, collaborate with teams to proactively identify risks, issues and/or opportunities to ensure the maximum business value delivered.
- Act as a core resource in ranging exercises, predictive analytics, performance reporting, economic modelling, and value chain mapping to help Teck leaders make data driven decisions.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5-7 years of professional in process improvement, cost reduction, mining operations or heavy industry, engineering, and planning.
- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong facilitation skills to enable participative discussions and learning among department members
- Enthusiastic and driven by interacting with other teams
- Experience with databases, data analytics, and business intelligence tools (SQL, Power BI, Python)
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field
- Solid understanding of fundamentals of mining industry
Pay Range: CAD $122,000 - $150,000 per year
The actual amount offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.
Working Conditions:
- Location: Highland Valley Copper is a 50-minute drive from Kamloops, which has all of the comforts of city living and is also close to Merritt, Ashcroft, and Logan Lake, which all exude a small town community atmosphere.
- Access: This is a drive-in/drive-out role. Most employees commute to site by car, and carpooling is common among team members.
Why Teck
At Teck, your work matters—to the world, to our communities and to your future.
As a leading Canadian resource company, we focus on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love. We do this guided by our values that, together, form The Teck Way. At Teck, you’ll find purpose-driven work, a culture of respect and inclusion, and the opportunity to grow your career while helping build a better world.
Apply with us
Take the next step in your career by applying for the Senior Coordinator, Improvement role. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn’t match every requirement. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free hiring process. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
Requisition ID: 54147 | Job Category: Mining, Milling & Smelting Operations | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Location: Highland Valley Copper | Workplace Type: #LI - On-site