Manager, Improvement
Teck Resources Limited
Americas, Canada, Vancouver
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Salary
$132,000 - $163,000 Per Year
Rank
Senior Manager
Responsibility
Process Roles
Scope
Regional
Workplace
Hybrid
Functions
Environmental Health & Safety
Real Estate/Facilities
Reports to
Head of Improvement
Level
N-3
Travel Max:
25%
Posting Date
11-12-2024
Description
Reporting to the Head of Improvement, the Manager, Improvement is responsible for leading Teck’s Central Improvement Team to deliver operating excellence in partnership with Teck’s operations. Key responsibilities of the position include developing and maintaining a pipeline of value generating engagements; managing the Central Improvement Team to drive sustainable and measurable results; and supporting the efforts of Teck’s operation based continuous improvement teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
- Develop resourcing and execution plans for a pipeline of engagements that balance value delivery and team capacity
- Be accountable for the overall engagement quality and performance of multiple teams each consisting of 2-4 members. Collaborate with team leaders to establish and report out relevant metrics for performance metrics such as KPI impact, end user adoption, schedule, and cost
- Coordinate pipeline development and focus with continuous improvement leaders at Teck operations; develop programs to support Teck’s operation based continuous improvement teams and broadly create a Teck wide community of continuous improvement that is embedded in Teck’s operating system and leadership development programs and drives Teck wide collaboration
- From time to time take on analysis or short engagements from members of Teck’s leadership team
- Drive consistency of engagement teams consisting of BI specialists and team leaders by providing regular feedback and identifying growth opportunities through daily feedback, engagement performance reviews, and bi-annual performance feedback
- Develop people: maintain the Central Improvement Team reputation as a desired and career enhancing place to work for emerging talent by high quality training, impactful engagements and a focus on rotating team members to other high-profile roles at Teck
Qualification & Requirements
- Minimum 5-7 years of professional experience in operations improvement focused management consulting, process improvement, cost reduction, mining operations, or engineering. Exposure to mine operations is considered an asset
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field. Master of Business Administration (MBA) would be considered an asset.
- Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead and motivate cross functional teams, as well as manage third party relationships effectively
- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills, comfortable with Senior leader engagement
- Solid understanding of mining industry fundamentals
- Experience in the deployment of Continuous Improvement Programs within mining industry would be considered an asset
- Excellent at articulating points, and effectively delivering a message
- Experience and understanding of effective change management
- Relationship Builder
- Comfortable with working in ambiguous and unstructured settings
- Experience working in engagement-based, customer focused service models
- Understanding of lean six sigma, agile, and other performance and project management frameworks are considered an asset
- Solid understanding of mining industry fundamentals
- Anticipated travel requirement is approx. 25%
Benefits
- Annual Performance Bonus
- Profit Share Plan
- Health Spending Account
- Personal Spending Account
- Extended Health Care
- Dental and Vision Care
- Employer Paid Pension Plan
- Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
- Paid Sick Leave, Vacation and Holidays
- Virtual Telemedicine and additional support for overall well-being
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Company Profile
Teck Resources Limited
Industry
Mining
Revenue
$11.5B
Employees
12,600
Fortune 500 Rank
NA
Global 500 Rank
NA
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