Business Excellence Site Rep, Surface, Operations

Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Apply deadline: 30 Apr 2012
Location: NV-Winnemucca,USA

Job Description:

Description

 Welcome to Newmont, a leading gold producer with operations on five continents. Employing approximately 34,000 employees and contractors worldwide, Newmont operates core assets in North America, South America, Australia, Indonesia, and Ghana, with new mine projects currently being developed. Newmont is committed to high standards and leadership in the areas of environmental management and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities. Newmont's four mining operations in Nevada include the Carlin Trend complex - the most prolific gold field in the Western hemisphere - located 40 miles west of Elko; the Twin Creeks mine is located 15 miles north of Golconda; the Lone Tree complex near the town of Valmy; and the Phoenix and Midas mines both located near Battle Mountain. Our Nevada properties operate as an integrated unit, and together, they boast the widest variety of processing methods, including Open Pit, Underground, and Process mining. Safety - At Newmont, the occurrence of any injury is unacceptable. The Company invests significant resources in managing safety risks as it strives to achieve an injury-free workplace. Environmental - The Nevada sites have won numerous awards for environmental preservation, and for restoring thousands of acres of wildlife and fish habitat. Community - Our Nevada operations contribute money and expertise to help sustain nearby communities, improve access to health care and promote education. Newmont provides a competitive salary, a relocation package, and an outstanding employee benefit package that includes an annual incentive bonus, comprehensive medical and dental plans, a company sponsored medical clinic, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, pension plan, paid time off plan, a 401k retirement savings program, and paid holidays.  This compensation package coupled with an extended mine life makes Newmont a great employment opportunity. Plays a fundamental role in ensuring the Company realizes the full value of MOS and CI improvements. Position plays a key role in both the health and continuous improvement of a mine site MOS deployment and Business Excellence efforts. Essential job duties include:

• Ensure that improvements made to the mine’s MOS (implementation) and BE results are sustained and work to continuously identify gaps and opportunities to improve the overall business at the site (the MOS as defined by the Newmont MOS Blueprint and CI projects).
• Ensure MOS maturity of 3 maintained/improved for the site. Ensure MOS Maturity evaluations (2 times/year) are completed and summarized for Management review.
• Ensure MOS support issues are resolved internally within established benchmarks.
• Maintain up-to-date MOS documentation which reflects the Newmont Global MOS Blueprint
• Coordinate with other key inter Newmont departments (Financial, IT, Process Owners, etc).
• Conduct MOS audits and summarize them for Management to monitor MOS health.
• Ensure Continuous Improvement ideas are entered into the Sigma Flow Insights database. Provide CI support. Ensure the Value Chain Model is updated and used for CI project selection at the site.
• Serve as an expert in the Global MOS Blueprint and its associated Systems, Tools, Processes and Enablers, and CI. Responsible for coaching/training users in these MOS elements and working to improve the MOS maturity (sustainability)
• Ensure the site MOS remains aligned to the Global Blueprint and Regional requirements as MOS matures at all levels.
• Contribute to a Global and Regional Newmont Best Practices MOS community
• Integration with other initiatives and BE efforts such as Pangaea, Business Excellence (CI, OSS (AMT), Business Readiness), ESR/HSLP ( IMS, Safety Journey, Safety Task Force), Capital Effectiveness, CI, and HR (Leadership Pipeline, PMT, Job Descriptions, Skills Matrix, Training).
• Be a Go-To Person ensuring Newmont MOS Tools, Systems, Processes and Enablers remain functional and are enhanced over time as requirements change.
• Coordinate MOS Audits and Maturity Evaluations. Ensure Audits are conducted to the quality and frequency required. Ensure Audit results are and made available and used by Management. Ensure MOS users receive coaching and constructive feedback.
• Coach building Monthly Priorities from Tactical Plan & emerging issues. Assist and coordinate updating the Tactical Plan on a quarterly basis. Assist and facilitate the development of the Tactical Plan annually.
• Coach employees on site in the continuous identification of gaps and opportunities to improve the MOS and ensuring the use of management tools holds to the standards of the Newmont MOS Blueprint.
• Ensure an employee development program for MOS users is documented, executed, and accurate

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

 

Qualifications

 

Minimum of eight (8) years relevant experience

• Sufficient status to influence other employees on MOS
• Respected by Management
• Respected by Peers
• Understanding of Newmont Global MOS Blueprint
• Understanding of MOS management Tools/Enablers (RAAM, Tactical Planning, Monthly Priorities, Meeting Flow Matrix, Auditing Tools, RCA, AMT, Value Chain Model, BE Project Life Cycle (Sigma Flow Insights – CI idea capture), PDCA principals application, Other Tools (5Ps, Electronic Shift Logs, Meeting Charters, etc).
• Understanding of Mine site budgeting processes
• Experience with managing and leading small teams effectively
• Good “training/coaching” skills. Ability to work with sites to adopt changes
• Able to work independently as well as within a team environment
• Self-motivated, with the ability to set and meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong time management and personal organization skills
• Computer skills and data analysis capabilities

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