Lead, Safe Production System (SPS)

Lead, Safe Production System (SPS)

• Be part of the journey to become Best Operator

• Upskill the line management, Business Improvement (BI) / Operational Excellence (OE) teams, Safe Production Centric Teams (SPCT), COO teams to reach excellence in the mastery of SPS tools and Mindset & Behaviors

• Opportunity based in Labrador City.

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor SPS to join the Global SPS function to drive systematic improvements to Rio Tinto’s Triple Bottom Line (People, Planet, Profit). Working in the D&T – SPS Gobal team, you will partner with our product groups to help our people to achieve better performance as operators and leaders and help make our operations safer, more reliable and productive. The Global SPS function will do this by developing and supporting the implementation of the Rio Tinto Safe Production System and partnering with the Product Groups to enable and support their improvement pathway.

Reporting to the General Manager SPS Atlantic East, you will be part of a team of advisors and experts in the Safe Production system, Lean tools, and the Mindsets and Behaviors process, which embodies and promotes operational excellence. This key role will provide a career building opportunity for people who want to make an impact and truly make a difference.

This role is a great opportunity for operational and functional team members who thrive on travelling to site and sharing knowledge between sites, product groups and functions. You will:

• Improve performance by facilitating assessments in the sites and supporting leaders (managers, super intendants) to pick up the right tools/behaviors to realize sustainable breakthroughs.

• Develop site leaders, OE/BI and SPS delivery teams on Problem-solving, waste-elimination and Kaizen through training, coaching and facilitation of complexes events.

• Change the culture by leading by exemplarity and coaching the Lean attitude and SPS Mindset & Behaviors.

• Facilitate training sessions (ie: SPS training workshops on Best Practices)

• Support the COO Design and Capability Teams to develop benchmark Best Practices and training material that will support our journey to Best Operator.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to safety, respect and to our 3 core values (Care, Courage, Curiosity)

• A significant experience of operations/maintenance/leadership preferably in the automobile industry or any other lean leading industry.

• Extensive experience in Operational Excellence, with expertise in PDCA, Lean methodologies, complex problem-solving, waste elimination, and Kaizen.

• Ambassadors of change, you have a strong ability to instill the will to change in others.

• Autonomous, hands-on and result oriented.

• Be required to travel occasionally

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your passion, and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• Health and medical programs, pension and savings plans

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts

• Eligible for company benefits

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