Superintendent – Continuous Improvement

Superintendent – Business Improvement

Mount Isa QLD Metallurgical Operations
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Glencore’s North Queensland Operations are seeking an experienced Superintendent – Business Improvement to lead continuous improvement across our operational teams and embed a culture of accountability, discipline and value creation.

This is a key leadership role responsible for driving sustainable performance improvement, delivering genuine cost savings, and ensuring continuous improvement principles are embedded as a core value across the business.

About Mount Isa

For more than 100 years, Mount Isa has been a thriving city and the hub for regional business, transport, services and government in North West Queensland. The city offers a strong sense of community and an excellent lifestyle, with access to dining, cinema and a wide range of outdoor pursuits including fishing, camping and exploring the outback.

At Mount Isa Mines, you can enjoy the best of both worlds — a rewarding career in a world-class operation and a fulfilling lifestyle with the convenience of being home every night.

About Mount Isa Mines

Mount Isa Mines is one of the world’s largest mining complexes, operating two major mining and processing streams — copper and zinc-lead-silver — to deliver natural resources of enduring value to modern society.

We believe in our people and foster a culture of professionalism, ownership and innovation, underpinned by an uncompromising commitment to safety and wellbeing. Our competitive employee rewards program, attractive superannuation and strong focus on professional development set us apart.

Learn more at www.mountisamines.com.au

About the role

Reporting to the Manager – Surface Operations, you will lead the analysis, prioritisation and execution of continuous improvement initiatives across the operation. You will work closely with site leadership, operational teams and Group improvement functions to identify inefficiencies, improve systems and processes, and lift functional capability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching and mentoring teams to deliver against performance targets
• Driving the application of production and continuous improvement processes across the operation
• Leading end-to-end analysis of processes, data, organisation design and systems to identify improvement opportunities
• Coordinating analysis of production performance metrics and benchmarking operational performance
• Building strong cross-functional integration and collaboration across site and Group improvement teams
• Developing and managing a portfolio of operational improvement initiatives
• Coordinating and monitoring approved initiatives through to completion
• Identifying functional capability gaps and implementing actions to enable functional excellence
• Supporting operational leaders to embed continuous improvement as a core value within their teams

About you

• You are a values-driven leader with a strong continuous improvement mindset and the ability to influence across complex operational environment
• A degree in Mining, Metallurgy, Minerals Processing, or a related engineering discipline, or significant demonstrated industry experience leading continuous improvement and change
• Proven experience in continuous improvement, governance or operational excellence
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and commercial acumen
• Solid knowledge of continuous improvement frameworks, systems and reporting tools
• Demonstrated ability to standardise processes and drive compliance
• Excellent communication, engagement and influencing skills

Our values

At Glencore, our people live our values every day:

• Safety – We never compromise on safety
• Integrity – We do what’s right, even when it’s hard
• Responsibility – We take ownership of our actions
• Openness – We communicate honestly and encourage dialogue
• Simplicity – We focus on what matters and avoid unnecessary complexity
• Entrepreneurialism – We embrace new ideas and continuously seek better ways of working

Applications close: 8.00am Monday 23 February