Senior Advisor, Operational Excellence — Lead Lean Improvements

Rio Tinto; Labrador City; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-first culture

Career development & education support

Competitive base salary with annual/in

Health and medical programs, pension

Share ownership plan

Paid vacation and parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rio Tinto IOC seeks a Senior Advisor, Operational Excellence in Labrador City to strengthen continuous improvement, operational efficiency and sustainable cultural change. You will partner with Superintendents and leadership teams to prioritise improvements, build problem-solving capability and align initiatives with business priorities.

You will coach leaders in Lean, Six Sigma and MOS, drive maturity checks, and influence stakeholders to embed best practices across the organisation while

Qualifications

• Commitment to safety for yourself and your team.
• Qualification in Engineering, Business or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience applying Operational Excellence, continuous improvement or business improvement methods in mining, processing, manufacturing, metals or another safety-critical industrial environment.
• Practical capability in Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, PDCA and structured problem-solving, with evidence of delivering measurable improvement outcomes.
• Experience coaching operational leaders, influencing stakeholders without direct authority and supporting change across multiple organisational levels.
• Experience managing multiple improvement projects or an initiative portfolio, including prioritisation, governance, risk escalation and benefits tracking.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate high-value business improvement projects using Lean, DMAIC, Kaizen and practical problem-solving methods.
• Guide Superintendents and Supervisors through problem definition, initiative prioritisation, project delivery and benefits tracking.
• Oversee the health of the assigned improvement initiative pipeline, raise risks and support timely portfolio updates.
• Develop project mandates and implementation roadmaps that support Safe Production System deployment, MOS (Management Operating System) and business plans.
• Coach leaders and Green Belt practitioners in Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence methods to build lasting capability.
• Conduct scheduled maturity health checks, translate findings into action plans and support effective follow-through.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple levels to embed best practices, strengthen mindsets and support sustainable behavioural change.
• Manage multiple improvement priorities while tracking outcomes related to safety, efficiency, cost effectiveness and sustainability.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

DMAIC

Kaizen

PDCA

Structured problem-solving

Coaching leaders

Portfolio management

Influencing stakeholders

Safety-critical environment

Education

Engineering, Business or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Office tools

Job description

Rio Tinto IOC seeks a Senior Advisor, Operational Excellence in Labrador City to strengthen continuous improvement, operational efficiency and sustainable cultural change. You will partner with Superintendents and leadership teams to prioritise improvements, build problem-solving capability and align initiatives with business priorities.

You will coach leaders in Lean, Six Sigma and MOS, drive maturity checks, and influence stakeholders to embed best practices across the organisation while