Chief Specialist, Smart & efficient manager and Productive & Safe Worker

Maaden Saudi Arabian Mining Company

Riyadh

On-site

SAR 450,000 - 700,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Maaden Saudi Arabian Mining Company seeks a Chief Specialist, Smart & Efficient Manager and Productive & Safe Worker to lead enterprise-scale improvements across operations, HSE, HR and Technology. You will shape roadmaps, translate needs into integrated tech solutions, and drive data-driven value realization for frontline teams and managers.

You will embed safety, enable AI-enabled improvements, and ensure scalable adoption across asset-intensive operations while aligning with Technology &

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management or related field.
15+ years of relevant experience in operations, productivity or technology-enabled improvement.
Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation in asset-intensive environments.

Responsibilities

Shape enterprise strategies and roadmaps for the Smart & Efficient Manager and Productive & Safe Worker domains.
Identify opportunities to simplify work and improve frontline workforce effectiveness.
Establish value drivers and performance measures linking interventions to outcomes.
Embed safety and risk considerations into technology and improvement initiatives.
Enable tech solutions that strengthen safe work practices and risk-based decisions.
Translate workforce needs into integrated, scalable solutions across people, process, data and technology.
Align stakeholders around shared outcomes and measurable requirements.
Provide enterprise technical guidance on workforce productivity and adoption.
Build organizational capability through knowledge transfer and reusable solutions.

Skills

Workforce productivity

Manager optimization

Safety integration

Digital, automation & AI-enabled

Data-driven value realization

Integrated solution design

Continuous improvement

Enterprise stakeholder influence

Change management

Cross-functional facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management

Job description

Job Title: Chief Specialist, Smart & Efficient Manager and Productive & Safe Worker

Reporting To: Director, Technology Development

Business Unit / Function: Technology & Innovation

Department: Technology Enablement

Grade: M13

Why This Role Matters

The Chief Specialist, Smart & Efficient Manager and Productive & Safe Worker shapes how technology enables Ma’aden’s managers and frontline workforce to work more effectively, make better decisions and operate safely. The role provides enterprise technical leadership across two connected domains, translating workforce and operational challenges into scalable technology-enabled solutions.

The role creates value by simplifying work, reducing inefficiencies, improving access to timely information and using digital, automation and data capabilities to strengthen workforce productivity and safety. It connects people, process, technology and operational requirements so that solutions address real business needs and can be embedded into day-to-day ways of working.

As an enterprise domain authority, the role aligns Operations, HSE, HR, Engineering and Technology teams around shared outcomes, accelerating solutions that improve workforce effectiveness while maintaining safety and operational discipline.

What You Will Deliver

Workforce Productivity & Manager Effectiveness

Shape enterprise strategies and roadmaps for the Smart & Efficient Manager and Productive & Safe Worker domains, aligned with operational priorities and Technology & Innovation objectives.
Identify and prioritize opportunities to simplify work, remove process inefficiencies and improve manager and frontline workforce effectiveness.
Establish clear value drivers and performance measures that connect technology-enabled interventions to productivity, efficiency and workforce outcomes.

Safe & Effective Work

Embed safety and risk considerations into the design of workforce technology and operational improvement initiatives.
Enable technology solutions that strengthen safe work practices, workforce awareness and risk-based decision-making.
Integrate productivity and safety requirements so improvements in workforce efficiency reinforce, rather than compromise, safe operations.

Integrated Technology Solutions

Translate manager and frontline workforce needs into integrated solutions spanning people, process, data and technology.
Shape scalable solutions using relevant digital, automation, analytics and AI capabilities to improve decisions and execution.
Ensure solutions are practical for operational environments and designed for effective adoption, integration and scale.

Data, Performance & Value

Use workforce, operational and safety insights to identify performance gaps and prioritize high-value improvement opportunities.
Establish outcome measures, dashboards and value-tracking approaches that demonstrate whether interventions deliver their intended impact.
Use performance evidence and user feedback to refine initiatives, improve adoption and strengthen sustained value realization.

Enterprise Integration & Capability

Align Operations, HSE, HR, Engineering and Technology stakeholders around shared priorities, solution requirements and measurable outcomes.
Provide enterprise technical guidance on workforce productivity, manager effectiveness and technology-enabled safe work.
Build organizational capability through knowledge transfer, reusable solutions and adoption of proven practices across appropriate operations.

What Success Looks Like

Managers and frontline workers spend less time on avoidable, inefficient or fragmented activities and more time on value-adding work.
Technology-enabled interventions deliver measurable improvements in workforce productivity, operational efficiency or decision effectiveness.
Workforce solutions strengthen safe work and risk awareness while meeting operational requirements.
High-value solutions achieve sustained adoption and can be replicated or scaled across applicable operations.
Managers and frontline teams have improved access to relevant information and insights for timely decision-making.
Business, HSE, HR and Technology stakeholders align around common workforce outcomes, priorities and value measures.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management or a related discipline.

Experience

15+ years of relevant experience across operations, operational transformation, productivity improvement, safety or technology-enabled business improvement.
Significant experience in industrial, mining or comparable asset-intensive operating environments.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation, operational excellence or workforce improvement initiatives.
Experience applying digital, data, automation or continuous-improvement approaches to workforce productivity or safety challenges.

Skills That Matter