warehouse associate

Reporting to the Lead, Operating Excellence, the Specialist, Operating Excellence is responsible for supporting key improvement initiatives. As a practitioner in Continuous Improvement (CI), you will evaluate site opportunities, benchmark site performance, and promote prioritized initiatives.

To be successful, we are looking for someone who has strong capabilities to find solutions and make strong judgments and decisions through analysis of quantitative and qualitative information. Someone who has the ability to think critically about business problems, build business cases and communicate succinctly to various audiences. Our environment is fast-paced and dynamic, therefore the ability to manage changing priorities in a detail-oriented and organized manner is crucial. Above all else, you will have excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills, and can build and maintain successful relationships with partners across the company.

Join us in the breathtaking Elk Valley of British Columbia. Here you will find outdoor adventure at your fingertips. Whether its biking and skiing, or the laid-back atmosphere of fishing and hiking, there is something for everyone! Working a compressed work week with alternating Fridays off, come experience what work life balance is all about!

Responsibilities:

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Lead and manage process improvement projects to drive efficiency, reduce waste, and improve quality
• Work with operating departments to evaluate ideas, champion organizational change strategies, and sustain initiatives
• Coach idea owners to implement business improvement projects
• Identify potential opportunities and initiatives to apply and improve site performance through the application of an in-depth understanding of the mining business, key cost centers, business drivers and validate reported benefits against a common framework and methodology
• Facilitate idea generating sessions to identify, establish root cause, and resolve problems
• Design and implement performance management reports and visual management tools
• Promote site-wide culture of Operating Excellence and the sharing of site successes that can be actioned across our operations

Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance, Mining, Engineering, Business, or Processing
• Minimum two years’ experience in CI or operating excellence environment using Lean, Six Sigma, or other CI processes; mining or industrial environment is an asset
• Experience analyzing large volumes of data to identify root causes, measure KPI performance, and identify key takeaways and solutions
• Excellent digital proficiency, particularly in advanced excel, Power BI, SQL, and Python

Benefits:

Teck employees receive a competitive compensation package that includes, but is not limited to, base salary plus the following benefits:

• Two Annual Bonus Plans
• Comprehensive Benefits Plan
• Retirement Package
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Health Lifestyle Account

Salary Range: $101,000 - $125,000

The actual base salary offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.

Successful candidates must be willing to satisfy the pre-employment requirements of a pre-employment drug screen and three professional references.

About Teck

At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal and zinc.

Teck has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and is one of Canadas Top Employers for Young People.

The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. Teck has been recognized as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights and is ranked #1 in the Metals and Mining industry on the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI).

Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.