Principal, Business Improvement
Listed on 2026-10-22
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Engineering
Operations Management
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Company: South
32 Group Operations Pty. Ltd.
At South
32, we’re meeting the challenge of enabling a sustainable future through our focus on responsibly producing commodities critical for a low-carbon world.
As a collaborative, caring and inclusive company, there’s no better place to make a genuine difference. Together we’re making a positive, global impact that has the potential to change lives.
Whatever career path you choose, we’ll support you every step of the way to learn, grow and succeed. So join us, step towards a brighter future and leave your legacy.
ABOUT HermosaHermosa, located approximately 75 miles south-east of Tucson, Arizona, is the only advanced mining project in the United States as of 2023 that could produce two federally designated critical minerals—manganese and zinc—as well as silver and lead. The project has the potential to help power the nation’s clean energy future, strengthen the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, grow the local economy, and improve lives in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding community for generations to come.
WHATSOUTH
32 OFFERS
- Annual short-term incentive bonus that recognizes both your individual performance and the overall success of the business.
- When you choose to contribute more into your retirement savings, South
32 will match it up to a certain percentage. - South
32 provides you with 4 weeks paid time off. - 12 weeks full-paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks full-paid parental leave for secondary carers
THE ROLE
The Principal, Business Improvement role will play a key leadership role in designing, implementing, and sustaining the Hermosa Operating System while driving continuous improvement acrossthe project and future operation. Working closely with project leaders and cross-functional stakeholders, you will help shape how the business plans, measures performance, identifies opportunities, and delivers value.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the development of a major mining project from construction through operations, establishing the processes, governance, and improvement culture that will support long-term operational excellence. This role is based at the Hermosa mine site near Patagonia, AZ.
Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:Operating System
Lead the development of the Hermosaoperational MOS by partnering with project resources and external resourcesfromscoping throughdevelopmentand implementation
Provide support to embed theHermosa
Operating System across functions and operations
Act as the operation champion and coach for the Hermosa and global
Operating Systems, educating, raising awareness, and providing feedback to the central Innovation & Business Optimisation team.
Support capability-building in the Operating System practices
Support the designofoverall visualisation and implementationapproach for the Hermosa MOS
Business Improvement Future State DevelopmentSupport theplanningof the future state of the Hermosa Business Improvement team
Partner with Hermosapersonnel, other South
32 Operations,and global functions todevelop a framework for Hermosa Life of Operation (LoOP) planning routines
Collaborate with other Operations to ensure
Hermosa’simprovementroutinesincorporate learning sand align with Hermosa’s mine of the future vision.
Perform annual full potential diagnostics to inform maximum technical capability (MTC) and set improvement targets andidentifykey focus areas based on highest value opportunities.
Govern and manage the operation improvement pipeline to ensure sufficient pipeline health, cadence of initiative delivery and gap closure to…
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