Analyst - Operations

Date: Oct 4, 2024

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company: Kinross Gold Corporation

Start Date ASAP

Hybrid Work Environment (3 days in office, 2 days remote with flexible hours)

Dress Code  Business Casual

Location Downtown Toronto, Outside of Union Station (TTC & GO accessible)

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Who We Are

 

Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our four core values of Putting People First, Outstanding Corporate Citizenship, High Performance Culture, and Rigorous Financial Discipline. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).

 

Mining responsibly is a priority for Kinross, and we foster a culture that makes responsible mining and operational success inseparable. In 2021, Kinross committed to a greenhouse gas reduction action plan as part of its Climate Change strategy, reached approximately 1 million beneficiaries through its community programs, and recycled 80% of the water used at our sites. We also achieved record high levels of local employment, with 99% of total workforce from within host countries, and advanced inclusion and diversity targets, including instituting a Global Inclusion and Diversity Leadership Council.

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Job Description

 

This proposed position aims to support the Global Maintenance, Continuous Improvement and Innovation function in providing a proactive analysis capability to uncover improvement opportunities and work on solving and answering sites maintenance related specific issues that cannot be resolved locally due to existing constraints on resources and/or capabilities 
 

Amongst other activities, the Operations Analyst will support the Corporate Operations Team on developing functional analysis on the different site Continuous Improvement and Asset Management groups to assess improvement opportunities but also detailed comparison of mobile and fixed equipment performance that will ultimately support specific improvement initiatives like: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis, Reliability Analysis, Preventive Maintenance Optimization, etc.  

 

Job Responsibilities

Reporting and Analysis

 

  • Analyze large data sets and make recommendations to uncover business processes and equipment improvement opportunities. 
  • Support the collection and Analysis of information for developing Corporate Maintenance Reports. 
  • Develop new capabilities through the design, creation, and streamlining of all Maintenance reporting and business tools. 
  • Assist in the development of reporting tools to assist with the analysis and understanding of equipment performance at site level. 
  • Assist in the development of Equipment Performance Asset Management Internal and External Benchmarking in order to drive the identification and  implementation of related best practices globally. 
  • Support Asset Management and/or reliability improvement initiatives as needed by the business. 
  • Prepare analysis and deliver recommendations based on sound Asset Management principles. 
  • Prepare analysis for sites on implementation of new tools, technologies and systems related to Maintenance and be able to provide industry best practices recommendations. 
  • Initiate and drive improvements in tools, processes, and training materials. 
  • Deliver adhoc asset management reporting in a time sensitive and fast paced environment as required. 
  • Support specific site studies and improvement initiatives based on priorities defined by the maintenance global team. 
  • Act as implementation support for other global maintenance activities as required. 

 

Demonstrating Corporate Responsibility

 

  • Understand and comply with Kinross’ Environmental, Health & Safety and Supply Chain policies/procedures. 
    Demonstrate awareness, commitment and compliance with Kinross Social Responsibility Policy, always leading by example employing socially responsible behavior with the Communities in which Kinross operates and within the Company. 
  • Comply with and promote the Kinross Way for Maintenance. 
  • Understand and comply with Kinross’ Guiding Principles for Corporate Responsibility. 

 

Requirements

 

Experience

 

  • 1-3 Years of experience performing data analysis for equipment and processes optimization is an asset 
  • 1-3 Years of experience in a natural resource industry, in an area that demonstrates experience in continuous improvements projects and/or the execution of turnarounds and/or strong exposure to innovation concepts and deployment is considered an asset 
  • Must have experience in and intuition for managing ambiguity and uncertainty in an operation’s primary input(s). 
  • Demonstrated experience in participating in the resolution of complex or technical and operational problems 
  • Understanding of project management tools and techniques. 

 

Education & Skillset

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field. 
  • Strong computer skills using Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint. 
  • Experience in the use of data analysis tools like Matlab, Minitab, Maple, etc. an asset 
  • Advanced knowledge of Power BI an asset. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical, planning and organizational skills. 
  • Experience with managing and synthesizing large amounts of data and appropriate tools to do so. 
  • Ability to measure success through data and metrics. 
  • Self-starter with the ability to work both in a team environment and independently. 
  • Proficient at working effectively on multiple projects. 
  • General knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, ORACLE, JDE, etc.) an asset 
  • Desire to work on mine sites directly with heavy machinery.

 

Languages

 

  • Mastery of English: written and spoken. 
  • Proficiency in Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish an asset.

 

Travel Requirements

 

  • Position will require travel to Kinross global operations and suppliers, up to 50% of the time.