Hellas Gold Single Member S.A. is a mining company for gold, silver, lead, and zinc, headquartered in Athens. Since 2004, it has been responsibly and safely developing and operating the Kassandra Mines in NE Halkidiki under the strictest environmental terms. The Kassandra Mines consist of three mining projects: the Stratoni-Mavres Petres Mine, the Olympias Mine, and the Skouries Project. Continuing a 25-century mining history, Hellas Gold invests in the sustainable development of the Kassandra Mines, boosting economic growth and contributing to the prosperity of the local community with investments exceeding $3 billion, employing over 2,000 workers, actively supporting local suppliers, and making significant investments in local community support initiatives and projects. Since 2012, it operates as a subsidiary of Eldorado Gold Corporation, a Canadian mining company with over 30 years experience in the exploration, development, and operation of mines worldwide.
We live our values in pursuit of our purpose: to find a better way to do things. We aim to break new ground in all that we do. We do this by creating a positive impact today, and for future generations, through our commitment to operating safely, sustainably, and profitably.
The company offers the opportunity to those who wish to express interest in the position of “Continuous Improvement Project Manager (Διαχειριστής/ρια Έργων Συνεχούς Βελτίωσης)”, for its premises in Chalkidiki. The position will report to the Head of Continuous Improvement of the Continuous Improvement department, 100% based in Olympiada.
Main Responsibilities:
- Analyze current processes to identify opportunities with final goals to increase productivity, lower cost and/or increase revenue. Opportunities can consist of e.g. new methods, equipment and/or technologies.
- Encourage ideas coming from the organization
- Together with Stakeholders and Finance create a project charter that will be a basis for decision-making. The important part is to measure progress, find key KPI’s, define a baseline and target for each KPI.
- Together with cross functional teams, lead the project according to the Continuous Improvement Process, decided timeline and budget.
- Safety is an integrated part of Continuous Improvement and safety measures e.g. Risk Analysis should be done and updated continuously.
- Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project reporting to Stake Holder and Head of Continuous improvement.
- Work with key business stakeholders, to fully implement continuous improvement projects that will be assigned from the departmental prioritization matrix
- Assist and lead in LEAN, 6σ, Just-do-it process improvement workshops and Kaizen events.
- Identify trends and process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement monitoring system
- Assist in the development and implementation of a ‘best-in-class’ continuous improvement strategy
- Assist in changing initiatives from evolution/efficiency identification through project delivery via internal governance and controls.
- Work with other team members and business services departments to devise new support material based on the revised processes, to include training, reporting and systems enhancements.
- Actively monitor project risks to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address in advance.
- Ensure the business impact and project objectives/dependences are identified, reported and always managed.
Requirements:
- University Degree in Mining Eng, Chemical Eng, Automation or in Finance with proven experience in senior positions
- Μinimum 5-7 years proven experience in a similar role or in a leading role in Technology or process managemen
- Excellent communication skills.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong processes understanding in the mining sector.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet targets on time.
- Excellent user of Excel, Power Point, BI, outlook, Visio, Access.
- Very good knowledge of New Technology implementation.
Our company offers a competitive remuneration package that includes an attractive combination of salary and benefits, as well as opportunities for development in a challenging work environment.
Inclusion and Diversity
Hellas Gold is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential.
If you are looking for a global and dynamic environment, please send us your CV in English.