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To strengthen our Group Industrial Performance Team based in Limelette, Belgium, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of Industrial Performance Junior Specialist (VIE).

About the role

As a Industrial Performance Junior Engineer (VIE), you will report to our Manufacturing Excellence Senior Manager and be part of the Technical & Manufacturing Team. You will be working in a Global Company in a Team having a global scope, in touch and learn many aspects of Lime Manufacturing, from Mining, Processes and Maintenance, contributing to Lhoist Maintenance & Process Excellence programs and exposed to our Global experts while contributing to on-site project.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Maintain & facilitate access to Lhoist Manufacturing documentation. Objective is to guide teams finding proper documentation to help them optimize operating (Process and/or Maintenance).
• Make best use of IT infrastructure and AI capabilities (in partnership with Group IT) to increase access of employees to Lhoist global know-How and support performance.
• Promote usage of collaboration tools published within Communities of Practice (COPs) and stimulate the sharing of good practices (Flashlights)
• Maintain existing performance / benchmarking dashboarding and further develop insights for performance management, retrieving data from SAP (and other) systems.
• Support development of new Performance Dashboards for Electrical Power Consumption
• Support Development of Dashboards/Analytical tools for Emissions Abatement technologies (linked to EU Industrial Emissions Directive).
• Provide insights for performance improvement, using advanced data-analytics tools
• Support the Group Industrial Performance Team in:
  • Developing templates – supporting documents for training /onboarding.
  • Collecting practices to generate and maintain Practice Heatmaps
  • Contributing in Global Webinars preparation
• Support the Group Industrial Performance Team in conducting ad-hoc projects in/with the operations. (e.g. use-case mobility, use-case APC…)

About you:

• You hold a master’s degree in industrial, Process, Chemical, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or relevant fields.
• You are autonomous but also eager to learn from others and develop in the area of process and/or maintenance.
• You are literate in advanced Data analytics and AI solutions
• You have good knowledge of MS Excel and Power BI tools.
• You are pragmatic and enjoys analytical and organizational tasks.
• You are agile, can easily adapt in new environments and situations.
• You can interact with different business units and seniority levels.
• You are a people-oriented person with excellent communication skills (both orally and written).
• Languages: English is a must, French or another language is a plus.

About the VIE Program

V.I.E. Program (volontariat international en entreprise), is an international graduate program that allows EU graduates working with a team of experts abroad. The program is minimum 1 year with a possibility of renewal and hire. By joining our VIE Program, you will have several opportunities to work on projects that directly impact the organization and become a qualified professional in your field.

Why join Lhoist?

We are passionate about the business we have been in for more than a century. As a private company, we believe in continuity and look for people with a long-term vision to help us to grow. That could be you! At Lhoist, people matter. Our employees’ ongoing efforts to innovate and seek out new opportunities as well as their achievements, have brought about our global success and growth. We appreciate and reward them for that.

Our 6.400 employees in more than 25 countries create everyday solutions for a sustainable future. Reducing our carbon footprint is part of our overall commitment to develop Lhoist as a sustainable company. As a market leader in the industrial sector, it is our responsibility to plan ahead and be a part of this global transition from the start. Our strategy takes into account our three major pillars of sustainable development: planet, people and profit.

At Lhoist, we have more than 50 nationalities. Diversity and inclusion are fundamentals to stand by our values, achieving our business goals and building a stronger group.

Come and join us!