Management Consultant

Operational Excellence: Mining, Utilities & Manufacturing

Type: Full-time/Contract |

Travel: Significant

Compensation: $110-175,000 CND

About Solara Partners

Solara Partners is a boutique management consulting firm specializing in mining & metals, utilities, and manufacturing. We don’t hand off a slide deck and walk away. We embed directly with our clients’ teams, on-site, and stay until the results are real and the capability to sustain them is built.

The Role

We’re growing our consulting team and looking for a Management Consultant with hands-on operational excellence experience in mining, utilities, or manufacturing. You’ll work embedded within client operations, diagnosing performance gaps, designing and implementing improvement initiatives, and coaching client teams.

This is a client-facing, delivery-focused role. You won’t be writing recommendations from a distance. You’ll be on the plant floor, in the pit, or on the line, working alongside operators and frontline leaders to change how the work actually gets done.

What You'll Do

Diagnose operational performance gaps using value stream mapping, bottleneck analysis, and data analytics

Design and implement process optimization initiatives, visual management systems, and continuous improvement programs

Build and embed Management Operating Systems (MOS), KPI hierarchies, and performance dashboards that connect strategy to frontline execution

Lead change management efforts, driving adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working across client organizations

Coach and develop client teams’ internal capabilities so improvements are sustained after the engagement

Support project management of multi-workstream improvement initiatives,



from scoping through delivery

Communicate findings, progress, and recommendations clearly to operators, frontline leaders, and senior client executives alike

What You Bring

Consulting or operational experience in mining, utilities, or manufacturing (direct exposure to plant, mine, or field operations is highly valued)

Professional fluency in Spanish and/or French (English required); strong asset given Solara’s international client base

Demonstrated change management, coaching, or facilitation skills; comfortable driving adoption and behavior change at all levels of an organization

At least one of the following certifications (or a combination): Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Prosci Change Management, Supply Chain (e.g., CSCP/CPIM), PMP, or an MBA or similar

Strong analytical skills with comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving operational environments

Willingness and ability to travel extensively and work embedded on client sites for extended periods

Nice to Have

Prior experience in a boutique or embedded-delivery consulting model

Familiarity with mining, process optimization, digital transformation, or real-time analytics tools in an industrial setting

Track record of leading or contributing to measurable, large-scale operational improvement results

Why Solara Partners

Work directly alongside senior partners on every engagement, with no junior-led delegation

Join a small, high-impact team where your contributions are visible and valued

Deliver real, measurable results rather than reports that sit on a shelf

Exposure to high-stakes, high-visibility engagements across mining, utilities, and manufacturing global

Competitive compensation and bonus structure

Generous advantages package

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