Australian Heavy Industrial Advisory
We build Tier 1 operating systems that turn strategic intent into measurable gains in operational and maintenance performance — across large-scale mining and industrial operations.
Who we are
We are an Australian consulting firm specialising in Operational Excellence across large-scale mining and industrial operations. With deep experience leading strategy, operations, maintenance and technical functions in complex mining environments, we deliver benchmark transformations, measurable gains in operational and maintenance performance, and lasting leadership capability that endures beyond every engagement.
LeanEdge partners with mining and industrial organisations to close the gap between strategic intent and operational performance. We build Tier 1 operating systems through operational excellence frameworks, maintenance and reliability optimisation, improvement governance, and disciplined strategy deployment. Our methods include constraint analysis, process improvement & redesign, operating model optimisation and asset management improvement, proven across complex mining environments and designed to deliver demonstrable impact and tangible value.
Management operating systems and improvement governance, from executive to frontline.
Translating strategic intent into executable plans with measurable outcomes.
Core Practice Areas
Four practice areas spanning the operational value chain — from strategy through to sustained site performance.
Management operating systems, operational excellence frameworks, full-potential programs, benefits-tracked governance and Lean Six Sigma coaching.
Core deliverables:
Strategic Asset Management Plans, lifecycle cost models, PM optimisation, defect elimination and shutdown improvement — targeting uplifts in equipment availability and reduction in maintenance cost.
Core deliverables:
Operational readiness plans, ramp-up assurance, UAT governance and workforce readiness, protecting capital project value by ensuring assets are operational, owned and performing from day one.
Core deliverables:
Strategy deployment, operating model design, process mapping and business case development — translating strategic intent into executable plans with measurable cost and performance outcomes.
Core deliverables:
The Methodology
Our team brings hands-on experience leading operations, maintenance and technical functions in large-scale mining operations. We understand the realities of site delivery, designing every engagement to ensure impact and sustainable performance.
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Leadership alignment, business context and problem definition.
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Operational performance data analysis, maturity and cultural diagnosis, opportunity quantification.
03
Roadmap of delivery, establish value delivery targets, performance targets and capability transfer.
04
PDCA to verify impact, value delivery and benefits validation, sustainability handover and closeout.
A structured, four-phase model that enables effective partnering, delivering tangible value while building lasting operational capability.
What sets us apart
Hands-on operators who understand the realities of site delivery.
Credibility earned on-site
We work alongside your teams with credibility earned on-site, building capability and ownership as we deliver results together.
Measurable outcomes you can track
Every engagement is anchored to measurable operational outcomes; we define success in terms of impact/ value your operation can see and track.
Executive confidence, site adoption
Structured enough for executive confidence, grounded enough for site adoption — our methods are drawn from leading complex mining operations.
By the numbers
We partner directly with the site dispatchers, engineers and maintainers who run the operation every shift — embedding alongside them until the new system is theirs to run.
20+
Years leading large-scale mining operations
50+
Site engagements delivered
In their words
What changes when the operating system holds — in the words of the operators and executives who run it.
LeanEdge didn't hand us a slide deck and leave — they worked alongside our crews on-site, and the operating system was still running long after the engagement ended.
Daniel R.
Operations Manager, Tier 1 iron ore operation
They wired our KPIs from the control room down to the pit. For the first time the whole team could see where performance was being won or lost.
Sarah M.
General Manager – Operations, bulk commodities producer
Maintenance spend came down without trading away reliability, and the asset management plan gave our board real confidence in the capital program.
James T.
Maintenance Superintendent, gold operation
Typical outcomes
Outcomes that show up in your operational and maintenance performance.
Targeted reliability and defect elimination programs.
Optimised strategies and whole-of-life planning.
Readiness discipline from earliest study phase.
Capital planning, structured roadmaps with prioritised actions and clear investment timing.
Leadership & Reputation
Hands-on experience leading operations, maintenance and technical functions in large-scale mining operations.
Director · LeanEdge Resources
Ashley brings hands-on experience leading operations, maintenance and technical functions across large-scale mining operations, and understands the realities of site delivery.
Ashley has spent his career leading operations, maintenance and technical functions across large-scale mining operations, combining an engineering foundation with commercial and asset-management expertise. He founded LeanEdge Resources to help mining and industrial organisations close the gap between strategic intent and operational performance.
Get In Touch
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