Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent (Ug)

Job Title: Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent (UG)

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Who We Are

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team

Our Newfoundland and Labrador Operations are an integrated mining, milling, and processing operation. Nickel concentrate from the fly-in, fly-out Voisey’s Bay operation is shipped to our state-of-art Long Harbour Processing Plant where it is refined into low-carbon and high-purity nickel rounds, cobalt rounds and copper cathodes.

The Opportunity

Vale recognizes the Impacts and Benefits Agreements with the Innu Nation and the Nunatsiavut Government in which Innu and Inuit workers have first preference for employment at the Voisey’s Bay Mine Site. This is guided by an adjacency principle that first gives preference to those who live on the coast of Labrador, followed by those residing in the rest of Labrador, those residing on the island of the province, followed by the rest of Canada.

Next, priority will be given to Newfoundland and Labrador residents. We also welcome those who are willing to relocate back home and those looking to make NL their permanent home.

We are currently seeking a Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent (UG) to join our Fixed Plant Maintenance department in Voisey’s Bay, NL. This is a permanent position.

This position is based at the Voisey’s Bay mine site in Labrador, a fly-in fly-out operation. This position is on a one week on, one week off rotation.

The Maintenance Superintendent directs and supervises the activities of the Maintenance group and is mainly responsible for the activities of the group – including recruitment, planning, and maintenance expenditures. They also lead maintenance activities with other groups and departments to ensure needs are being met in a timely manner. The department is responsible for the maintenance of all Fixed Plant and surface and underground mobile equipment at the mine site.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

• Manage and prepare the Mine Maintenance Annual Budget.
• Assure maintenance is performed to assure mine production targets are met.
• Handle fixed/mobile equipment maintenance contracts with vendors.
• Evaluate and recommend equipment repair and/or replacement.
• Support, implement, and communicate Safe Operations, company policies and procedures.
• Provide direct supervision to electrical and mechanical supervisors, planners and coordinators.
• Develop and implement strategies for controlling, optimizing, and improving the efficiency of the maintenance functions.
• Evaluate equipment performance and use the knowledge to develop and improve maintenance strategies.
• Establish processes to collect and analyze data on fixed equipment to improve performance.
• Manage training program to keep all mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel up-to-date in technical upgrades and/or improvements to the maintenance techniques.
• Promote effective working relationships with all departments to improve the performance of the core business.
• Work closely with the Mine Operations Superintendent and their teams to ensure that analytical results meet their business requirements in terms of timing and accuracy and reproduce the results.

About You

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology Diploma, or a relevant trade, and/or Journeyperson Red Seal in a relevant trade.
• P.Eng. is preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a mining/processing maintenance environment combined with leadership experience.

Skills:

• Knowledge of open pit and underground mining is considered an asset.
• Previous experience in a fly in/fly out environment is considered an asset.
• Solid budgeting abilities.
• Knowledge of and experience with maintenance strategies.
• General knowledge of warehousing and procurement.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural workforce.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SAP.
• Familiarity with working in a unionized environment.

What We Offer You

• Competitive salary and on-site premiums
• Opportunity to earn an annual Employee Bonus
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans, and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• All Personal Protective Equipment is provided upon hire. Employees are given a safety boot allowance and receive a 100% reimbursement for prescription safety glasses
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
• Opportunities to grow your career in a large global company, and mining industry leader
• Online training and career development opportunities

Include to Transform

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

Interested applicants must submit their application online at https://vale.eightfold.ai/careers. Innu Nation members and Nunatsiavut beneficiaries can also submit their application to their Vale Aboriginal Employment Coordinator.

Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation to enable you participate in our recruitment process, please email us at vnlrecruitment@vale.com.

Pay Grade: 15V

Apply by: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

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