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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 Utilities Maintenance team consists of a combination of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers and a variety of Industrial Trades fulfilling our Maintenance Technician, Apprentice, and Planning roles. The team is responsible for providing both preventative and corrective maintenance across the Voisey's Bay Mine Site including the Port Facilities, Material Handling and Conveyor Equipment, Major and Minor HVAC systems, Accommodations and Service Complex buildings, as well as Power Generation Facilities and Infrastructure.
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 Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineerto join our Utilities 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 two week on, two week off rotation.
The Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will provide Maintenance Engineering expertise in the Utilities Maintenance department encompassing the mechanical systems and components supporting power generation, electrical distribution, surface infrastructure for mine ventilation, raw water, fresh water and sewage treatment. The Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will lead in improving the overall equipment performance and reducing costs through establishment and implementation of proactive and reactive plant maintenance improvement programs. Moreover, the Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will lead the development of maintenance team skills in improvement related activities, continuously monitor and analyze equipment performance, and facilitate improvement projects based on this data. Additionally, in this position, you will:
- Analyze Equipment performance and investigate trends to assist with development of maintenance plans.
- Evaluate new technologies for condition monitoring programs/initiatives and provide necessary input in the selection process (including vendors).
- Establish performance monitoring standards to meet Uptime and Availability targets.
- Develop and maintain Utilities Maintenance KPI reports that includes explanation of variances and trends.
- Develop and issue Engineering Work Requests.
- Evaluate Equipment Design improvements and coordinate them with Central Engineering.
- Coordinate with Operations, Procurement, Maintenance, Project Engineering, and OEMs as required.
- Provide input for Equipment Capital Expenditures – design for Maintainability and Reliability.
- Support Shutdowns as required/needed.
- Support stakeholders with Troubleshooting complex problems.
- Apply value analysis (cost vs. benefit) in making maintenance decisions concerning repair, replacement, or redesign of equipment and systems.
- Provide counsel to Operations and Maintenance groups to assist in continuous improvement in key areas of person hours, materials, methods, machinery, and legal compliance.
- Routinely contribute to the planning of realistic production capacity based upon analysis of preventive/predictive maintenance time needs, repair histories, inspection reports, and reliability block analysis.
- Update Equipment operation and maintenance plans to optimize its life-cycle strategies and improve plant performance and maintain a precision maintenance library for use in Predictive Maintenance updates.
- Manage Risk Based Inspection Program for development of long-range plans.
- Assist the Utilities Maintenance Superintendent with Budget activities.
- Relief for Utilities Maintenance Superintendent if required.
About You
Education:
- A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
- A Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng.) is required.
Experience:
- 8 years as a Professional Engineer working in a role of similar experience in a related field.
- Experience working in an industrial environment such as mining, or construction is preferred.
- Experience in rotating equipment, conveyors, dust collectors, pumps, fans, piping systems, mechanical equipment related to power generations, etc.
Skills:
- Broad knowledge in the repair of fixed plant assets and mining repair facilities.
- Knowledge of diesel power generation would be an asset.
- Strong computer skills in SAP would be an asset.
- Strong knowledge of MS office products (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
- Decision making ability.
- Ability to prioritize work.
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 [email protected].
Pay Grade: F5T
Apply by: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
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