AddressReady to lead with your engineering skills?
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 group also provides monitoring and implements tailings management systems to ensure compliance throughout our operations. Members of this team work collaboratively to support the operations including dam monitoring and tailings deposition, project support, closure planning, waste management, internal and external reporting, as well as community and government liaison.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Tailings and Dams Studentto join our Tailings and Dams Team in Long Harbour, NL. This is a 4-month or 8-month fixed term position.
Additionally, in this position, you will:
- Make regular site and visual inspections of the Tailings dams
- Participate in monitoring and data analysis
- Provide project support of design and evaluation of containment dams
- Assist with Geotechnical investigations and data collection
- Support the tailings operations, planning and deposition
- Assist with site specific geophysical and hydrogeology studies
About You
Education:
- Currently enrolled and in good standing in a Civil Engineering, or relevant engineering program
Experience:
- Experience in an industrial environment will be considered an asset
Skills:
- Demonstrate open and transparent dialogue in all aspects of work
- Follow Vale's safety policies, programs and legislative standards
- Must be obsessed with safety and Risk
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 products to include Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook. Basic to intermediate understanding of Datamine Studio 3 helpful. Basic to intermediate proficiency in Deswik or other mine planning software preferred
- Strong verbal, written and analytical communication skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and work well with others in a team environment
- Maintain a high level of professional conduct
- Provide technical support and enable safe and cost-effective operations
- Ensure compliance to the applicable regulations, standards, and guidelines
- Utilize good engineering practices while minimizing costs
- Complete assigned projects safely and on time
What We Offer You
- Competitive salary
- Flexible work schedule and a bus service departing from the St. John's vicinity
- 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.
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].
Apply by: Thursday February 15th, 2024
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