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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 four (4) Underground Operations Coordinatorsto join our Underground Mine Operations department in Voisey's Bay, NL. These are permanent positions.
This position is based at the Voisey's Bay mine site in Labrador, a fly-in fly-out operation and is on a two week on, two week off rotation.
The Underground Operations Coordinatoris responsible to work closely with all areas of operations and maintenance to ensure work is planned and scheduled accurately while ensuring adequate utilization of resources, labour and materials. Building a strong relationship with the mining team, supervisors, departmental schedulers and planners will be key in this role.
Additionally, in this position, you will:
Establish and communicate work schedules. Verify that schedules satisfy daily and long term requirements;
Build work scopes for execution against the short and long range schedules;
Ensure that work plans are designed to safely operate without impact to employees, the business, the environment, the community and the regulators, while ensuring minimal disruption to production;
Assist in the development and utilization of SAP; Improve the efficiency of the planning process by developing and using templates for various jobs;
Support the generation of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports;
Identify and escalate all critical issues that threaten the successful execution of work orders to meet completion deadlines;
Utilize HomeSafe tools in field discussions and exhibit behaviors of HomeSafe and consider how to consistently reduce risk to As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) when executing tasks.
About You
Education:
Post Secondary Education in a related field.
A combination of education and experience will be considered.
Experience:
5–7 years' work experience in Mining Supervision, Mining Planning or a closely related discipline in a heavy industrial or mining environment.
Understanding of computerized work management systems;
Understanding Asset Management concepts and systems;
Skills:
Demonstrate strong computer skills including SAP and Deswick;
Ability to schedule, prioritize and manage tasks with minimal supervision;
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
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: F7T
Apply by: Thursday December 7th, 2023.
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