Job Description

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Join Vale today. Continuously learn throughout your career.

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.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an Advisor, Environment to join our Environment team in Port Colborne. The Advisor, Environment is responsible for ensuring the PCR meets all environmental compliance requirements, as laid out in both Provincial and Federal regulations, as well as site specific approvals. The Advisor must organize and execute all routine and non-routine environmental sampling to support compliance, complete all required reporting, prepare permit applications, and liaise with government officials on environmental matters. The Advisor is responsible for all environmental matters pertaining to water, air, land, waste (including the landfill site), as well as project work, the most significant of which is completing the Community Based Risk Assessment Action Plan. The Advisor will support operations by providing environmental guidance during HSE reviews, PHR\xe2\x80\x99s, and capital planning meetings.
Additionally, in this position you will:

• Conduct all water quality monitoring in accordance with site permits, submit regulatory reports, trend data, and support operations in achieving compliance. Lead investigations to determine causes of all non-compliance events
• Complete all environmental regulatory reporting, and support internal reporting through the collection of data
• Manage requirements and relationships with community and government officials
• Manage contractors conducting groundwater monitoring or other site assessments
• Ensure all conditions of the site\xe2\x80\x99s Environmental Compliance Approval for the Landfill Site are met, including coordination of quarterly sampling and generation of the annual report. Act as the site representative for the waste haulage contractor, coordinate service, and review invoices.
• Track all environmental permits for the site, coordinate amendments or new permit applications as required
• Ensure all environmental risks are documented and understood, all controls are identified and verified, and routinely audited
• Work within Vale\xe2\x80\x99s systems such as SAP, PowerBI, SISPAV, Stratws, developing and reporting on KPI\xe2\x80\x99s
• Coordinate and/or provide support to the Canadian environment teams in the implementation of Global/North Atlantic sustainability initiatives and maintenance of ISO 14001 certification.
• Maintain a site regular site presence to carry out the aforementioned work and conduct inspections and Leadership in the Field.

About You

Education:

• Undergraduate degree is required in one of the following areas: Biology/Chemistry/Environmental Science/Hydrogeology/Hydrology)

Experience:

• 8+ of experience in a similar subject area

Skills:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Organized with the ability to prioritize;
• Has the ability to take initiative;
• Has the ability to influence others

How can Vale grow your career?

Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• 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\xe2\x80\x99s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion and career growth
• Grow your career in a large and global company, and mining industry leader
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Online training and career development opportunities
• Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions

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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade: F5T

Apply by: November 13, 2023

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