Job Description

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Job Title: integrated Remote Operations Centre - Operational Lead

Want to help Canada develop a sustainable future?

Welcome to Vale in Canada. As a leader in the mining industry, our responsibility is to positively impact our people, communities and the environment. We value our workforce and offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale is a global leader in the production of iron ore and one of the largest producers of nickel. Active in Canada for over 100 years, Vale employs nearly 6,000 people across our corporate office in Toronto and sites in Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. Applying the latest technologies to sustainably produce nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold and silver is at the heart of what we do.

With our global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and approximately 125,000 employees in over 30 countries, Vale is constantly growing and changing. We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Sudbury Operations have been in existence for more than 100 years. With five mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery and nearly 4,000 employees it is also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. Sudbury is also home to several administrative sites serving both the Ontario Operations as well as all our North Atlantic Operations.

Port Colborne is home to our Nickel Refinery where raw materials from our Sudbury operations are processed into electrocobalt and precious metals and serves as a distribution centre for finished nickel products.

Our Team

Vale continues to invest in innovation and technology to transform its business by improving safety and productivity and strengthen its reputation in mining leadership. One of Vale\xe2\x80\x99s boldest investments and commitments to innovation is the new Integrated Remote Operations Centre (iROC) located at its North Atlantic Operations Centre in Sudbury, Ontario.

Through new digital connectivity, this state-of-the-art centralized control centre \xe2\x80\x93 better known as iROC \xe2\x80\x93 will connect leaders and frontline workers across all seven of Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Canadian mines. Not only will the iROC team strengthen communications across our mining operations, iROC will also be a cornerstone in real-time data collection and analytics to support robust decision making in planning and execution. This 24/7 continuous data feed will drive agile action plans in real-time, improving shift productivity and adherence to plans. iROC will also improve safety by reducing emergency response time through enhanced location awareness and by facilitating the active monitoring of hazards such as seismicity.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an iROC Operational Lead to join our iROC Control Center team in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a permanent position. You will be working on a 5-4 12-hour shift schedule, days and nights. As an iROC Operational Lead, you will monitor, develop and support the execution of planned work across our integrated mining and processing operations by collecting and analyzing real-time data, prioritizing critical work and recovery plans and assisting our frontline workforce at site to drive our mining operations productivity and safely. In addition, you will:

• Follow Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Safety Policies, Programs and Legislative Standards
• Ensure site(s) are adhering to Vale\xe2\x80\x99s VPS business process standards, procedures and using system applications and tools in an effective and efficient manner.
• Understands the key stakeholders at the site and engages them as directed by the iROC Management Operating System (MOS).
• Develops and issues shift plans and confirms resources available for shift activities with site frontline leaders.
• Monitors the 24/7 progress of all in-shift activities including delays, equipment breakdown, mine heading status and task start and end time. Interacts and provides guidance to frontline leaders and frontline workers.
• Prioritizes and creates action plans for execution teams to achieve shift rotation and daily shift targets to drive plan compliance.
• Works closely with the assigned plant leadership teams to react to unforeseen events by providing recommendations to priorities/planned work through iROC\xe2\x80\x99s real-time visual line of sight (data) to deliver on divisional results.
• Escalate decisions or variances to plan to the necessary stakeholders. Issues end-of-shift reports and metrics.
• Inputs work orders, mechanical breakdowns for in shift repairs and maintenance.
• Coordinates and collaborates with support groups (e.g. Maintenance, Mines Technical Services, Engineering) as required for mine plan development and execution.
• Oversight for assigned plant on divisional planned work, safety systems, data analytics and reporting, and understanding how core business activities (value drivers) impact safety, production and cost at site. Maintain and manage current and next-shift schedules for crews based on progress and in-shift variances, including the addition of urgent work
• Ensure planning, scheduling and execution processes at site sustainably follow MOS and remain continuously integrated with iROC resulting in safe mine productivity increases for our Vale\xe2\x80\x99s North Atlantic Operations.
• Responsible for integrity of data coming from the iROC.
• Assists with emergency response procedures, including working alone and fire response.
• Monitors seismic systems, providing abnormal ground activity information and recommendations to frontline crews

About You

Education:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or college diploma in a related discipline.

Experience:

• 8 years of underground mining, planning, and scheduling, project management or maintenance experience
• Although previous experience in mining or an industrial setting is considered an asset, we also appreciate that diversity of thought comes from our differences \xe2\x80\x93 and that\xe2\x80\x99s what makes us great!

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-changing environment.
• Must be skilled in data analysis and problem solving.
• Must have strong organization and time management skills.
• Ability influence without authority.
• Takes initiative and can self-direct to accomplish goals with minimum supervision.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

What We Offer You

• 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)
• 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

Difference Makes All the Difference

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 essential 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: Wednesday, January 11, 2022

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