Job Description

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Ready to lead with your engineering skills?

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.

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.

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 Team:

The Mine Design and Infrastructure Systems team is accountable for leading technical professional mining engineers, and specialists in the safe design of underground mine development, stope geometry, ore extraction schedule and in the design and sustainability of systems necessary for production required by the mine sites.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Manager of Mine Design and Infrastructure Systems to join our Mining Design and Infrastructure team supporting the operation of our North Atlantic mines. This is a permanent position based in Sudbury, Ontario.

This role is accountable for ensuring designs directly support the management of critical risks in the underground environment. This function must confirm designs deliver systems that are compliant with the legislative requirements unique to provincial mining legislation as well as Vale standards and guidelines.

This function will consolidate the provincial Life of Mine Plans and direct the systems and templates used to create the site-specific plans. The role has the technical authority for the standardization of the digital toolset employed across the mines to efficiently and transparently optimize the value extracted from our natural resources.

Additionally, in this position you will be accountable for:

• Ensuring the optimization and correct management of mineral reserves and resources through production plans and cut-off application, mine sequencing and development planning and designing key infrastructure (ventilation, electrical, backfill & services) aspects and the disposal of waste in mines, as well as technical and economic feasibility studies for the mines, including equipment selection and sizing, as required by mine sites.
• Single source of reporting for the consolidated mines business data (production, headcount, and costs) and coordination of non-mine business data (overhead, processing costs).
• Confirming the technical and economic feasibility, constructability, and operability of each operation.
• Ensuring the development of mine plans which are according to technical standards, deadlines, costs, quality, environmental standards, occupational safety and health, risk tolerance, and socio-economic requirements as prescribed by the company.
• Enabling process alignment with Projects, Reliability, Asset Integrity, Ops, and MTS to develop and/or ensure there are standards and guidelines for the infrastructure design to support the mine design, planning and Life of Mine Planning process.
• Engaging operations and technical experts to design and model infrastructure systems to deliver our mine plans as required.
• Assemble and maintain a motivated and high-performance team, being a key focal point between technical/operating areas and mining complexes.

About You

Education:

• Degree in Mining with a P. Eng.

Experience:

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in Life of Mine Planning and execution.

Skills:

• Knowledge of mining standards and guidance documents.
• Exceptional people leadership skills, including mentoring and coaching skills.
• Strategic thinking and effective decision making.
• Change management skills and openness to learning and sharing new insights.
• Building relationships, collaboration, and teamwork.
• Drive for sustainable results with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
• Well developed Business acumen.
• Risk management balancing technical, operations, and financial areas.

How can Vale grow your career?

In addition to the responsibilities and career opportunities this role will provide, 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.

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.

Pay Grade: F

Deadline to Apply: Friday, August 11, 2023

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