Job Description

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Job Title: Materials Assistant

Want to help Canada develop a sustainable future?

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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 VNL Operational Technology Team is a talented team of specialists responsible for the Industrial Control Systems across our Newfoundland and Labrador operations. We maintain system health, ensure reliability and security while supporting the control and automation needs of our operations.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Materials Assistant to join the VNL Operational Technology Department operating in Long Harbour, NL. This permanent position will be on a 4x10s schedule (Monday to Thursday OR Tuesday to Friday) working at the Long Harbour Operations site in Long Harbour, NL.

The Materials Assistant is responsible to ensure that effective and efficient material control practices and processes are in place, aligning parts and materials with the execution of maintenance activities for the maintenance departments and act as a liaison and technical representative between the maintenance and procurement teams.

In this position, you will

• Requisition parts and material for both urgent and planned tasks.
• Work closely with Procurement to prepare job kits for service and planned repairs.
• Attend maintenance meeting routines to align material and parts availability with future schedules.
• Assist procurement personnel with parts and repairable item identification.
• Along with maintenance staff, assist procurement personnel on repair and procurement strategies.
• Monitor consumable material inventory to ensure adequate availability.
• Initiate new stores request for high volume or long lead material; advise of required changes to min/max levels.
• Collaborate with Procurement in the evaluation and selection of suppliers.
• Maintain a high commitment to personal safety and integrity of the environment and equipment during the planning of work orders.
• Follow the guidelines in the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
• Meet or exceed expected performance as set by management.
• Work without risk for self and others.
• Maintain accurate records and files.
• Exercise consistent discretion and judgment in job performance.

About You

Education

• Post-secondary education within a related field.
• Red Seal Interprovincial Journeyperson.

Experience:

• 18 \xe2\x80\x93 24 months of previous experience in a related role.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered.

Skills

• Technical or business discipline or equivalent practical experience
• Strong knowledge and experience in Operations and Maintenance systems, processes, and facilities.
• Experience with SAP systems.
• Excellent Organizational Skills.
• Experience in the maintenance and repair of equipment.
• Experience in dealing with contract services and manufacturer representatives.

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, parental).
• Bus service departing from the St. John\xe2\x80\x99s vicinity.
• 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.

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.

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 .

Job Grade: G04

Apply by: Monday November 21st, 2023.

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