Job Description

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Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

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 Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join our team in the Engineering Department in Long Harbour, NL. This permanent position will be on a 4x10s schedule (Monday to Thursday OR Tuesday to Friday) working on site in Long Harbour.

The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will act as a leader in improving overall equipment performance with their area, as well as support project management tasks, maintenance and cost analysis, investigation, and other actions to ensure equipment is correctly maintained and performing at optimum capability.

In this position, you will:

Review and analyze the reliability of equipment and develop recommendations to achieve capability and capacity as targeted.

Initiate and lead the Root Cause Analysis using RCFA tools.

Develop and issue Engineering Work Requests.

Conduct regular audit to the implementation of maintenance procedures and identify deviations or deficiencies for improvements.

Perform evaluation for physical condition including conduct failure analysis and lead the implementation of the recommendation to ensure effective and efficient problem solving.

Evaluate Equipment Design improvements and assist with the co-ordination of project upgrades.

Support stakeholders with Troubleshooting complex problems.

Apply value analysis (cost vs. benefit) in making maintenance decisions concerning repair, replacement, or redesign of equipment.

Provide urgent technical assistance to Maintenance Supervisors to increase equipment availability and reduce production losses.

About You

Education

An undergraduate degree in Mechanical or Process Engineering.

Eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Engineer-in-Training (EIT) and/or Engineering Technologist (CET) applications are also welcome.

Experience

8+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience, preferably in a complex industrial setting.

Previous experience in the mechanical & piping disciplines.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Power BI.

Experience in working in a heavy industrial operating plant, preferably in the mining industry.

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Supervisory, leadership and mentoring abilities.

What We Offer You

Competitive Salary.

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).

Flexible work schedule and bus service departing from the St. John\xe2\x80\x99s vicinity.

Leave for all of life\xe2\x80\x99s reasons (vacation, flex, 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 Vale 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.

Apply

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application online at .

Deadline to Apply

Sunday, September 24th, 2023.

Pay Grade F6T

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