Job Description

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Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Planner

Does working in an exciting, innovative facility sound appealing to you?

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

Priority will be given to Newfoundland and Labrador residents and those who are willing to relocate to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

We are currently seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our Maintenance department in Long Harbour, NL. This is a permanent position.

The Maintenance Planner is a critical part of the maintenance engineering and reliability system that conforms to Vale standards and world class best practices. This position is responsible for the proper planning of all maintenance activities within the facility and for monitoring and analyzing maintenance reports, work orders and history to optimize effective and efficient procedures, planning and scheduling.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

Ensure that all work packages are in accordance with established safety policies and procedures and adhere to all Vale quality control standards where required;

Track work package estimates against actual values with respect to resources, materials, and cost for continuous improvement purposes and ensure that all costs are allocated properly;

Continuously improve material selection, work practices, and planning processes through effective use of established procedures to improve the efficiency and quality of planned work packages;

Provide technical guidance and support to the PM Coordinators in consultation with the Reliability Engineering Team to implement changes to PM strategies, task lists and maintenance intervals where appropriate;

Provide guidance and instruction as appropriate when working with the Material Coordinators to requisition parts, follow-up with procurement, and prepare job kits for planned jobs;

Attend and contribute to the weekly business routines defined within the planning and scheduling work management process which would include the weekly pre-scheduled meeting as well as the 7-21 work order form log priority setting meetings;

Contribute to Maintenance Shutdown planning strategies identifying and prioritizing future maintenance requirements and working with operations, engineering, maintenance and outside contractors to ensure successful and safe execution;

About You

Education:

Post-secondary education within a related field;

Engineering Technology Diploma or Red Seal Interprovincial Journeyperson Certification;

Experience:

3+ years\xe2\x80\x99 relevant planning experience preferred;

Industrial and/or operating environment an asset;

Supervisory experience considered an asset;

Skills:

Proficient in SAP and MS suite;

Demonstrated supervisory, leadership and mentoring abilities;

Analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills;

Flexible and adaptable, able to respond to changing roles and environment in a positive and constructive manner while managing multiple priorities;

Able to build and maintain strong positive relationships across multiple work groups;

Excellent communication (written and oral), as well as interpersonal skills;

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 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.

Interested applicants must submit their application online at .

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 vnlrecruitment@vale.com.

Pay Grade: H01

Apply by: Wednesday November 15th, 2023.

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