Job Description

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Ready to evolve an industry?

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

The Creighton Mine Team is integral to the success of the Sudbury operation in becoming a safe, predictable, and reliable producer. Working collaboratively with multiple Operations, Maintenance and Support groups, the Operational Readiness Manager will provide the leadership required to meet the business needs of the mine safely and efficiently.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking Operational Readiness Manager to join our team at Creighton Mine in Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

The incumbent will participate in the project planning and will be the key lead on executing the Operational Readiness activities with the guiding principles of accelerating ore production. The incumbent will carefully consider current and future impacts on: Operability, Risk and Safety, Finance, Labour, Labour Relations, Community, First Nations, Environment, and Vale\xe2\x80\x99s reputation.

In addition, you will:

• Lead operational readiness execution from project stages to operations hand over.
• Provide operational planning and execution looking for opportunities to move the expansion of Creighton Mine forward.
• Provide management oversight for new mining processes and technologies.
• Liaison between project teams and Vale operations in matters relating to interfacing with maintenance, plant support and process engineering.
• Represent operations and maintenance in all aspects of design and implementation.
• Technical and process review of vendor design and specification documents.
• Ensure that the facility as designed and constructed is operable and maintainable and meets established process design criteria.
• Ensure that equipment selection, design and layout reduce operating and maintenance risks.
• Accountable for the development of the operations hiring plan and the onboarding of personnel required to operate the facility.
• Develop, approve and document all required operating, maintenance and start-up procedures.
• Develop training manuals and programs required for relevant procedures and processes.
• Assist with the development of the project commissioning and turnover packages.

About You

Education:

• Professional Engineer in mining or related operational field experience applicable to the Mining Industry is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of 11 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience within a similar role in the mining industry.

Skills:

• Ability to influence and communicate throughout all levels of the organization.
• Establish trusting relationships with stakeholders such as local unions.
• Skilled negotiator and ability to mobilize parties through impasse scenarios to identify common ground.
• Deep knowledge required in the following areas:

• Base Metals Strategy
• North Atlantic operations business flowsheet (mining and process)
• Ci (cost) vs Volume (product) metrics analysis

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.

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 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.

Paygrade: Gr-H

Apply by: Thursday, September 14, 2023

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