Job Description

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Job Title: Reliability Engineering Student

Ready to lead with your engineering skills?

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 Reliability Team leads Vale\xe2\x80\x99s efforts to become a more stable and reliable operation, utilizing reliability tools and strategies to achieve long-term goals. Members of this team include Reliability Advisors and Engineers of a variety of disciplines that support Operations and Maintenance teams while collaborating with each other and contributing towards initiatives designed to deliver best in class Reliability practices.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Mechanical Engineering Student (Reliability Maintenance) to join our Reliability Team. This is a fixed term (4 month) position working on a 4x10s schedule (Monday to Thursday OR Tuesday to Friday) at the Operations site in Long Harbour, NL.

As a Mechanical Engineering Student, you will have the opportunity to further your development by providing day-to-day support for various projects and initiatives within the Maintenance Department. From operations to leadership development, diversity & inclusion, and culture, you will have a holistic and enriching experience like no other. Additionally, in this position, you will:

• Reliability \xe2\x80\x93 Working with reliability engineers and advisors to improve the reliability of equipment throughout the plant by assisting to create maintenance plans, reliability initiatives such as FMEAs, RCAs and equipment condition monitoring initiatives, and other day-to-day activities.
• Engineering Design \xe2\x80\x93 Working with the discipline engineers to develop detailed mechanical, piping, electrical & instrumentation engineering drawings and specifications. Maintaining the record of plant and participating in quality reviews of engineering contractor deliverables.
• Contract Coordination \xe2\x80\x93 coordinating the day-to-day interface with engineering and construction contractors, including ensuring timelines and other contractual requirements are being met by all parties and assisting with the preparation of scopes of work for contracts.
• Project Planning \xe2\x80\x93 Assisting with project schedule development during the planning phase by soliciting input from the project and discipline engineers and monitoring & controlling schedule progress during the Execution phase. This includes contractor oversight to ensure all schedules are aligned and their schedule reports meet Vale requirements.
• Quality Assurance \xe2\x80\x93 assisting with periodic internal audits to ensure written procedures stay relevant and up to date and conducting periodic audits of construction contractors.
• Document Control \xe2\x80\x93 Assisting with document management support and handling the transmission of formal communications to/from external contractors.
• Support the Safe Production Model of risk and hazard management and lead by example.

About You

Education:

• Currently enrolled as a student in a Mechanical Engineering (Co-op) Program.

Skills:

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal communication, analytical and problem-solving skills and a proven safety record are essential.

What We Offer You

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

Apply by: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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