Job Description

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Ready to lead with your engineering skills?

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.

The Port Colborne Refinery was commissioned 100 years ago on the shore of Lake Erie. Raw materials and finished products from Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Sudbury and Newfoundland and Labrador operations are transported to Port Colborne for processing.

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 Mines Technical Services team is responsible for maintaining a variety of functions including mine planning, scheduling, surveying, backfill, ventilation, ground control, metrics tracking, production statistics data input/review, incentives administration, annual capital plan development, and operating and capital cost tracking for variances.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Senior Ground Control Engineer to join our Mining Technical Services team supporting the Copper Cliff Mine Complex in Sudbury, Ontario.

The supports mine execution of the Ground Control Program and Seismic Risk Management Plans in Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Copper Cliff Mine Complex. This role oversees all aspects of ground control duties at our underground operations. The role holder works with an effective ground control team, including Ground Control Engineers, Mine Technician/Technologists and/or Engineers in Training, to provide Ground Control Services to the mine operations.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Recommend actions to ensure that the safety and stability of mine excavations are maintained with respect to geotechnical standards, Vale\xe2\x80\x99s policies, and legislated requirements.
• Update the Mine Design Package on an annual basis with inputs from various departments at a mine site.
• Provide day-to-day technical support and coordination for managing the site-specific Ground Control and Seismic Risk Management Programs, and work closely with the technical execution teams at the mine sites.
• Assist at the mine operation to conduct geo-mechanical risk assessment of the annual mine execution plans to ensure that mining sequence and mine layouts are optimized to reduce the risk to safety and production.
• Accountable for stewardship of ore reserve and life of mine plan, develop and recommend mining plans, ground support systems and development plans.
• Knowledge of Rock Mechanics modeling software (MAP3D, Rocscience programs and FLAC3D).
• Ground control instrumentation knowledge.
• Contribute to the implementation of new systems/processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide performance feedback to team members, mentor team, lead and ensure safe production behaviors are exhibited, and take corrective action when necessary to address noncompliance.
• Provide on-call duties when required for technical assistance with ground stability issues.

About You

Education:

• Degree in Mining with a P. Eng.

Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in Underground Execution Technical Services.
• Professional Engineer designation in Ontario or eligible to obtain it.

Skills:

• Knowledge of mining standards and guidance documents.
• Underground mine design, mining technology, and high level of understanding of underground mining activities.
• Knowledge of engineering planning software (Deswik) is recommended.
• An understanding of seismic management tools and seismic monitoring techniques.
• Familiarity with seismic monitoring software such as ESG, IMS, and mXrap is an asset.
• Strong people leadership skills, including mentoring and coaching skills.
• Strategic thinking and effective decision making.
• Change management skills and openness to learning and sharing new insights.
• Building relationships, collaboration, and teamwork.
• Drive for sustainable results with a strong focus on continuous improvement.

How can Vale grow your career?

In addition to the responsibilities and career opportunities this role will provide, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• 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.

Pay Grade: F5T

Apply by: Thursday, December 14, 2023

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