Job Description

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Job Title: Production Area Superintendent

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 Production Area Superintendent to join our Long Harbour Operations Team. This permanent position will be on a 4x10s schedule (Monday to Thursday OR Tuesday to Friday) working at the Long Harbour Operations site in Long Harbour, NL.

The Production Area Superintendent is responsible for the overall performance, delivery, and development of their teams. They will ensure that their teams deliver on operational and business commitments that are based on the needs of the business. The Superintendent will align the behavior of the Coaches to effectively create teams that work and perform in alignment with Vale\'s principles and attributes.

In this position, you will:

• Ensure key behaviors are integral in all routines and activities. Coach members of assigned areas to consistently achieve desired outcomes and take corrective action to address non-compliance, ensuring HomeSafe goals are met.
• Develop the Coaches and teams to become self-sufficient in operating the day to day operations, while ensuring that all policies/procedures and company organizational concepts are adhered to.
• Drive for development, implementation and continual improvement of systems to support team activities to generate ever increasing value from the operation.
• Provide business direction to the Coaches and develop the Coach\'s business acumen and their ability, capacity to develop their teams. Provide strategic and tactical perspectives as well as defining boundaries to guide successful decision making.
• Create a work environment that generates ownership and initiative in Coaches whereby the Coaches are effective in developing their team members to be actively engaged and understand their role in sustaining the core processes.
• Work closely with Peers and support departments to drive consistency of standard processes across and within production areas.

About You

Education:

• Post-Secondary education within a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8-10 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a similar role preferred,
• Industrial and/or operating environment an asset.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered.

Skills:

• Metallurgical knowledge and experience an asset.
• Strong organizational, supervisory, leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and 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)
• 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

Pay Grade: 15V

Apply by: Sunday, November 19th, 2023

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