Job Description

:Join Vale today. Continuously learn throughout your career.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:The Vale Smelter, located in Copper Cliff, is a critical operation in the production of Finished Nickel. The plant is comprised of over a dozen Operating, Maintenance, and Technical departments working together to process Nickel Concentrate to supply the Vale Refineries.The Opportunity:We are currently seeking a This is a permanent position.As a Supervisor, Production you will be accountable for managing the social, commercial, and technical processes of a front-line team within established limits, to meet the maintenance and/or production goals and objectives of the work area in safety, reliability, efficiency, and quality. You will be accountable for getting a process under control and maintaining the process within established limits. Also, identify special cause variances and take action to address issues or take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Ensuring that direct reports and areas of accountability meet all requirements with regard to legislated regulations, company policies and practices, and collective agreements.Additionally, in this position you will:

• Work on a rotation schedule days and nights.
• Manage systems within the area of accountability to achieve the following outputs.
• Ensure Zero Harm to employees, the business, the environment, and the community.
• Achieve/exceed production quality and quantity targets while maximizing economic resources and recovery. Achieve total product and unit cost, and capital (as applicable) expenditure targets.
• Review and communicate Risk Management situations with crew members at line-up and field discussions. Follow notification protocols for incidents and initiate on-shift investigations.
• Meet objectives and comply with; Monthly Safety plans, incident reporting process, Policy/Procedure reviews, MOC system, etc.
• Perform injury management, working with employees and health care providers to successfully return the employee to work.
• Identify and correct negative special cause circumstances that are within the authority level and escalate those that are the outside authority.
• Control inventories of consumables and supplies, and order materials to achieve production and/or maintenance schedules.
• Manage overtime to within targets and distribute to crew members within the C.B.A. and provincial guidelines.
• Ensure crew qualifications are kept current for required work assignments, and schedule training as required.
• Coach and counsel employees on the standards of behaviour and take corrective actions as required, including discipline and grievance management.
• Continuously improve the performance of the production and maintenance frontline team through the effective use of established processes and procedures. This includes ensuring the completion of assigned work with increasing consistency and accuracy by:

• Assigning tasks, utilizing CPQQRT format, to team members so that work gets done in a safe and coordinated way.
• Utilize the work practices under Work Management to approve, plan, schedule, and execute tasks within the area(s).
• Assess assignments during the shift to ensure that schedules are being attained, and/or take corrective actions as required. Complete all production and/or maintenance-related reports and work orders and communicate status to oncoming shift(s).

About YouEducation:

• A College Diploma or a minimum grade 12 with equivalent experience is required.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of industrial experience.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

Skills:

• Mineral processing environment skills including some time leading a crew are preferred.
• Computer training including SAP, Excel, and Word is an asset.

How can Vale grow your career?The Supervisor, Production will allow the right candidate to shape our mining operations as well as a team of direct reports. Additionally, 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, 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 TransformAt 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.In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.Grade: 17VApply by: August 15, 2024#ValeBaseMetals

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