Job Title: Production Area Coach(Refinery)
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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's 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 Coach (Refinery) to join our Refinery department at the Long Harbour Processing Plant. This fixed term position will be on a 12-hour schedule working in Long Harbour, NL. The Production Area Coach-Refinery is responsible for the overall performance, delivery, and development of the crew in meeting the organizational objectives based on the needs of the business stakeholders in alignment with Vale Vision, Mission & Values, and the Long Harbour Operations Purpose & Principles. In this position, you will:
- Ensure Safe Production behaviors are integral in all crew member activity and coach crews to consistently achieve ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) and to take corrective action to address non-compliance.
- Supervise daily work of production employees.
- Lead and train Star Point (Personnel, Asset Care, Operations Planning, Responsible Care, Process) crew members to allow the self-management of related matters to ensure compliance to schedules, policies, procedures, and standards.
- Set expectations and hold people accountable for Core Value compliance (SHE/PSM, Ethics & Respect for People) and model the appropriate behavior.
- Develop the crew to become self-sufficient in operating and maintaining the day-to-day operations, while ensuring that all regulations/standards, company and organizational concepts and philosophies.
- Guide and audit the work practices utilizing VPS and 5S Work Practices to approve, plan, schedule and execute tasks within the area(s).
- Create a work environment that generates ownership and initiative in crew members that are actively engaged and understand their role in sustaining the core processes.
- Create a work environment where the crew is self-motivated to achieve targets, displays personal ownership and takes accountability for actions and performs to expectations.
- Participate in emergency and breakdown situations as required, drawing on external resources only as necessary, by providing troubleshooting, problem identification, materials procurement, and resource allocation knowledge as required to correct the situation as efficiently and effectively as possible to minimize production impact within the framework of established maintenance policies and procedures.
About You
Education:
- Post-secondary education within a related field is required.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role.
Skills:
- Strong leadership skills that are adaptable to function in all phases of an effective coach.
- Effective team leader that will support and enhance their teams.
- Well versed in various lab related procedures and techniques.
- Have a consistent positive attitude towards work, including customer and peer relationships.
- Excellent conflict resolution and team building skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
How can Vale grow your career?
The Production Area Coach position will allow the right candidate to shape our refinery department as well as other team members. 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's reasons (vacation, flex, sick, parental)
- Flexible work arrangements.
- 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 – 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.
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 [email protected].
Job Grade: 17V
Apply by: Thursday July 11th, 2024.
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