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Who We Are

Welcome to Vale Base Metals. 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

Vale recognizes the Impacts and Benefits Agreements with the Innu Nation and the Nunatsiavut Government in which Innu and Inuit workers have first preference for employment at the Voisey's Bay Mine Site. This is guided by an adjacency principle that first gives preference to those who live on the coast of Labrador, followed by those residing in the rest of Labrador, those residing on the island of the province, followed by the rest of Canada.

Next, priority will be given to Newfoundland and Labrador residents. We also welcome those who are willing to relocate back home and those looking to make NL their permanent home.

We are currently seeking an Underground Operations Superintendent to join our Underground Operations Department in Voisey's Bay, NL.

This permanent position is based at the Voisey's Bay mine site in Labrador, a fly-in/fly-out operation, working on a 1 week on, 1 week off rotation.

As the Superintendent of Underground Operations, you are responsible for the safe day-to-day management of the underground mining operations. You will use your skills and experience to deliver the production ramp-up and steady state production output to achieve our business goals.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Adhere to weekly and monthly production and/or maintenance plans.
• Achieve/exceed production quality and quantity targets while maximizing economic resource recovery.
• Achieve total product and unit cost, and capital expenditure targets.
• Audit and analyze trends in safety, environment, production, cost and quality, as well as the consumption of resources.
• Contribute to Asset Integrity reviews and support development of action plans to address 'at risk' assets.
• Provide input for the development of, and to facilitate the execution of, the annual and 5-year capital plans.
• Coordinate vacation schedules for staff and hourly personnel within all area(s) of responsibility.
• Effective workforce planning and management, including contributing to the Succession Planning processes.
• Contribute to the implementation of new systems and processes while providing guidance, mentoring and analysis support to the management team.

About You

Education

• The ideal candidate will possess a Post-Secondary education in a related field.

• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in underground mining operations.
• Extensive practical experience, as well as senior mining leadership roles, in underground mine development and production including cut and fill and bulk mining.

Skills

• Knowledge of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, company standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of underground mine design, mining engineering, drilling/blasting, backfilling, ventilation, scheduling, surveying, incentives, mine's metrics tracking required.
• Knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Knowledge of working in a unionized environment, including training progression.
• Ability to develop people using effective leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively (oral and written).
• Ability to lead and facilitate meetings.

How can Vale grow your career?

The Underground Operations Superintendent is a management position that 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 and on-site premiums
• 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).
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation, 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 – 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 https://vale.eightfold.ai/careers. Innu Nation members and Nunatsiavut beneficiaries can also submit their application to their Vale Aboriginal Employment Coordinator.

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].

Apply by: Sunday, July 14^th, 2024.

Pay Grade: 15V

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