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 Reliability Engineering Group has accountabilities to deliver improved Asset performance for the various Vale Mines and Surface Plants in the North Atlantic region including Sudbury.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a EIT Reliability Engineer Design to join our Reliability Engineering Group – North Atlantic based in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a permanent position.

The position involves regular site visits to the surface plants in your assigned area Sudbury Canada.

As a EIT Reliability Engineer, you will be providing reliability engineering services to the mines/plant in Sudbury. Your experience and skills will provide technical direction for reliability of the assets.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Work multi-functionally in the implementation of a reliability program, which encompasses systems, processes, procedures, standards, critical metrics, analysis, and tools that will improve business value for fixed and mobile assets.
• Identifies and addresses asset reliability issues in the operations ensuring standard methodologies for asset uptime are standardized and shared across the business.
• Works with management teams to ensure compliance to the reliability program and that asset reliability risks are identified and mitigated appropriately.
• Provide recommendations on strategic investment in equipment, technology, and initiatives to optimize asset value.
• Collaborates with management teams and key customers in development of budgets as well as production and shutdown plans.
• Support operating sites and leadership teams in developing multi annual asset strategy plans.
• Develop the Asset Strategy (Identifying asset criticality to the business, setting service strategy based on performance required, and driving reliability and cost-effective lifecycle management) using tools like RCM and FMECAs. Strategies cover routine and integrity and are part of baseline strategy review and developed for new assets as part of operational readiness.
• Work with site representatives in Operations, Maintenance and Project teams to determine the appropriate operating standards and mix of preventative and predictive tasks required to optimize the reliable output of the assets.

About You

Education: Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience: New graduates – 0-3 years experience.

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational and time management skills.
• Software skills in of MS Office products and CMMS systems (SAP).
• 0-3 years in a Reliability or Maintenance engineering related role
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word, Power BI).

What we offer you:

• 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)
• 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.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade: F8T

Apply by: July 10, 2024

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