Ready to build a rewarding career in an industry that is growing?Who We Are We are a global mining company dedicated to safely delivering nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals essential for the world's energy transition.Our mission is to improve lives and shape a better future together.From utensils to cellphones to satellites, our operations simplify daily life and enhance connectivity. Our metals are integral to life-saving medical equipment and the electric vehicles driving the fight against climate change – our work truly matters.Join our diverse team of 15,000 talented individuals committed to transforming critical minerals into prosperity and sustainable development in countries like Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and Japan. We invite you to use your skills with us and contribute to something meaningful and enduring.The Opportunity We are currently seeking a Controls Specialist to join our Controls Team in Port Colborne, Ontario.This is a permanent on-site role, working a Monday to Friday schedule. As a Controls Specialist you will maintain and improve the reliability of production equipment by safely and competently designing, developing, programming, implementing, troubleshooting, and understanding control systems and their architecture. Your experience and skills will help with the maintenance of control systems and their associated connected devices through regular procedures, backups, replacements, upgrades, removals, writing of technical documents and reports.Additionally, in this position you will:

• Communicate with the operations team to co-ordinate on-going work to ensure that the required people are aware of the work going on, to ensure everything is in a safe state. Execute daily, weekly, and monthly preventative maintenance tasks on various types of equipment to ensure their continued operation.
• Read and create P&IDs, blueprints, electrical schematics, and manuals to assist in diagnosis, troubleshooting and repair of controls systems and processes.
• Respond after-hours to breakdowns and on-call situations to assist with bringing production back online in a safe manner. Report deviations to established procedures and provide required documentation of work performed.
• Program, support, backup and maintain various platforms of PLCs. Design and implement standards for the plant to keep installations, hardware, and HMI screens consistent throughout the plant.
• Design, Develop and implement monitoring tools and procedures to identify internal issues before they happen and Maintain servers and server clusters to ensure backups and operating systems are kept up to date with minimal downtime
• Maintain and support the Microsoft Widows Domain, ensuring that best practices are followed in its implementation and usage. Make recommendations to improve the reliability of production systems, monitoring systems and their support systems along with creating and supporting custom software packages.

About You Education:

• Post secondary education in a relevant STEM field.
• Networking certifications such as a Cisco CCNA
• PLC Programming or Computer Programming
• PLC or DCS background

Experience:

• 3-4 years of experience

Skills:

• Experience with Allen Bradley PLCs.
• Experience working with customized control systems.
• Experience working with HMIs and developing HMI systems.
• Experience with network equipment, switch configurations and routing.
• Experience with Windows Domain environments, RADIUS, Microsoft AD, MSSQL, and Veeam Backup and recovery.
• Knowledge of Ontario Electrical Safety Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and all other applicable legislation is required.

What We Offer You

• Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
• Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
• Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, 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
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Virtual Healthcare online
• Online training and career development opportunities

Why Port ColborneLocated on the beautiful north shore of Lake Erie, Port Colborne is an important industrial hub known for its maritime heritage. Our refinery processes nickel, copper, cobalt, and precious metals and the facility is crucial for refining these metals to high purity levels. Our operations supports the local economy and reinforces Canada's position as a key player in the increasing electrification of the global economy. The refinery's commitment to environmental sustainability and technological innovation underscores Vale's dedication to responsible mining and refining practices.Include to TransformAt Vale Base Metals, 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.Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.Pay Grade: F7TApply by: November 7, 2024#ValeBaseMetals