Utilities Mechanical Maintenance Planner - #379270

Job Title: Utilities Mechanical Maintenance Planner

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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 Integrated Planning team supports all Site Operations and asset repair requirements to maintain a safe and productive operation. Direct engagement with various departments allows the team to efficiently plan and organize required work scopes for all aspects of installations, repairs, and modifications to site assets.

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 a Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our Integrated Planning department in Voisey’s Bay, NL. This is a permanent position.

This position is based at the Voisey’s Bay mine site in Labrador, a fly-in fly-out operation. This position is on a two week on, two week off rotation.

The Mechanical Maintenance Planner will support our Utilities Maintenance department at the Voisey’s Bay Mine Site. The Mechanical Maintenance Planner will work closely with all areas of maintenance and operations to ensure work is planned, scheduled, and ready for safe and accurate execution. The Mechanical Maintenance Planner will ensure adequate utilization of resources, labour, and materials.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

• Ensure that work plans are designed to safely operate without impact to employees, the business, the environment, the community, and the regulators.
• Establish and communicate work schedules and verify that schedules satisfy daily and long-term requirements.
• Assemble ready to execute job packages.
• Identify and escalate all critical issues that threaten the successful execution of work orders to meet completion deadlines.
• Improve the efficiency of the planning process by developing and using standard jobs as templates.
• Assist the team in achieving the overall area targets.
• Work collaterally and cross functionally, with colleagues, engineering, production, and services.
• Ensures all work is following stated procedures.
• Utilize Safe Production tools in field discussions and exhibit behaviors of Safe Production and consider how to consistently reduce risk to As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) when executing tasks.
• Utilize Work Management systems, and escalate to the appropriate authority, if schedules cannot be achieved within quantity and/or quality parameters.
• Complete Work Management reports to communicate status to management team.
• Manage costs within Work Management system and escalate as required.
• Relieve in the Maintenance Supervisor role as required.
• Develop planning skills in the work crew for temporary replacement and succession.
• Assist in the development and utilization of SAP.

About You

Education:

• Post-secondary education is required.
  • Interprovincial Red Seal in Millwright, Pipefitting, or another Mechanical discipline is preferred.

Experience:

• 5 – 7 work experience in Maintenance Supervision, Maintenance Planning, or a closely related discipline in a heavy industrial or mining environment.

Skills:

• Knowledge of power generation, conveyors, pumps, vessels, and piping systems. would be an asset.
• Strong digital literacy skills (SAP, Microsoft Office Suite, computerized work management systems).
• Able to make decisions and prioritize work.
• Able to work in a multicultural environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Understanding Asset Management concepts and systems.
• Knowledge of codes, ability to read prints and schematics.

What We Offer You

• 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].

Pay Grade: H01

Apply by: Thursday, April 25th, 2024

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