Utilities Maintenance Superintendent - Labrador City, Canada - Vale

Vale
Vale
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Labrador City, Canada

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Job Title:
Utilities Maintenance Superintendent

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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.

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 a
Utilities Maintenance Superintendent to join our Maintenance department in
Voisey's Bay, NL. This is a permanent position.


The Utilities Maintenance Superintendent will develop the systems and maintenance reliability strategy for the existing and future diesel power generating plants, supporting distribution systems and utilities.

Supporting the Fixed Plant Maintenance Manager, preparing for the thorough development and execution of appropriate maintenance strategies to deliver Power and Utilities systems reliability.

Also, supporting the Site Services Manager in developing the Voisey's Power Generation, Distribution and Utilities Operation/Maintenance Strategy.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

  • Provide field level leadership to a large diverse team of mechanical trades, electrical and instrumentation trades, supervisors, and engineers during maintenance activities.
  • Implement management systems within the area(s) of accountability to achieve zero harm to employees, the business, the environment, and the community.
  • Complete incident investigations and assigns actions to prevent reoccurrence.
  • Ensure adherence to global standards on planning, scheduling, and execution processes.
  • Focus on continuous improvement of the business, work practices and asset performance.
  • Implement lean management practices including 5S to improve workplace conditions.
  • Audit training compliance of employees within their area of accountability.
  • Develop the area's annual execution plan and develop area specific goals and objectives.
  • Forecast and managing multimilliondollar annual maintenance budget.
  • Contribute to asset integrity reviews and develop repair plans to address risks.
  • Present monthly deviations to senior management and implement action plans.

About You

Education:


  • A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering combined with a Professional Engineer designation (P. Eng.), Engineering Technology Diploma,
    or Certified Red Seal designation in a relevant Mechanical or Electrical trade.

Experience:


  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in a fixed plant or power generation maintenance environment combined with at least 5 years frontline leadership experience.

Skills:


  • Strong knowledge of maintenance reliability principles and practices.
  • Must have excellent leadership, coaching, interpersonal, and oral and communications skills.
  • Knowledge of open pit and underground mining is considered an asset.
  • Previous experience in a fly in/fly out environment is considered an asset.
  • Solid budgeting abilities.
  • General knowledge of warehousing and procurement.
  • Ability to work in a multicultural workforce.
  • Must have working Knowledge with CMMS systems (SAP preferred
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SAP.
  • Knowledge of PowerBI would be considered an asset.
  • Formal lean management training would be considered an asset.
  • Familiarity with working in a unionized environment.

What We Offer You

  • Competitive salary and onsite premiums
  • Opportunity to earn an annual Employee Bonus
  • Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex acc
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