Superintendent, Metallurgist - Thompson, Canada - Vale

Vale

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Thompson, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

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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 have a proud history of mining in Manitoba. Our operations in Thompson, with two operating mines, is located in the awe-inspiring heart of the northern boreal region.

It has a strong future in mining and milling, with an ongoing mission to grow as a safe, prosperous, and sustainable nickel producer.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team

The purpose of the Thompson Concentrator is to separate, collect, and then concentrate the nickel (pentlandite) and copper (chalcopyrite) minerals from the barren rock (gangue).

The Concentrator team endeavors to execute activities in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring consistent, reliable operations, with focus on doing what is right for the long-term stability of the business.

The Opportunity
We are currently seeking a
Metallurgist Superintendent to join our
Concentrator Team in
Manitoba. This is a
permanent position.

As a Metallurgist Superintendent, you will provide leadership to continuously improve the Concentrator processes. You will provide leadership, guidance and direction to a team of professional engineers and technologists. You will collaborate with the various departments and external resources to ensure their needs are being met.

Additionally, in this position you will

Ensure safety of all team members including personal safety plan compliance and execution of the area safety plan.
Actively seek new process technologies for the Concentrator
Collaborate with the operations to ensure operations procedures are current and provide the necessary technical support to monitor and control process variables.
Lead the generation of production and metallurgical reports while managing concentrator production forecasting and metallurgical accounting efforts.
Lead the identification of any metallurgical defects in production results. Lead the investigation of root causes and action plans to resolve these root causes and eliminate the observed defects.
Ensure the technical services group complies with all divisional & concentrator policies & Procedures.
Monitor metallurgical process parameters and takes corrective action with team, advise operating Superintendents accordingly and escalate as required.
Promote effective working relationships with all departments to improve the performance of the business.
Provides technical resources and support to projects (capital and operating) ranging from participating on the teams to leading the project.
Participates in short and longrange planning and provides input to Managers' plans.
Prepares, writes, and presents scopes of work and business cases for capital & R&D requests.
Contributes to departmental and operational budgets and forecasts.
Completes feasibility studies and makes recommendations on requests for capital or operating funding.

About You

Education:

Engineering degree in a Metallurgical, Chemical or Mineral Processing field is required.

Experience:

Minimum 8 years of leadership experience in a similar role.

Skills:

Demonstrated leadership skills.
Strong process knowledge.
Highly motivated and can selfdirect to accomplish goals with minimum supervision.
Demonstrated ability to motivate, coach, influence and collaborate with others to build effective working relationships.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products.

How Can Vale grow your career?

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, top up for maternity/parental)
Flexible work arrangements.
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.
Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions.

Why Thompson

Thompson is known as the "Hub of the North." The town was developed in the 1950s around our mine and is now a thriving community.

Our home boasts a close-knit and involved community with a vibrant arts and music scene and is known for its hospitality