Senior Engineer - Structural

Location

St John's, NL | Canada

Job description

Job Title: Senior Structural Engineer

Want to help Canada develop a sustainable future?

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 Vale Newfoundland & Labrador (VNL) Reliability, Engineering, Operational Technology & Excellence team has accountabilities to deliver cost effective asset performance across the Vale mines and plants in the province.

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 Senior Structural Engineer to join our Engineering & Studies department in St Johns, NL . This is a permanent position.

This permanent position will be on a Monday to Friday schedule working primarily from the St. John's Office, with site visits as required to the Long Harbour and Voisey's Bay operations.

The Senior Structural Engineer will provide innovative engineering design solutions to operating and maintenance problems, technical support to operating plants and mines, technical direction to external engineering consultants & construction contractors and technical guidance and mentoring to other members of the Central Engineering team. Additionally, in this position, you will:

• Prepares engineering packages for operations, maintenance, and capital projects, utilizing good engineering practices and considering risk, while minimizing costs.
• Prepares accurate engineering design deliverables such as drawings, specifications, scopes of work, risk assessments and cost estimates.
• Stamps/seals designs/drawings prepared under their direction.
• Leads studies in area of discipline through the FEL process to Detailed Design
• Functions as the team leader/member to lead single discipline and multi-discipline engineering projects, managing the work of other design personnel to ensure adherence to scope, schedule, budget, codes, and standards.
• Development of engineering processes, engineering standards and equipment specifications within area of responsibility.

About You

Education:

• Civil Engineering Degree
• Registered Professional Engineer

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a similar role.

• Work within mining and/or industrial facilities.

Skills:

• Has strong knowledge of structural design codes, acts, regulations (mainly CSA standards and building codes).
• Has strong knowledge of structural design and analysis for various types of structures.
• Has strong knowledge of structural steel, reinforced concrete, masonry, and timber design.
• Has knowledge of land survey, geotechnical, and small/medium scale civil works for buildings, structures, piping systems, and excavations
• Has strong knowledge of various mining, and surface operations structures

What We Offer You

• Competitive Salary
• 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)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• 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.

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.

Interested applicants must submit their application online at . 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] .

Job Grade: F5T

Apply by: Tuesday March 19 th 2024

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