Superintendent Civil Structural Engineering

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Your new company

Welcome to Vale in Canada. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. We value our workforce and offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale is a global leader in the production of iron ore and one of the largest producers of nickel. Active in Canada for over 100 years, Vale employs nearly 6,000 people across our corporate office in Toronto and sites in Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine critical minerals that power electric vehicles, create renewable energy solutions and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

Our Sudbury Operations have been in existence for more than 100 years. With five mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery and nearly 4,000 employees it is also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. The Port Colborne Refinery was also commissioned 100 years ago on the shore of Lake Erie. Raw materials and finished products from Vale’s Sudbury and Newfoundland and Labrador operations are transported to Port Colborne for processing.

With our global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and approximately 125,000 employees in over 30 countries, Vale is constantly growing and changing. We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Your new role

We are currently seeking a Superintendent Civil Structural Engineering to join our Engineering & Studies Group – North Atlantic based in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a permanent position.

The role is the division’s structural expert, having both experience and understanding of mining infrastructure including standards and codes. As part of the role regular trips to underground mines and to the various surface plants as well as periodic travel to other Vale North Atlantic facilities within Canada will be required.

As a Superintendent Civil Structural Engineering, you will be responsible to provide civil and structural engineering services to Vale’s various plants and mines as well as to supervise a group of engineers and designers producing scope of work and civil and structural engineering packages. Excellent leadership skills are required as is the capacity for producing innovative engineering solutions to operating and maintenace problems.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Lead a team of design personnel to complete complex engineering designs and studies

• Provides technical direction for complex civil/structural engineering designs and guide other design personnel.

• Responsible for integrity of designs produced under their technical direction and legally approves drawings as per the Professional Engineers Act.

• Apply sound engineering knowledge and ensure all designs comply with applicable codes, standards, and regulations, and are economically feasible.

• Complete, approve, and review complex engineering estimates, drawings, calculations, functional specifications, data sheets, equipment specifications, scopes of work, Front End Loading (FEL) studies and detailed design packages.

• Mentoring and training to design and engineering personnel.

• Ensures in-house Vale structural engineering design standards are updated and maintained.

• Highlight structural issues and, make recommendations based on field inspections and audits, and prepare the relevant reports.

• Interact regularly with the plants and mines as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance.

• Provide reviews of consultant’s work performed on assigned Vale engineering projects.

• Acts as the Structural Technical Authority for the Sudbury Operations.

• Makes recommendations on actions to be taken to address MOL orders and deficiencies

• Provide direction and assistance in identifying infrastructure areas that requires repair, replacement, modification, or removal from service.

What you’ll need

Education:

• Engineering Degree in Structural Engineering with a Professional Engineering designation preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of 11 years’ experience.

Skills:

• Excellent leadership skills.

• Robust knowledge of structural design and analysis for various types of structures.

• Strong knowledge of steel, concrete, masonry, and timber design.

• Knowledge of various mining, smelting, and refining, structures.

• Experience in planning and estimating engineering hours for design projects.

• Proficiency writing equipment specification and construction scopes of work.

• Understanding and application of risk assessment and process hazards review processes.

• Familiarity with the latest codes, acts, regulations, and up to date on technology and developments in the design field.

• Ability to work independently to achieve outcomes with minimum supervision.

• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word, Power BI).

What you’ll get in return

• 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)

• 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