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Senior Dams Assurance Engineer

Employer
Vale Base Metals
Location
VNL, Canada
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 12, 2020

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Category
Audit & Legal, Engineering
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Who We Are

Vale is a global mining company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We are leaders in the production of iron ore and one of the largest global producers of nickel. In Canada, Vale employs approximately 6,000 people in our corporate office in Toronto and at sites in Manitoba, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador, where we produce nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold and silver.

Through their hard work, innovation and forward thinking, it is our employees, and a wholesome orebody of course, that ensures a bright future for Vale in Canada – a future we want you to be a part of.

Our open-pit mine and concentrator in Voisey’s Bay - Vale’s only fly-in/fly-out operation in Canada - produces nickel-cobalt-copper concentrate and copper concentrate. An underground expansion will see a transition to a leading edge underground mine. Our state-of the-art facility in Long Harbour is the first nickel processing plant in the world to use hydrometallurgy technology to produce Plating Rounds TM from hard rock (sulphide) concentrate, with zero emissions. Our offices in St. John’s and Goose Bay provide support to the Newfoundland and Labrador Operations. Our Voisey’s Bay team is currently seeking a:

SENIOR DAMS ASSURANCE ENGINEER

The Opportunity:

To be a key contributor in managing dam safety risk at Vale’s Canadian operating facility in Voisey’s Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador (VNL).

The Senior Dams Assurance Engineer is responsible for coordinating the internal and external technical services consistent with industry and corporate best practice and all regulatory requirements related to the management of tailings and water systems. The incumbent will be a professional engineer (Canadian Licensed) with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering with emphasis on geotechnical and/or hydrotechnical engineering.

This permanent 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.

Accountabilities:
  • Design operational inspection protocols, undertake the internally resourced annual dam safety inspections, and coordinate the externally resourced annual dam safety inspection process;
  • Coordinate the external independent dam safety review process (every 5 years approximately);
  • Maintain Operations, Surveillance and Dam Maintenance manual including critical controls management;
  • Support the implementation of a modernized (digital real-time) instrumentation program, maintain and improve manual instrumentation and Vale Geotec monitoring database and workflow program as a quality assurance element to the digital instrumentation platform;
  • Implement and coordinate engineering services with external tailings dam design consultants to provide continual operational support and attest that the tailings facility operation is compliant with design intent;
  • Implement and maintain emergency readiness and response plans and systems, prepare training materials and coordinate field level response drills;
  • Support and participate in Vale’s independent Tailings Review Board process;
  • Coordinate updates to the tailings deposition plan over the 3 year to life-of-facility-plan;
  • Coordinate operational pond level range to balance dam safety and environmental protection;
  • Provide technical support and recommendations for all geotechnical and hydrotechnical aspects, review and input on closure plans;
  • Provide budgetary inputs to meet operational, research and development and capital expenditure needs;
  • Actively participate in collaborative emergency plan development and improvement initiatives.


Education:
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering or a geotechnical field with a focus on hydrogeology.
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation with PEGNL; eligible or obtained.

Experience:
  • A minimum of 5 years working in a role of similar experience in a related field.
  • Experience working in an industrial environment such as mining is preferred.


Knowledge & Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of the process fundamentals as pertains to tailings deposition.
  • Familiarity with Canadian Dam Association (CDA) and Mining Association of Canada (MAC) guidelines for tailings facility management.
  • Ability to work well in a team environment, particularly when the team is comprised of individuals from different operations and departments.
  • Problem solving skills (technical, trouble shooting, etc.).
  • Technical writing skills.
  • Short ( 1year) planning skills.
  • Computer skills (word and data processing, Powerpoint, etc.).

Difference Makes All the Difference

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 Vale 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 essential 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 are encouraged to submit their application online at www.valejobs.ca or by forwarding their application to their Vale Aboriginal Employment Coordinator.

Deadline to Apply: Friday, December 11 th , 2020.

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