Superintendent Civil Structural Engineering

4 weeks ago


Greater Sudbury Ontario, Ontario, Canada Vale Full time

Superintendent Civil Structural Engineering

Ready to lead with your engineering skills?

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.

The Port Colborne Refinery was 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.

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:

The Vale Engineering & Studies Group has North Atlantic accountabilities to deliver engineering design and studies for the various Vale mines and plants in the North Atlantic region including Sudbury.

The Opportunity

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 maintenance problems.

Additionally, in this position you will:

  1. Lead a team of design personnel to complete complex engineering designs and studies.
  2. Provide technical direction for complex civil/structural engineering designs and guide other design personnel.
  3. Be responsible for the integrity of designs produced under their technical direction and legally approve drawings as per the Professional Engineers Act.
  4. Apply sound engineering knowledge and ensure all designs comply with applicable codes, standards, and regulations, and are economically feasible.
  5. 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.
  6. Provide mentoring and training to design and engineering personnel.
  7. Ensure in-house Vale structural engineering design standards are updated and maintained.
  8. Highlight structural issues and make recommendations based on field inspections and audits, and prepare the relevant reports.
  9. Interact regularly with the plants and mines as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance.
  10. Provide reviews of consultant’s work performed on assigned Vale engineering projects.
  11. Act as the Structural Technical Authority for the Sudbury Operations.
  12. Make recommendations on actions to be taken to address MOL orders and deficiencies.
  13. Provide direction and assistance in identifying infrastructure areas that require repair, replacement, modification, or removal from service.

About You

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 specifications 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.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word, Power BI).

What we offer you:

  • 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.

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 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.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade: 15V

Apply by: August 26, 2024

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