Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Superintendent

1 month ago

Long HarbourMount Arlington Heights, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Vale Canada Full time
Job Title: Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Superintendent

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 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 Opportunity

We are currently seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance Superintendent to join our team in Long Harbour, NL. This permanent position will be on a 4x10s schedule working on site in Long Harbour.

The E&I Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the Electrical & Instrumentation maintenance for the Long Harbour site. The Superintendent will lead a team of supervisors and their crews consisting of Electricians and Instrumentation Technicians.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

  • Lead and ensure Safe Production behaviors are exhibited by team members while reducing risk to as low as reasonably possible (ALARA). Coaching and mentoring supervision and teams through practical visible leadership and personal safety plan execution. Be courageous in taking corrective action when necessary to address noncompliance issues.
  • Ensure coordination of Electrical and Instrumentation work for the facility through the Vale Asset Management Framework using work management principals and engaging the Reliability and Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Material Coordination personnel.
  • Monitor KPIs to engage team in improvement initiatives and effectiveness of a structured maintenance organization.
  • Ensure that interface is maintained with work management personnel on a regular basis to ensure that equipment data, spares requirements, and PM procedures and documentation are modified as necessary as a result of additions, deletions or modifications to the plant processes or configuration and constructive feedback from field personnel carrying out the work.
  • Provide input on budget requirements for area of responsibility to the Maintenance Manager.
  • Participate in planned outage scheduling and lead execution of activities for area of responsibility, as well as work closely with the Operations group to ensure maintenance schedules and activities balance the production requirement.
  • Contribute to the development, as well as monitor and support CSP (Career & Succession Plans), both personal and for direct reports.
  • Lead/promote the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and adapt the team to VPS (Vale Production System).

About You

Education:

  • Red Seal certification in a relevant maintenance trade, or post-secondary undergraduate degree in Engineering or diploma in engineering technology.
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation is considered an asset.

Experience:

  • A minimum of 8 years' experience within maintenance and/or supervisory roles.
    • Electrical and/or Instrumentation discipline experience preferred.
  • Planning and/or scheduling, or work management experience considered an asset.
  • Experience with CMMS systems (SAP preferred).

Skills:

  • Proven leadership capabilities.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, & Teams.
  • Knowledge of basic report creation and use of reporting tools.
  • Demonstrated mentoring and coaching skills.
  • Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of the Safe Production model of risk and hazard management.

How can Vale grow your career?

The Maintenance Superintendent position will allow the right candidate to shape our operations. Additionally, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

  • Competitive salary
  • Opportunity to earn an annual Employee Bonus
  • A flexible work schedule and bus service
  • Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans, and optional insurances)
  • All Personal Protective Equipment is provided upon hire. Employees are given a safety boot allowance and receive a 100% reimbursement for prescription safety glasses
  • Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation, 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.

Pay Grade: 15V

Interested applicants must submit their application online at

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

Apply by Tuesday August 20th, 2024.

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