Spec, Geologist

**Job Title: Specialist Geologist, Area**

**Want to work with leading technology?**

**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.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

**Our Team**:
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 one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. Sudbury is also home to several administrative sites serving both the Ontario Operations as well as all our North Atlantic Operations.

**The Opportunity**

We are currently seeking a Specialist Geologist, Area to join our Exploration team in Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Project Geology
- Coordinate, plan and implement all aspects of significant exploration programs including multiple projects and target areas, including area selection, prospecting, mapping, surveying, drilling, core logging, sampling, interpretation, evaluation, and reporting.
- Techniques for geological mapping: survey and mapping of geology, photo interpretation, integration of satellite images, structural analysis, etc.
- Interpretation of aerial photos and satellite images: interpretation of images to differentiate topographic features and structures and integrate them with field data.
- Understanding of database structure: organizing and maintaining a database according to company standards.
- Provide technical leadership and input through:

- Identify targets, analyze and model results, advise on course of action as exploration progresses.
- Bring personal expertise to bear on projects. Contribute to team tasks.
- Ensuring technical and QAQC standards are being adhered to.
- Providing technical mentoring and training opportunities to junior professional and technical staff.
- Assist in consolidating monthly expenditures/physical forecasts and budgets for assigned projects.
- Ensure work is planned and implemented in accordance to Vale's health, safety, environmental and community normative documents and policies in compliance with local laws.
- Prepare specific presentations for general evaluation of existing projects.

**About You**

Education**:

- Undergraduate degree in Geology or Earth Sciences Program
- P. Eng. or P. Geo. designation is required.

**Experience**:

- Professional experience in geological modelling and geostatistics of base metals and other commodities
- Able to sign resource reports acting as a QP.

**Skills**:

- Knowledge of Exploration methods, strategy, technology and methodology.
- Knowledge of Ore Deposits, Magmatic and hydrothermal systems, Magmatic Sulfide deposits and deposit geology specifically Sudbury Basin geology, Voisey’s Bay geology, Thompson geology.
- Ability to effectively interact with project stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds.
- Strong technical knowledge including practical aspects of exploration, drilling, geophysics, hole orientation, hole planning and steering, hole surveying and geotechnical surveys.

**How can Vale grow your career?**

Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

- 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)
- Flexible work arrangements
- 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
- Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions.

**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 operation