Mobile Planner

**Want to work in a leading-edge underground mine?**

**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**:
Creighton Mine is an underground nickel, copper, and PGE mine located in Lively, Ontario, and is home to over 400 full-time employees, as well as the world-class science facility SNOLAB. Producing at depths of over 8400 feet, we are one of the deepest nickel mines in the world.

**The Opportunity**:
We are currently seeking a **Mobile Planner** to join our **(All Mines Development) **at** Creighton Mine** in **Sudbury, Ontario**. This is a **permanent** position.

As a **Mobile Planner**, you will be helping to facilitate the continuous improvement of the Mechanical Maintenance team’s performance, through the effective use of established processes and procedures. You will be accountable for the planning of work for the Creighton Mine Maintenance Department and may be required to provide relief supervision as needed.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Work Monday to Friday, 8 hours day shift.
- Coordinate and facilitate with the Scheduler to ensure all required planning/scheduling routines are followed.
- Identify and escalate all critical issues that threaten the successful execution of the "work schedule" for completion by Required End Date.
- Manage backlog to ensure work orders are planned with an emphasis on safety and ready to be executed prior to the required end date as determined through the notification. Ensure WO user statuses are properly maintained throughout the lifecycle of the work order. Ensure planned work orders are closed with proper time confirmations completed.
- Control inventories of consumables and supplies, and order materials to achieve production and/or maintenance schedules.
- Establish and maintain work relationships with the various key plant stakeholders including superintendents, supervisors, other schedulers, planners, crew members, etc.
- Relief supervisor as necessary which requires:

- Holding the crew accountable for safe behavior, housekeeping, teamwork, and professionalism.
- Ensure planned work orders are closed with proper time confirmations completed.
- Work within budget, guidelines, and standards.
- Work with a crew to develop an interactive workplace environment.
- Relief supervisor as necessary which requires:

- Holding the crew accountable for safe behavior, housekeeping, teamwork, and professionalism.
- Ensure planned work orders are closed with proper time confirmations completed.
- Work within budget, guidelines, and standards.
- Work with a crew to develop an interactive workplace environment.

**About You**

**Education**:

- Grade 12 level education or GED equivalency is required.
- First Line Underground Mine Supervisor Common Core is preferred.

**Experience**:

- Minimum 3 years of experience working within SAP and the Prometheus add-on as a Planner and Scheduler is preferred.
- Experience leading crews preferably in an underground environment.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Products is required.

**Skills**:

- Ability to work with mínimal supervision and work well with others in a team environment.
- Must have strong written and oral communication skills.
- Must be obsessed with safety and risk.
- Must demonstrate open and transparent dialogue in all aspects of work.

**How can Vale grow your career?**
- 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, 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 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