Mine Ventilation Specialist

4 weeks ago


Greater Sudbury, Canada Vale Full time

**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 also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world.

The Port Colborne Refinery was also 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.

**The Opportunity**

We are currently seeking a Ventilation Specialist to join our Mines Technical Services team at Creighton Mine. This is a permanent position.

The primary purpose of this role is to provide ventilation technical services to the mine in a safe, cost effective and efficient manner that protects the integrity of the mine’s ventilation system. This position will report directly to the Manager, Mines Technical Services. This vacancy is a non-ladder position.

**Accountabilities**:

- Assist the Manager, Mines Technical Services with legislative compliance requirements pertaining to ventilation monitoring.
- Implement the mine ventilation execution plan with the assistance of ventilation technologists.
- Lead the mid-range ventilation planning process. Create ventilation staging plans for development and production as part of the planning cycles.
- Assist the planning team with the development of the long-range ventilation plan.
- Assist operations to ensure integrity of assets, compliance to standards and legislative requirements.
- Provide guidance to management during emergencies through coordination and implementation of the mine Emergency Fire Procedures to ensure safety of all employees during an emergency
- Develop scopes of work with respect to required ventilation studies and projects improve and optimize mine sustainability
- Assist the Manager, Mines Technical Services with the mentorship of other technical personnel to ensure ventilation systems operate as designed.

**Qualifications and Specific Skills**:
**Experience**: Five to Seven years of relevant ventilation specific experience in an underground mining organization.

**Process Skills**:

- Knowledge of project management; ability to review mining proposals with respect to ventilation design.
- Demonstrated knowledge of ventilation modeling
- Demonstrated knowledge of mining and environmental legislative requirements as they pertain to ventilation
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, operations and management.

**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, 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 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.

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