Mine Planner

**Job Title: Mine 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**

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**
- Vale recognizes the Impacts and Benefits Agreements with the Innu Nation and the Nunatsiavut Government in which Innu and Inuit workers have first preference for employment at the Voisey’s Bay Mine Site. This is guided by an adjacency principle that first gives preference to those who live on the coast of Labrador, followed by those residing in the rest of Labrador, those residing on the island of the province, followed by the rest of Canada._
- Next, priority will be given to Newfoundland and Labrador residents. We also welcome those who are willing to relocate back home and those looking to make NL their permanent home._

We are currently seeking a **Mine Planner **to join our Mines Technical Services department in **St. John’s, NL**. This is a permanent position.

**_ This position will be based in the St. John’s office working a Monday to Friday schedule, with travel to the Voisey’s Bay Mine Site as required._**

Reporting to the Divisional Supervisor, the Mine Planner is to provide mine engineering services as required for the mine department in a cost effective and timely manner. The Mine Planner has accountability for providing high quality mining engineering services to the operating mine in support of safe, optimized and sustainable ore extraction.

Additionally, in this position, you will:

- Design underground stopes using the Deswik mine design software.
- Produce and issue packages for all stoping activities including ITH drilling, blasting and backfilling.
- Create development designs for level development, ramp development, and raise development required to safely excavate the ore.
- Collect, document, and assess engineering data within the mine, specifically responsible for the short term mine planning.
- Develop the plan that will be followed to mine the deposit. Using the orebody model of the deposit created by the Geology team, the Mine Planner designs the underground mine, decides what methods and equipment will be used for accessing and extracting ore and waste material and provide a schedule for the removal of this material.
- Ensure safety is first and foremost in all aspects of planning by using applicable standards and guidelines.
- Provide input for cost development and life of mine scheduling.
- Communicate the mine plan to the mine operations group, providing technical assistance as required.

**About You**

**Education**:

- An undergraduate degree in Mining Engineering or Diploma in Mining Technology.
- Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Newfoundland and Labrador.

**Experience**:

- A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in an underground mining with a preferred focus on mine production planning and mine engineering.

**Skills**:

- Technical knowledge in planning, surveying, backfill, blasting, ventilation, incentives, rock mechanics.
- Knowledgeable with applicable safety and mining regulations and procedures.
- Experience with budgeting and cost forecasting.
- Experience in underground mine operations and mine design.

**What We Offer You**
- Competitive salary and on-site premiums
- Opportunity to earn an annual Employee Bonus
- 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, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
- All Personal Protective Equipment is provided upon hire. Employees are given a safety boot allowance and receive a 100% reimbursement for prescription safety glasses
- Employee Family Assistance ProgramWork 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 co