Superintendent, Civil/structural

**Ready to build a rewarding career in an industry that is growing?**

**Who We Are**

We are a global mining company dedicated to safely delivering nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals essential for the world’s energy transition.

Our mission is to improve lives and shape a better future together.

From utensils to cellphones to satellites, our operations simplify daily life and enhance connectivity. Our metals are integral to life-saving medical equipment and the electric vehicles driving the fight against climate change - our work truly matters.

Join our diverse team of 15,000 talented individuals committed to transforming critical minerals into prosperity and sustainable development in countries like Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and Japan. We invite you to use your skills with us and contribute to something meaningful and enduring.

**The Opportunity**

We are currently seeking a **Superintendent, Civil Structural Engineering**to join our **Central Engineering** team in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a permanent position.

The role is the division’s structural expert, having both experience and understanding of mining infrastructure including standards and codes. As part of the role regular trips to underground mines and to the various surface plants as well as periodic travel to other Vale North Atlantic facilities within Canada will be required.

As a **Superintendent, Civil Structural Engineering**, you will be responsible to provide civil and structural engineering services to Vale’s various plants and mines as well as to supervise a group of engineers and designers producing scope of work and civil and structural engineering packages. Excellent leadership skills are required as is the capacity for producing and overseeing innovative engineering solutions to operating and maintenance problems.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Lead a team of design personnel to complete complex engineering designs and studies
- Provides technical direction for complex civil/structural engineering designs and guides other design personnel.
- Responsible for integrity of designs produced under their technical direction and legally approves drawings as per the Professional Engineers Act.
- Complete, approve, and review complex engineering estimates, drawings, calculations, functional specifications, data sheets, equipment specifications, scopes of work, Front End Loading (FEL) studies and detailed design packages.
- Mentoring and training to design and engineering personnel.
- Ensures in-house Vale structural engineering design standards are updated and maintained.
- Highlight structural issues and make recommendations based on field inspections and audits and prepare the relevant reports.
- Provide reviews of consultants’ work performed on assigned Vale engineering projects.
- Acts as the Structural Technical Authority for the Sudbury Operations.
- Makes recommendations on actions to be taken to address MOL orders and deficiencies
- Provide direction and assistance in identifying infrastructure areas that require repair, replacement, modification, or removal from service.

**About You**

**Education**:

- Engineering Degree in Structural Engineering with a Professional Engineering designation preferred.

**Experience**:

- Excellent leadership skills.
- Robust knowledge of structural design and analysis for various types of structures.
- Strong knowledge of steel, concrete, masonry, and timber design.
- Knowledge of various mining, smelting, and refining, structures.
- Experience in planning and estimating engineering hours for design projects.
- Proficiency writing equipment specification and construction scopes of work.
- Familiarity with the latest codes, acts, regulations, and up to date on technology and developments in the design field.
- Ability to work independently to achieve outcomes with minimum supervision.
- Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word, Power BI).

**Skills**:

- Strong knowledge of structural design and analysis for various types of structures including steel, concrete, masonry and timber design.
- Strong knowledge of various mining, smelting and refining, structures.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word and Power Point).
- Knowledge of SAP or ERP solutions software is highly desirable and experience as Project Engineer and/or knowledge on CAPEX/OPEX project execution is highly desirable

**What We Offer You**
- Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
- Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
- Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)
- Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
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