Supervisor, Production

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**Who We Are**:
Welcome to Vale in Canada. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. We value our workforce and offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

With our global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and approximately 125,000 employees in over 30 countries, Vale is constantly growing and changing. We invite you to be part of our evolution.

**Our Team**:
The Vale Smelter, located in Copper Cliff, is a critical operation in the production in Finished Nickel. The plant is comprised of over a dozen Operating, Maintenance and Technical departments working together to process Nickel Concentrate to supply the Vale Refineries.

**The Opportunity**:
We are currently seeking a **Supervisor, Production **, to join our **Smelter Operations team at Copper Cliff Smelter Complex in Sudbury, Ontario **. This is a **permanent **position.

As a **Supervisor, Production **you will be accountable for managing the social, commercial, and technical processes of a front-line team within established limits, to meet the maintenance and/or production goals and objectives of the work area in safety, reliability, efficiency, and quality. You will be accountable to get a process under control and maintain the process within established limits. Also, identify special cause variances and take action to address issues or take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Ensuring that direct reports and areas of accountability meet all requirements with regard to legislated regulations, company policies and practices, and collective agreements.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Work on a rotation schedule days and nights.
- Manage systems within the area of accountability to achieve the following outputs.
- Ensure Zero Harm to employees, the business, the environment, and the community.
- Achieve/exceed production quality and quantity targets while maximizing economic resources and recovery. Achieve total product and unit cost, and capital (as applicable) expenditure targets.
- Review and communicate Risk Management situations with crew members at line-up and field discussions. Follow notification protocols for incidents and initiate on-shift investigations.
- Meet objectives and comply with; Monthly Safety plans, incident reporting process, Policy/Procedure reviews, MOC system, etc.
- Perform injury management, working with employees and health care providers to successfully return the employee to work.
- Identify and correct negative special cause circumstances that are within the authority level and escalate those that are the outside authority.
- Control inventories of consumables and supplies, and order materials to achieve production and/or maintenance schedules.
- Manage overtime to within targets and distribute to crew members within the C.B.A. and provincial guidelines.
- Ensure crew qualifications are kept current for required work assignments, and schedule training as required.
- Coach and counsel employees on the standards of behaviour and take corrective actions as required, including discipline and grievance management.
- Continuously improve the performance of the production and maintenance frontline team through the effective use of established processes and procedures. This includes ensuring the completion of assigned work with increasing consistency and accuracy by:

- Assigning tasks, utilizing CPQQRT format, to team members so that work gets done in a safe and coordinated way.
- Utilize the work practices under Work Management to approve, plan, schedule, and execute tasks within the area(s).
- Assess assignments during the shift to ensure that schedules are being attained, and/or take corrective actions as required. Complete all production and/or maintenance-related reports and work orders and communicates status to oncoming shift(s).

**About You
Education**:

- College Diploma or a minimum grade 12 with equivalent experience.

**Experience**:

- Minimum 5 years of industrial experience.
- Supervisory experience preferred.

**Skills**:

- Mineral processing environments skills including some time leading a crew are preferred.
- Computer training including SAP, Excel, and Word is an asset.

**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 insurance)
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top-up for maternity/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

**Difference Makes All the Difference**
At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages eve