Health Safety Risk Business Partner

**Health Safety Risk (HSR) Business Partner**

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Welcome to Vale in Canada. As a leader in the mining industry, our responsibility is to positively impact our people, communities and the environment. 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 Health, Safety, and Risk North Atlantic Operations Team provides leadership in terms of execution of the health, safety, and operational risk management strategies for our Ontario Operations. In doing so the team enables the operations to meet business objectives and achieve outstanding outcomes focused on prioritizing, planning, and delivering on performance improvement areas.

**The Opportunity**

We are currently seeking a **Health Safety Risk (HSR) Business Partner **to join our North Atlantic Operations team in Sudbury. This is a **permanent **position.

As the key support of the plant manager (Risk Owner) in the area of Health, Safety and Operational Risk, the HSR Business Partner provides expertise, coaching and direction to enable line management and contractors to achieve accountability for safety, health and operational risk management in their respective areas. The primary responsibility of the HSRBP is to provide leadership, technical support and coaching to site personnel in the implementation of the Safety, Health and Risk elements of VPS as they relate to one or more of the plants in our Ontario Operations. The role is responsible for implementation of hazard identification and risk management processes linked to plant activities and processes, and for assurance and verification of Policies, Procedures and Work Practices in compliance with Vale standards and with Federal and Provincial regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support the site manager and the line organization in managing operational risks, identifying, assessing, treating, preventing and monitoring risks in an integrated manner.
- Lead the implementation of VPS (Vale production System), Vale’s system for managing, in accordance with Vale Global norms and associated international standards.
- Coordinate the resources and effort of the Health Safety Support teams in Sudbury, along with external resources, to ensure the achievement of plant objectives and the standardization of processes.
- Lead the implementation of new systems, processes, and procedures, and provide guidance, auditing, mentoring and analysis support to the site management team in relation to their implementation, engaging and the HS support teams as needed.
- Work closely with the plant Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees, and with Provincial and Federal regulatory agencies, to ensure compliance with regulations and effective management of risks to people.
- Support site leadership in the development and implementation of the site emergency response plan through coordination with site personnel, with Health Safety support functions and with community-based emergency services, including establishment and support of the site emergency response and mine rescue teams, along with associated equipment and training.
- Contribute to the development of the annual operating budget for the Health Safety Risk department and implement management and cost control routines at a site level to work within the budget plan.
- Liaise with the other support functions in coordinating efforts to support the Health, Safety and Risk Management objectives of the plant.
- Support the development of site-specific strategies and operating, considering targets and related actions to reduce risk to people, improve environmental performance, and optimize production output, quality, costs and capital expenditures.
- Provide performance feedback to team members and coach and counsel employees on the standards of behavior.

**About You**

**Education**:

- Undergraduate degree in engineering, applied science or a related field is required.
- Post graduate completion of a Health and Safety program or Health and Safety certification is preferred (i.e. CRSP).

**Experience**:

- Minimum of 8 years of experience in an underground mining operation.

**Skills**:

- Ten years’ related experience with a focus on Health, Safety and Risk Management.
- Extensive experience with safety systems and methods Bowtie analysis, RCA.
- Experience in an industrial environment, particularly underground hard rock mining operations
- Experience in underground mining would be considered an asset.
- Leadership & People Management (mentoring, leading, influencing others).
- Strong Work & Business Management Skills (resource, planning & work prioritization management, results focused).
- Experienced knowledge of Occupational Health