Supervisor, Tailings and Dams

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**Who We Are**:
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 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. Sudbury is also home to several administrative sites serving both the Ontario Operations as well as all our North Atlantic Operations.

**Our Team**:
The Tailings and Dams group is part of a larger Mining Team reporting through the corporate Base Metals organization. The Tailings and Dams group at our Sudbury site is an integral part of Vale’s Operations and is aligned with the Tailings Dams Management System and Vale’s short and long-term dam safety strategy. Tailings and waste rock are used to build containment dams and deposited sub aqueously or subaerial. There are numerous conveyance systems, pipelines, pumps, mobile equipment, etc., operated by several crew members in this area. In addition, this team has a group of experienced engineers who support the dam construction, maintenance, surveillance, and deposition in the tailings area.

The group also provides monitoring and implements tailings management systems to ensure compliance throughout our operations. Members of this team work collaboratively to support the operations including dam monitoring and tailings deposition, project support, closure planning, waste management, internal and external reporting, as well as community and government liaison.

**The Opportunity**:
We are currently seeking a **Supervisor **to join our **Tailings and Dams **group in **Sudbury **.

This is a **permanent **position requiring shift work (7-day/night rotating schedule).

The purpose of the Supervisor role is to manage the social, commercial, and technical processes of a front-line team within established limits, to meet the maintenance objectives of the work area in safety, reliability, efficiency, and quality.

The Supervisor is accountable to get a process under control and maintain the process within established limits. They identify special cause variances and take action to address issues or take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Ensures 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:

- Manage systems within the area of accountability to achieve the following outputs:

- Zero Harm to employees, the business, the environment, and the community.
- Achieve/exceed production quality & quantity targets while maximizing economic resources and recovery.
- Achieve total product and unit cost, and capital (as applicable) expenditure targets.
- Review & communicate Risk Management situations with crew members at line-up and field discussions. Follow notification protocols for incidents and initiate on-shift investigations.
- Leads and ensures Safe Production behaviors’ are exhibited by all crew members. Coach members on consistently achieving ALARA and take corrective action when necessary to address non-compliance.
- 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.
- Continuously improve the performance of the production & 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.
- Handle process and social problems as they occur.
- Complete improvement projects, as assigned.
- Utilize the work practices under Work Management (Manitoba & Ontario Operations) 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).
- Control inventories of consumables and supplies, and order materials to achieve production and/or main