Business Support Superintendent

**Business Support Superintendent**

**Ready to evolve an industry?**

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**

The Garson Mine Team is integral to the success of the operation in becoming a safe, predictable, and reliable producer. Working collaboratively with multiple Operations, Maintenance and Support groups, the Business Support Superintendent will provide the leadership required to meet operational objectives.

**The Opportunity**

We are currently seeking a **Superintendent, Business Support** to join the **Garson Mine Team **in **Sudbury**. This is a **permanent** position.

The Business Support Superintendent will support plant management with their goals and objectives by implementing and optimizing divisional initiatives and business processes. The role leads plant improvement initiatives. This role leads the plant administrators and VPS/CI support roles at the site. This role is viewed as a development role for the Manager Position.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Develop, coordinate, and implement external and plant wide initiatives (safety, standards, communications, environment, surveys, audits).
- Lead plant improvement initiatives.
- Participate with Operations Finance Partner in defining plant business value drivers and budget.
- Provide leadership to the Plant Administrative Support(s) and optimize plant admin functions.
- Additionally, you will lead Vale Production System (VPS) and Continuous Improvement (CI) support person(s).
- Lead the coordination of plant metrics and serve as plant focal point for ISO standards.
- Collaborate closely with other departments as required to help plant management decisions on short term objectives.
- Bring your knowledge and understanding of business systems and processes to strengthen the overall team.
- Coordinate weekly and monthly management meetings with detailed 5 why analysis on lagging and leading metrics from all pillars - safety, production, maintenance, cost, people.
- Audit monthly mine incentive payouts collaborating with central incentive committee and MTS. Lead monthly incentive committee meetings.
- Lead, initiate, and identify cost savings against budget. Working closely with Business Analysts, partners, and contract management to create a culture of knowledge on all cost drivers at Garson mine.

**About You**

**Education**:

- Undergraduate or a College Diploma required in Finance or Business or a related area.

**Experience**:

- 8 years of dynamic proven experience in a supervisory or technical support role.

**Skills**:

- Strong background in maintenance, operations, and technical areas.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Results focused with strong analytical, planning, organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to manage changing priorities.
- Knowledge of all Vale systems.
- Software skills in MS Office products.

**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 insurances).
- 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.

**Include to Transform**

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

**Paygrade: 15V