Production Planner

**Want to work in a leading-edge underground mine?** **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**: Creighton Mine is an underground nickel, copper, and PGE mine located in Lively, Ontario, and is home to over 400 full-time employees, as well as the world-class science facility SNOLAB. Producing at depths of over 8400 feet, we are one of the deepest nickel mines in the world. **The Opportunity**: We are currently seeking a **Production Planner **to join our **Creighton Mine **in** Sudbury, Ontario**. This is a permanent position. Additionally, in this position you will: - Work Monday to Friday, 8-hours day shift. - Adhere to maintenance business processes as outlined in Maintenance Planning and Control (MPC) by using approved systems (SAP, Prometheus, etc.), tools, and standards. - Establish and maintain work relationships with the various key plant stakeholders including superintendents, supervisors, other schedulers, planners, crew members, etc. - Execute the "Planning" element of the process for all types of work orders - systematic and non-systematic maintenance. This includes shutdown (PMP) and external resource-related work. - Coordinate and facilitate with the Scheduler to ensure all required planning/scheduling routines are followed. - Ensure WO user statuses are properly maintained throughout the lifecycle of the work order. - Ensure work orders are planned with an emphasis on safety and ready to be executed prior to the required end date as determined through the notification. - Work within assigned budgets and escalate to management should a budget be exceeded. - Identify and escalate all critical issues that threaten the successful execution of the "work schedule" for completion by Required End Date. - Manage backlog to ensure work orders are planned based on priority and required end date. - Monitor KPIs and actively strive toward plant targets. - Relief supervisor as necessary which requires: - Holding the crew accountable for safe behavior, housekeeping, teamwork, and professionalism. - Ensure planned work orders are closed with proper time confirmations completed. - Work within budget, guidelines, and standards. - Work with a crew to develop an interactive workplace environment. **About You** **Education**: - Grade 12 level education or GED equivalency is required. - College diploma or university degree in a related industrial field or a university degree in a related engineering discipline is preferred. **Experience**: - Minimum 3 years of experience working in a planning, scheduling, or reliability role. - Minimum 3 years of experience in operations is required. - Experience working underground is preferred. - Experience with Microsoft Office Products is required. **Skills**: - Ability to work with mínimal supervision and work well with others in a team environment. - Must have strong written and oral communication skills. - Must be obsessed with safety and risk. - Must demonstrate open and transparent dialogue in all aspects of work. **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 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 essential 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. **Grade**: 17V