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.

Vale is a global leader in the production of iron ore and one of the largest producers of nickel. Active in Canada for over 100 years, Vale employs nearly 6,000 people across our corporate office in Toronto and sites in Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. Applying the latest technologies to sustainably produce nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold and silver is at the heart of what we do.

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 open-pit mine and concentrator in Voisey’s Bay – Vale’s only fly-in/fly-out operation in Canada – produces nickel-cobalt-copper concentrate and copper concentrate. An underground expansion will see a transition to a leading edge underground mine extending the life of the mine until 2034. Our state-of the-art facility in Long Harbour is the first nickel processing plant in the world to use hydrometallurgy technology to produce Plating RoundsTM from hard rock (sulphide) concentrate, with low carbon footprint compared to traditional smelter technology. A team of employees across the province provide support to the Newfoundland and Labrador Operations.

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 Vale 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 seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry. Female and female-identifying applicants are encouraged to apply.

The Opportunity

Does working in an exciting, innovative facility sound appealing to you?

We are currently seeking a QA/QC Inspector to join our team in the Central Engineering Department in Long Harbour, NL. This is a 1 year fixed term position.

The QA/QC Inspector is responsible for the day-to-day Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities required for the routine repairs to piping, vessels, boilers and tanks, covered by the Owner/User Quality Control Manual and API 653. Also, the individual will be responsible for the daily in-service inspection activities with regards to piping systems, vessels, boilers and tanks, including writing reports and recommending repairs.

In this position, you will:

• Be committed to the goal of Zero Harm to people, the workplace, our community, and the environment.
• Commit to reducing risk to ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) to prevent injury or production loss;
• Prepare repair reports, inspection reports, and other inspection documents;
• Have working knowledge of welding processes and non-destructive examination techniques (RT, UT, PT, MT, Eddy Current, IRIS, etc.);
• Complete in-service equipment inspection assessments utilizing visual and non-destructive examination techniques; Inspection of new construction/fabrication and repair/alteration of in-service pressure/process equipment, process piping and structural components as well as coordinate and manage specific plant equipment QA systems and records;
• Assist maintenance in repair strategies by assessing the equipment's condition and necessary repairs, issuing repair requests to, co-developing welding repair and general repair strategies with engineering and supporting the successful management of equipment integrity;
• Focus on identifying equipment condition, assist in determining failure modes and effects and assist engineering in defining corrective actions;
• Assist in determining the appropriate disposition to nonconformance, ensuring that the appropriate corrective action to prevent recurrence is deployed with discipline;
• Act as owner inspector for O.U.P. certified repairs and piping construction;
• Verify and inspect material as per purchase orders;
• Verify proper storage, preservation, maintenance of all received material and equipment. Ensure material tracking and equipment logs are always up to date;
• Utilize Meridium - Asset Performance Management Program.
  

About You

• Post Secondary education in Welding Engineering Technician/Technologist or Mechanical Engineering Technologist;
• Certification in C.Tech or C.E.T, API 510, API 570, API 653, NBIC, Level 2 CWB preferred;
• 5+ years experience; hands-on technical maintenance work and/or supervision in a complex industrial environment preferred;
• Experience with SAP an asset;
• Knowledge of Service NL, Public Safety Act;
• Demonstrated experience coordinating maintenance work planning activities an asset;
• Excellent organization, communication (written and oral), as well as interpersonal skills;
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills;
• Able to build and maintain strong positive relationships across multiple work groups;
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion and career growth.
• Opportunities to grow your career in a large global company, and mining industry leader.
• Online training and career development opportunities.
• Bus Service departing from St. John’s to Long Harbour site daily.
  

Apply

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application online at https://vale.eightfold.ai/careers .

Deadline to Apply

Monday, January 2nd, 2023.