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.

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 mine critical minerals that power electric vehicles, create renewable energy solutions and help develop life-saving medical equipment 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.

Our Team:

Inbound Logistics Canada team is responsible for warehousing operations, inventory management, and CMD(Central of Material Disposal) for Canada wide operations. The team is transforming the Warehouse Operations by designing new material flow and implementing new processes to integrate with Operations.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Warehouse Superintendent to join our Warehouse team in Long Harbour. This is a permanent position.

The Warehouse Superintendent will work closely with the Inbound Logistics Manager and other departmental staff to ensure that relative aspects of the Warehousing process are being formulated and implemented to meet with acceptable department & company warehousing standards. The Warehouse Superintendent will take an active leadership role in the safety of personnel and in the interactions with operations and be an advocate for the safety, health, and environmental sustainability of the organization. He/she will develop and implement plans to achieve departmental and overall site goals and continually look for improvement opportunities through VPS.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Take an active leadership role in the safety of personnel and in the interactions with operations.
• Be an advocate for the safety, health and environmental sustainability of the organization.
• Develop and implement plans to achieve departmental and overall site goals.
• Continually look for improvement opportunities through VPS.
• Oversee warehouse scheduling, movement of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies around sites working with the various stakeholders,
• Provide regular reporting on departmental activities.
• Provide support to Warehouse Supervisors and Technicians.

About You

Education:

• Undergraduate degree required with preference in logistics, statistics, or general administration.
  • A College or Trades School diploma in Marine Studies, other relative area, would be an asset.

Experience:

• 5-7 years of related experience in a warehouse environment.

Skills:

• Must have experience in and be good with computerized software programs such as Microsoft Access data bases, peoplesoft, SAP, Oracle, Ellipse, excel spreadsheets and be good at linking them to other software spreadsheets.
• Must have extensive knowledge and experience in detailed cycle time studies on materials, shipping and transportation and its impact on resource requirements and cost.
• Should have experience and a proven track record with Warehousing, Logistics, Inbound Logistics and Marine environment activities.
• Must be familiar with shipping and scheduling activities, must have an understanding of statistics and have a previous successful track record with high volumes of materials handling and coordination.
• Must have good communication skills and the ability to juggle priorities while working with several groups with key requirements, changing priorities and the ability to find alignment and common ground in scheduling as necessary.
• Should have a good understanding of the company and government Safety and Environmental policy and procedures and ensure work is conducted to those standards.

How can Vale grow your career?

The Warehouse Superintendent is a position that will allow the right candidate to shape our mining operations as well as a team of direct reports. Additionally, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• 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)
• Flexible work arrangements
• 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
• Long Harbour Operations currently offers a flexible work schedule and a bus service departing from the St. John’s vicinity.

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.

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

Apply by : Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023