Engineer, Infrastructure

Ready to build a rewarding career in an industry that is growing? Who We Are

We are a global mining company dedicated to safely delivering nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals essential for the world’s energy transition.

Our mission is to improve lives and shape a better future together.

From utensils to cellphones to satellites, our operations simplify daily life and enhance connectivity. Our metals are integral to life-saving medical equipment and the electric vehicles driving the fight against climate change – our work truly matters.

Join our diverse team of 15,000 talented individuals committed to transforming critical minerals into prosperity and sustainable development in countries like Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and Japan. We invite you to use your skills with us and contribute to something meaningful and enduring.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an

Engineer, Infrastructure

to join our

Mines Technical Services

team at Garson Mine in Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

As an

Engineer, Infrastructure,

you will work with mine operations and technical disciplines to make sure mining operations are planned, developed, and operated in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Technical Support & Collaboration: Provide engineering expertise to a multidisciplinary team that includes geologists, mining engineers, and geotechnical engineers, ensuring integrated and effective underground mine planning and operations.

- Mine Design & Evaluation: Participate in the design and evaluation of underground mining operations, contributing to the development of safe, efficient, and cost-effective mining methods.

- Scheduling & Planning: Develop detailed schedules for both development and production activities. This includes sequencing stopes and development headings in coordination with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with operational goals.

- Backfill & Blasting Design: Design backfill strategies using sand fill and development rock that meet engineering standards for ground support. Create blasting designs aimed at maximizing ore recovery while maintaining safety and minimizing dilution.

- Safety & Continuous Improvement: Maintain a strong focus on safety in all engineering activities, aligning with the MTS Safety Plan. Proactively identify and implement opportunities for improving safety, productivity, and cost-efficiency.

- Infrastructure & Utilities Management: Maintain and update level and section prints for critical mine infrastructure, including drainage, pumping systems, backfill, compressed air, and LTE networks across multiple levels and orebodies.

- Engineering Requests & Infrastructure Design: Initiate and validate engineering requests for new level infrastructure, including the design and placement of sumps, electrical stations, and sandfill stations.

- Water Management: Update and manage documentation related to the mine’s Water Management Program. Provide technical support for incident investigations involving water management issues.

- Layout & Borehole Work: Complete and review development layouts, service borehole layouts, and conduct site visits as required. Perform QA/QC on miscellaneous boreholes, ensuring accurate records, as-built documentation, and updates to the drill database.

About You

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering

- P.Eng. designation is preferred

Experience:

- A minimum of 18 months of mine production planning and mining engineering experience is required.

Skills:

- Underground mine design, mining engineering, scheduling, and a high level of understanding of underground mining activities.

- Knowledge of engineering planning software (Deswik) is an asset.

- Knowledge of cash flow modeling techniques and mineral economics is an asset.

- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and familiar with spreadsheet manipulation in Excel.

- Be creative, not only use past practices but promote new ways of doing things in order to maximize the value of our mineral resources.

What We Offer You

- Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan

- Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package

- Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)

- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)

- Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth

- Employee Family Assistance Program

- Virtual Healthcare online

- Online training and career development opportunities

Why Sudbury

Greater Sudbury is a vibrant city in northeastern Ontario, renowned for its rich mining history and significant role in Canada's mineral production. The city sits atop one of the world's largest and oldest meteorite impact sites, the Sudbury Basin, which is exceptionally rich in nickel, copper, and other critical minerals that are needed for the green economy. The mining sector is a cornerstone of Sudbury's economy, driving both employment and economic growth, and Vale Base Metals plays a pivotal role in this regard. Our commitment to the community is as deep as our mines.

Include to Transform

At Vale Base Metals, 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.

Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Pay Grade:

F6T

Apply by:

August 25, 2025

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