Senior Engineer

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 a

Senior Engineer

to join our team in

Maintenance Planning/Control Department at the Port Colborne Refinery

.

This is a

permanent onsite

position. The work schedule is

Monday to Friday, dayshift

.

The Senior Engineer is responsible for on-site technical maintenance support, limited design scope support, engineering screening/scoping, repair scopes of work and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives at the site(s) they support.

Additionally, in this position you will:

- Failure Prevention and Response: Provide on-site technical support to prevent or mitigate equipment failures and return assets to running condition quickly with reduced likelihood of reoccurrence. Lead technical support for significant equipment failures.

- Engineering Assessments and Integrity: Conduct/coordinate field assessments and integrity evaluations to ensure assets run defect-free and provide recommendations for improvement.

- Continuous Improvement: Support operations and execution teams in Continuous Improvement Projects, applying engineered solutions and Vale standards to improve repair cycles, productivity, and reduce downtime.

- Engineering Request Screening: Conduct initial engineering screening and scoping for site requests and provide technical input for scopes of repair.

- Maintenance Strategy Development: Support the Reliability team with technical expertise to develop maintenance strategies and establish cost-effective practices with well-defined repair techniques and procedures.

- Design Input and Technical Support: Provide maintainability and operability design input to engineering and project teams, and technical support to maintenance teams for precision maintenance, including data-driven decision making.

- Asset Management and Planning: Support management teams in developing asset budgets, production and maintenance plans, and provide recommendations on strategic investments to optimize asset value.

- Reliability and Performance Improvement: Identify and address reliability issues, monitor and analyze KPIs, manage the site's Asset Register in CMMS, and develop improvement plans for risk-assessed equipment bad actors/top threats.

About You

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, design, maintenance reliability engineering or related discipline.

- Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng. designation) is preferred.

- Maintenance Reliability Professional and/or Maintenance Management Professional is preferred.

Experience:

- Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in Maintenance/Plant Engineering/Design related roles is required.

- Experience with maintenance engineering tool (FMEA, Criticality analysis, etc.) developing asset service strategies and managing metrics such as availability, utilization, OEE, MTBF in a mining or industrial environment.

- Proficiency in MS Office products and CMMS systems (SAP), with ability to use CAD (MicroStation/Bentley experience an asset).

- Knowledge and experience with CWB, TSSA quality control programs

Skills:

- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Strong analytical, planning, organizational and time management skills.

- Exceptional attention to detail and demonstrated ability to monitor financial performance while troubleshooting issues.

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

- Relocation Assistance

Why Port Colborne

Located on the beautiful north shore of Lake Erie, Port Colborne is an important industrial hub known for its maritime heritage. Our refinery processes nickel, copper, cobalt, and precious metals and the facility is crucial for refining these metals to high purity levels. Our operations supports the local economy and reinforces Canada's position as a key player in the increasing electrification of the global economy. The refinery's commitment to environmental sustainability and technological innovation underscores Vale's dedication to responsible mining and refining practices.

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.

Pay Grade:

F5T

Apply by:

August 6, 2025

#ValeBaseMetals

Interested applicants must submit their application online at https://vale.eightfold.ai/careers