Job Title: Engineer- Mechanical Design Engineer

Headline: Join Vale today. Continuously learn throughout your career.

Who We Are

Welcome to Vale Base Metals. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team

The Port Colborne Refinery was also commissioned 100 years ago on the shore of Lake Erie. Raw materials and finished products from Vale's Sudbury and Newfoundland and Labrador operations are transported to Port Colborne for processing.

The Opportunity

The successful candidate will be a member of the Engineering & Projects Department in Port Colborne, Ontario. The candidate will be responsible for providing design engineering services for the Port Colborne Refinery.

As a successful candidate, you will be responsible to provide design engineering services for the Port Colborne refinery.

The position requires the person to be capable of producing innovative engineering design solutions to operating and maintenance problems. In addition, the person must have the capability of preparing project scopes of work and associated work packages for construction.

The position involves in-field work in the Port Colborne refinery. The candidate must possess valid driver's license.

Responsibilities:

The individual will:

Lead a team of design personnel to complete engineering designs.
Ensure adherence to scope, schedule, budget, codes and standards.
Own responsibility of integrity for designs produced under their technical direction and legally approves and seals designs and drawings as per the Professional Engineers Act.
Provides technical direction for complex engineering designs within there are of expertise and assists and guides other design personnel
Conducts internal engineering studies.
Provides inputs to consultants on external engineering studies and reviews final deliverables.
Conducts field inspections, prepares field sketches, and prepares relevant reports.
Participates in the review of construction, commissioning and start up functions.
Applies sound engineering knowledge and exercises leadership, mentoring and training to other design personnel.
Coordinates and reviews work of engineering consultants designs and specifications for assigned projects.
Conducts inspections for piping and equipment, capturing and analyzing observations and produces plans to address concerns.

About You

Education:

Undergraduate diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Professional Designation Required (P.Eng.) - Province of Ontario Preferred

Experience:

A minimum of 7 years' experience in mechanical design engineering.
Experience in mechanical design for multi- disciplined projects
Experience in conceptual and detailed mechanical design of systems relevant to the refining industry.
Experience in piping and pumping design.
Experience in mechanical equipment inspections.
Experience in planning and estimating.
Experience in leading multi-disciplinary design teams.
Experience in writing equipment and construction specifications. •
Project engineering experience is an asset
CAPEX/OPEX experience highly desirable.

Skills:

Experience in designing mechanical systems including:

Piping systems
HVAC
Material Handling Systems
Dust Control
Machine Design

Experience working with applicable codes and regulations including:

Regulation 854: Mines and Mining Plants
ASME B31.1 and ASME 31.3
ASME B&PV Section 8 & Section 9
CSA 851 & W59
MSS
SMACNA
TSSA
NFPA

Experience conduction process hazard reviews

Recommend, where possible, to list the knowledge and skills requirements starting with the required/must haves, followed by the preferred and indicated as such for example: "is preferred" or "is considered an asset".

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 insurances)
Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation, flex, sick, 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

Include to Transform

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 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.

Job Grade: F6T

Apply by: August 21st, 2024

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