Specialist, Asset Management Control

Vale Base Metals; Greater Sudbury; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vale Base Metals seeks a Specialist, Asset Management, Operational Readiness and Asset Disposal to join our Asset Management and Engineering team. This permanent hybrid role is based in Sudbury, with potential to support global operations.

You will lead process improvements, governance, and data governance for asset readiness, oversee asset disposal, and drive reliability metrics across regions, leveraging 5–7 years of Asset Management experience and a strong leadership influence.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a related field is required or preferred.
• Specialization in Asset Management and/or Reliability Engineering is desirable.
• CMRP certification is preferred for this role.

Responsibilities

• Create and improve processes to ensure assets are ready for operation.
• This includes managing risks, setting up governance workflows, and ensuring all necessary data and spare parts are in place.
• You’ll standardize processes, monitor asset health, and develop reliability strategies.
• Guide teams on best practices and collaborate on asset management throughout the project lifecycle.
• For asset repurposing or disposal, establish guidelines for replacement, temporary inactivation, and disposal to ensure optimal performance.
• Define, standardize, maintain, check, and improve processes to ensure operational readiness across all global operations.
• Oversee the disposal of assets globally, ensuring governance and compliance with established standards and regulations.
• Monitor and optimize ROIC and ROA to enhance financial performance.
• Track and improve profit margins, EBITDA, and RAV.
• Implement strategies to reduce operating costs per unit and dollar to drive cost efficiency.
• Maximize operating income of assets by improving their availability and utilization.
• Ensure all processes and operations comply with ISO 55000 standards for asset management.

Skills

Strong communication

English proficiency

Portuguese proficiency

Leadership through influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic management

Asset management knowledge

Reliability engineering

Education

Undergraduate degree in related field

Specialization in Asset Management and/or Reliability Engineering

CMRP – Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (Preferred)

Job description

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 Specialist, Asset Management, Operational Readiness and Asset Disposal to join our Asset Management and Engineering team in Toronto, ON. This is a permanent hybrid position based in Sudbury.

Responsibilities

• The Specialist, Asset Management, Operational Readiness and Asset Disposal will create and improve processes to ensure assets are ready for operation.
• This includes managing risks, setting up governance workflows, and ensuring all necessary data and spare parts are in place.
• You’ll standardize processes, monitor asset health, and develop reliability strategies.
• Additionally, you’ll guide teams on best practices and collaborate on asset management throughout the project lifecycle.
• For asset repurposing or disposal, you’ll establish guidelines for replacement, temporary inactivation, and disposal to ensure optimal performance.
• Additionally in this position you willDefine, standardize, maintain, check, and improve processes to ensure operational readiness across all global operations.
• Oversee the disposal of assets globally, ensuring governance and compliance with established standards and regulations.
• Monitor and optimize Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and Return on Assets (ROA) to enhance financial performance.
• Track and improve profit margins, Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), and Residual Asset Value (RAV).
• Implement strategies to reduce operational risk levels and manage operating costs per unit and dollar to drive cost efficiency.
• Maximize the operating income of assets by improving their availability and utilization.
• Ensure all processes and operations comply with ISO 55000 standards for asset management.

About You

Education

• Undergraduate degree in related field
• Specialization in Asset Management and/or Reliability Engineering
• CMRP – Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (Preferred)

Experience

• 5-7 years of expertise in Asset Management, demonstrating a strong track record in optimizing asset performance and lifecycle management.
• Proven experience in international organizations, effectively collaborating with cross‑functional teams to drive global initiatives.
• Skilled in assessing complex business processes, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing data‑driven solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
• Leadership through influence, adept at guiding teams and stakeholders towards achieving strategic goals without direct authority.
• Extensive experience in Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Management, and Condition‑Based Maintenance, ensuring high reliability and minimal downtime of critical assets.

Skills

• Strong communication abilities.
• Additionally, possess basic communication skills in Portuguese, essential for operations in Brazil, ensuring smooth and efficient interactions with local teams and stakeholders.
• Strategic management and organizational skills, coupled with a visionary approach to business development.
• In‑depth knowledge in asset management, business operations, and industrial processes, ensuring efficient and effective management of resources.
• Inclusive leadership, with a proven ability to influence and guide diverse teams across various genders, ages, ethnicities, and cultures.
• Expertise in Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Management, and Condition‑Based Maintenance, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of assets.
• Fluent in English and Portuguese, with a preference for bilingual proficiency to enhance communication in international settings.

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.

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