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 Manager, Garson Mine to join our Ontario Mining team in our Sudbury Operations. This is a permanent position.

As a Senior Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in overseeing Garson Mine, within the Ontario Operations, ensuring production and business targets are met through safe and strategic execution of plant-level objectives that align with the broader Ontario Strategy. Reporting to the Director of Ontario Mining, this role leads a multidisciplinary team—spanning operations, maintenance, engineering, and external resource management—to implement best practices and reduce operational risks. The Senior Manager partners across departments and with external stakeholders such as government agencies, unions, and community members, while managing the integration of processes, people, technology, and budgets. They are accountable for the plant's overall performance, including production, development, asset reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring the mine operates safely, efficiently, and sustainably at maximum capacity.

Additionally, in this position you will:

• Operational Leadership: Oversee the mine operations, ensuring alignment across production, maintenance, Health Safety Environment & Risk (HSER), and financial goals.
• Safety & Risk Management: Ensure a safe working environment through proactive hazard analysis, audits, emergency planning, and stakeholder engagement.
• Production & Technical Execution: Manage increased complexity and risk within the mine due to seismicity, implement new orebody operations, and adhere to evolving environmental regulations.
• Technology & Innovation: Drive digital transformation via automation, battery-electric vehicles, and integrated systems like Integrated Remote Operations Cente (iROC).
• Strategic Planning & Financial Oversight: Develop and deliver short- and long-term business plans, with deep financial acumen and market awareness.
• Stakeholder Relations: Maintain strong ties with internal teams, vendors, unions, First Nations, and the broader community.
• Project & Asset Management: Coordinate capital projects with daily operations, ensuring minimal disruption and alignment with long-term goals.
• Environmental Stewardship: Manage site environmental impacts, legacy land issues, and promotes sustainable practices across operations.

About You

Education:

An undergraduate degree in Engineering (P.Eng designation preferred), Business, or a related field, or equivalent management experience relevant to the scope and responsibilities of the role.

Experience:

A minimum of 11 years' experience.

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to lead operations in full alignment with safety standards and environmental regulations, including proactive community engagement on social and safety-related matters.
• Skilled in meeting production, cost-per-ton, and unit cost targets through strategic planning and data-driven decision-making.
• Proficient in developing and executing maintenance strategies to ensure equipment reliability, plant integrity, and sustained operational capacity.
• Capable of prioritizing capital expenditures and managing external contractors and service departments to meet long-term business and operational objectives.
• Strong analytical skills to monitor trends across safety, production, environmental, and quality metrics, and drive performance enhancements using variance analysis and corrective action planning.

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 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.

Pay Grade: GRF

Apply by: July 16, 2025

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