Construction Specialist

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  • Job type

    Contract
  • Location

    Sudbury
  • Profession

    Mining
  • Industry

    Energy, Utilities & Mining
  • Pay

    Attractive salary and benefits

Amazing Opportunity for Construction Specialist

Your new company

Vale is a global leader in the production of iron ore and one of the largest producers of nickel. Active in Canada for over 100 years, Vale employs nearly 6,000 people across our corporate office in Toronto and sites in Manitoba, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Applying the latest technologies to sustainably produce nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold and silver is at the heart of what we do.
With our global headquarters in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and approximately 125,000 employees in over 30 countries, Vale is constantly growing and changing. We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Your new role

Provide construction services to support the North Atlantic Project Group Sudbury Mines FEL3 and Execution Projects from the conceptual to the planning and implementation phases to ensure that projects are executed efficiently. Additionally, in this position you will…
  • Ensure consistency and oversight in
    project tracking and construction coordination on all NAPG Sudbury Mines FEL3 and Execution projects to mitigate inefficiencies due to lack of materials / misallocation of resources.
  • Support tracking and coordination of the project plan and schedule to meet the project objectives.
  • Ensure that all standard procedures and systems for project planning and scheduling are followed, per the Vale Project Management Model (currently SPE).
  • Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the planning and scheduling functions across all work locations and ensuring the schedules fed back into the
    master schedule.
  • Implementing project tracking/coordination procedures in accordance with standards as well as preparing and maintaining construction timelines for development of the 7/21
  • Ensuring plans and schedules are prepared and integrated according to project standards and contract requirements.
  • Perform frequent visits to the workplaces underground to support progress tracking and coordination
  • Perform periodic project schedule risk review.
  • Performs regular quality checks of project schedules and reviews 7/21 schedule compliance
  • Reviews contracted third party work plans and schedules for accuracy, thoroughness, and completion.
  • Review and monitor planning and scheduling initiatives in support of the SPE throughout the life of the project. Analyze variance from baseline and recommend corrective actions including Earned Value (EV) analysis.
  • Has an exceptionally good understanding of Earned Value Management and ensures that the projects apply proper methodologies for measuring and reporting project progress and performance metrics.
  • Will have excellent experience on the planning of major capital projects for both underground mining and above surface projects.
  • Is able to highlight to the project and to management areas of concern on a project schedule and provide recommendations, as necessary.
  • Is proficient with preparing and presenting PowerPoint presentations regarding status of project scheduling to management. Perform weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual schedule update route on time to meet project or corporate requirements.
  • Develop and review master schedule resource plan on regular periodic basis to identify highs and lows in resource usage/availability and recommend corrective actions to Project Managers

What you'll need to succeed

Education:
  • Post-secondary technical, trade, applied science study program
  • Undergraduate
    degree in Engineering, Business or Management is an asset
  • P. Eng. designation is an asset
Experience:
  • Over
    8
    years of experience in a similar subject area
Skills and Experience:
  • Experience and knowledge of mining & construction processes and procedures and international projects as asset
  • Proficient use of MS Word, MS Project, SAP, MS PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI
  • Ability to develop and manage relationships with a diverse range of professionals in a mining & construction atmosphere.
  • Good understanding of PMI Practice Standard of Scheduling (latest edition).

What you'll get in return

  • Competitive salary

What you need to do now


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