Senior Specialist Engineer, Asset Management

Who We Are

We are Vale Base Metals – a global supplier of the critical minerals transforming the future. With industry-leading reserves of copper and nickel in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia, and state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure in the U.K., Canada, and Japan, VBM delivers a secure and responsible supply of high‑quality products to customers across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Global demand for critical minerals is growing exponentially. From energy to aerospace, batteries to magnets, robotics to artificial intelligence, a secure and responsible supply of critical minerals is fundamental to power modern technologies. Vale Base Metals is transforming its business to provide that supply.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Senior Specialist Engineer, Asset Management to join our Asset Management and Engineering team in Toronto, ON. This is a permanent position.

The Senior Specialist Engineer, Asset Management is responsible for improving the predictability and effectiveness of maintenance, inspection, planning, scheduling and execution across Vale Base Metals. The role ensures that maintenance work is consistently planned, scheduled, and controlled using a common enterprise approach, resulting in improved asset reliability, safer execution, and more efficient use of maintenance resources across 17 VBM operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure predictable and effective maintenance execution across Vale Base Metals by establishing and governing a consistent enterprise approach to maintenance work: inspections, planning, scheduling, execution, and control.
• Provide enterprise governance for maintenance work management, ensuring common standards, roles, decision rules, and expectations are applied consistently across all operations.
• Enable alignment between maintenance and operations, ensuring maintenance work priorities support production stability, safety, and asset reliability.
• Consolidate and communicate maintenance execution performance (Indicators and KPIs) across operations, providing leadership with visibility of execution discipline, backlog health, schedule adherence, and systemic improvement needs.
• Act as a technical authority and advisor to site and regional leaders on maintenance work management practices and performance improvement.
• Ensure maintenance management systems and supporting tools are used consistently and effectively, with clear data standards and governance to support decision‑making.
• Strengthen organizational capability in maintenance work management by supporting planners, schedulers, supervisors, and leaders through coaching, guidance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate fluently in English and Portuguese to engage all site levels, from field crew to managerial level.

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)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Virtual Healthcare online
• Online training and career development opportunities

About You

Education

• Undergraduate degree in a related field
• Specialization in Asset Management and/or Reliability Engineering
• P.eng

Experience

• 8-10 years of expertise in Asset Management

Skills

• Enterprise and systems thinking with the ability to align asset management strategies to business objectives
• Technical authority and credibility in maintenance, reliability, and asset management practices
• Proven ability to influence and lead across functions without direct authority
• Expertise in driving standardization while respecting site‑specific and local operational requirements
• Strong leadership presence with advanced communication, coaching, and change leadership capabilities
• Extensive experience in Asset Management and Maintenance, including Operational Excellence frameworks
• In‑depth knowledge of the Vale Production System (VPS) and Vale PNRs
• Solid command of asset management standards and frameworks including ISO 55000 series, ISO 31000, and GFMAM Landscape
• Advanced CMMS expertise with proven hands‑on experience as an SAP PM user
• Ability to balance strategic, tactical, and operational execution, effectively translating strategy into actionable