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Our metals are integral to life-saving medical equipment and the electric vehicles driving the fight against climate change - our work truly matters.\nJoin 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.\nThe Opportunity\nWe are seeking a Specialist - Project Planning & Integration - to join our VBM / CTO / Studies / Project Controls team at Sudbury, Ontario.\nThis is a permanent position reporting to the Sr. Manager, Project Controls - Canada and supporting Vale Base Metals' Canadian studies portfolio. The role is responsible for planning and scheduling across multiple studies and projects, ensuring the development, integration, and governance of study schedules and project execution schedules throughout the project lifecycle. As the planning discipline lead for the Canadian studies portfolio, the successful candidate will ensure that project schedules are fully integrated with estimating, risk management, cost control, change management, and performance management processes. This role also serves as a key planning advisor to Canadian Operations by providing independent schedule reviews, technical support, and planning capability development across the organization.\nAbout You\nYou are an experienced planning and scheduling professional with a strong background supporting complex capital projects within mining, metals, energy, infrastructure, or other asset-intensive industries. You are skilled at translating technical scope, execution strategies, procurement requirements, construction sequencing, and operational readiness activities into realistic and achievable schedules.\nYou thrive in environments where schedule integrity, project governance, and effective decision-making are critical to success. Your ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, challenge assumptions constructively, and provide schedule-driven insights allows you to influence project outcomes and improve delivery certainty.\nIn this role, you will:\nPlanning and Scheduling for Studies\nDevelop, maintain, and govern integrated study schedules for Canadian PEA, PFS, and FS projects.\nEstablish schedule frameworks, work breakdown structures (WBS), milestones, logic networks, schedule assumptions, and critical path methodologies aligned with Vale standards.\nValidate schedules prepared by engineering consultants and EPCM contractors to ensure logic integrity, realistic durations, resource assumptions, and alignment with project execution strategies.\nPerform schedule quality assessments, critical path analysis, float analysis, scenario planning, and schedule optimization reviews.\nDevelop Basis of Schedule documentation and maintain schedule governance throughout study lifecycles.\nLead schedule reviews and provide schedule recommendations supporting phase-gate and investment decision processes.\nDevelopment of Project Execution Schedules\nDevelop and maintain project execution schedules covering engineering, procurement, contracting, construction, commissioning, and ramp-up phases.\nCollaborate closely with engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, HSE, permitting, operations readiness, and commissioning teams to create credible and executable schedules.\nIntegrate execution strategies, contracting approaches, long-lead procurement requirements, construction sequencing, and site constraints within schedule logic.\nEvaluate alternative execution scenarios and scheduling strategies to support study recommendations and project planning decisions.\nEstablish Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 schedule hierarchies and milestone frameworks supporting project governance and execution readiness.\nProgress Measurement and Performance Reporting\nEstablish project progress measurement systems and reporting methodologies.\nMonitor schedule performance, update schedules regularly, identify variances, and forecast project completion dates.\nDevelop schedule dashboards, milestone reports, portfolio summaries, resource demand forecasts, and schedule performance analyses.\nIdentify emerging schedule risks and opportunities and recommend mitigation or recovery actions.\nMaintain auditable records of schedule baselines, updates, assumptions, forecasts, and revisions\nIntegrated Project Controls\nEnsure schedules are fully integrated with estimating, risk management, cost control, change management, and performance management disciplines.\nPartner with the Sr. Specialist, Estimating & Cost Control to develop integrated project baselines, cost-loaded schedules, and cash flow forecasts.\nSupport schedule risk analysis activities by working closely with the Sr. Specialist, Project Risk Management to identify schedule uncertainty, model risk events, and establish schedule contingencies.\nEnsure approved scope, cost, schedule, and risk changes are appropriately reflected within project baselines.\nSupport integrated reporting of schedule, cost, and risk performance to provide a consistent project controls framework.\nStandards and Continuous Improvement\nMaintain planning standards, templates, procedures, and Primavera P6 governance structures for Canadian projects.\nDevelop and maintain schedule benchmarking databases and historical planning information to improve future project planning.\nSupport implementation of digital tools, automation initiatives, Power BI reporting solutions, and emerging technologies that improve planning effectiveness.\nCollaborate with global project controls teams to align planning methodologies, standards, and best practices.\nManage external planning consultants and support providers, ensuring quality, consistency, and value delivery.\nExperience\nMinimum 10 years of progressive experience in project planning, scheduling, project controls, or capital project delivery. \nExtensive experience supporting large and complex capital projects within mining, metals, energy, infrastructure, industrial, or construction environments. \nProven experience supporting studies and project development phases including PEA, PFS, FS, detailed engineering, construction, and commissioning. \nDemonstrated experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules using Primavera P6. \nExperience conducting schedule quality reviews, critical path analysis, scenario planning, schedule recovery analysis, and forecasting. \nExperience supporting project governance reviews, investment decisions, and stage-gate processes. \nExperience working with engineering consultants, EPCM contractors, owners' teams, and operations stakeholders.\nEducation\nUndergraduate Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related technical discipline. \nPostgraduate qualification in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline is considered an asset.\nSkills & Competencies\nExpert proficiency in project planning, including schedule development, WBS structures, coding systems, resource and cost loading, baselining, reporting, and contractor schedule integration. \nStrong knowledge of project controls disciplines, including planning, estimating, cost control, risk management, performance management, and change control. \nUnderstanding of AACE planning and scheduling recommended practices, PMI methodologies, and capital project governance frameworks. \nExperience performing schedule quality assessments, critical path analysis, float analysis, and schedule risk assessments. \nStrong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness processes. \nKnowledge of mining, processing, infrastructure, and brownfield project environments. \nProficiency in Primavera P6, Power BI, Excel, and project reporting tools. \nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support capabilities. \nExcellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. \nAbility to challenge assumptions constructively while maintaining collaborative working relationships. \nStrong organizational skills with the ability to support multiple concurrent studies and projects. \nFamiliarity with automation, data analytics, and AI-enabled project controls solutions is considered an asset.\nWhat We Offer You\nCompetitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan\nParticipation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package\nComprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans, and optional insurances)\nLeave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental) \nWork culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth\nEmployee Family Assistance Program\nVirtual Healthcare online\nOnline training and career development opportunities\nWhy Sudbury\nSudbury is one of Canada's premier mining centres and a global leader in mining innovation, technology, and sustainability. Home to world-class mining operations and a highly skilled workforce, Sudbury provides unique opportunities to work on industry-leading projects that support the growing demand for critical minerals worldwide. Working in Sudbury offers access to excellent outdoor recreation, strong community connections, and a high quality of life while contributing to the future of responsible resource development and the global energy transition.\nInclude to Transform\nAt 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.\nWe 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. 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