Specialist, Contract Claims

Job Title – Specialist, Contract Claims

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Who We Are:

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team:

Our Sudbury Operations have been in existence for more than 100 years. With five mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery and nearly 4,000 employees it is also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. Sudbury is also home to several administrative sites serving both the Ontario Operations as well as all our North Atlantic Operations.

Port Colborne is home to our Nickel Refinery where raw materials from our Sudbury operations are processed into electrocobalt and precious metals and serves as a distribution centre for finished nickel products.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Specialist Contract Claims to join our Project Excellence team in either Toronto/Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

The primary purpose of this role is to support Contract Management areas across the Vale Base Metals CPO portfolio in evaluating contract claims, classifying causes generating claims, and establishing claims preventon strategies and processes.  The scope of the role includes projects in Exploration, FEL 1, 2 & 3, and Execuition, in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia.  Total mutliannual budget of around USD 28 billion.

Additional in this position, you will;

• Issue technical opinions on claims, evaluating merit based on all relevant contractual and project management documentation, costs and budgets, measurements, daily work reports, notifications, design drawings, histograms, etc.
• Analyze the main contract and claim data and be able to extract relevant information that can contribute to improving the maturity of the contract management areas
• Create and monitor a claims registry along with KPIs and analytics relating to contract claims
• Interact and coordinate meetings with multidisciplinary teams, including contract management, engineering, construction, procurement, legal, etc.
• Support the project team and procurement by attending technical/commercial meetings with contractors to negotiate claims
• Evaluate critical contracts prior to or during the award process to assess risks and define anti-claims strategy
• Prepare reports on  matters inherent to the topic.

 About You

 Education:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance or a related field
• P. Eng., MBA, CPA is desirable.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in contract management /related field.
• Subject Matter Expert in project budgeting, cost control and planning/scheduling on large-scale engineering and construction projects in the resource sector
• Subject Matter Expert in contract management including contract modalities, measurement criteria, risk apportionment on large-scale engineering and construction projects in the resource sector.
• Subject Matter Expert in claims analysis methodologies and procedures.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills to navigate diverse cultures, languages, and multiple levels of management.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong collaboration and relationship building skills.
• Knowledge of contract management governance, norms, processes risk management and internal control.
• Ability to build momentum and positive energy for change.
• Structured and organized in handling multiple data sources: simplifying information in a consistent manner for ease of understanding by others.
• Detail oriented and able to work independently as needed.
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills in English is a must, fluency in Portuguese is a definite asset.
• Committed to continuous learning and keeping current with evolving best practices and innovations in contract management and project management in general.

How can Vale grow your career?

The Specialist Contract Claims role will allow the right candidate to support our contract management operations across Vale Base Metal CPO portfolio. Additionally, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth.
• Grow your career in a large and global company, and mining industry leader.
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Online training and career development opportunities
• Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions.

Include to Transform

At Vale, 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: F3T
Apply by: Thursday 4^th July, 2024

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