Description
Job Summary:
Ensure asset stability and reliability by applying advanced methodologies and structured failure investigation to enhance maintenance performance.
Key Highlights:
1. Focus on asset stability and reliability, and failure investigation.
2. Application of advanced methodologies such as RCM, FMEA, and RCA.
3. On-site technical support and interaction with multidisciplinary teams.
**SENIOR MAINTENANCE ANALYST – MAINTENANCE \- (SALOBO) – VALE BASE METALS**
**Attention: You must attach your resume at the time of application.**
**Where there is progress, Vale is present.**
**Vale Base Metals** is an autonomous company within the Vale Group, operating in Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Its focus is the production of minerals essential for the energy transition.
**Our cultural transformation:**
Vale Base Metals is a mining company accelerating the transition toward a more sustainable world — placing safety at the core of everything it does and working to build solutions for humanity’s challenges, transforming the future today. We learn together and remain committed to our cultural transformation to generate value and positive impact through our activities — with and for people. Advancing daily, we are ready to cultivate strong relationships and maintain open dialogue with society.
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**Learn more about our purpose:**
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v\=MUpLjGKLmSc**
**https://www.vale.com/pt/home**
**Interested in this opportunity?**
Job Code (Available Position): 1094198
Number of Openings: 1
Education Requirement: Completed undergraduate degree in Administration, Engineering, or related fields.
Location: Parauapebas – PA (SALOBO)
Work Schedule: Administrative
Work Modality: Remote work with frequent on-site access
Contract Type: Indefinite-term
Application Period: March 02 to March 08, 2026
**Required Qualifications:**
* Completed undergraduate degree in Engineering, Administration, or related fields
* Practical experience in failure analysis, technical investigation, and on-site support.
* Proficiency in SAP\-PM (queries, history, work orders, analyses).
* Proven experience with reliability methodologies (RCM, FMEA, RCA).
* Ability to analyze maintenance KPIs and make data-driven decisions.
* Advanced Excel and Power BI (or similar tools).
* Ability to read and interpret NR, NBR, ISO, and IEEE standards.
* Proactive, communicative profile with strong multidisciplinary coordination skills.
**Desired Qualifications:**
* Prior experience in mining.
* Knowledge of predictive and sensory maintenance.
* Experience with JSA, HAZOP, and Bow Tie analyses.
* Familiarity with OPEX/CAPEX and technical feasibility studies.
* Certifications or courses in reliability, SAP\-PM, Power BI, or asset management.
* Participation in digital transformation projects.
* Experience with asset taxonomy and master data.
* Intermediate English for technical reading.
* Ability to influence teams and facilitate strategic engineering decisions.
**Key Responsibilities and Activities:**
In this role, you will directly contribute to asset stability and reliability, focusing on applying advanced methodologies and structured failure investigation. Your responsibilities include:
* Conducting in-depth failure analyses, identifying root causes (RCA), and proposing preventive and corrective actions.
* Applying reliability methodologies such as RCM, FMEA, and RCA to prevent recurrence and increase asset availability.
* Monitoring maintenance KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, DF) to guide diagnostics and prioritize actions.
* Providing on-site technical support, maintaining strong operational presence and daily interaction with Maintenance, Operations, Inspection, and Engineering teams.
* Analyzing data and historical records via SAP\-PM to propose evidence-based improvements and recommendations.
* Preparing technical and managerial reports containing evidence, records, historical context, and strategic insights.
* Supporting maintenance’s digital transformation initiatives by integrating data, analytical solutions, and automated diagnostics.
* Participating in risk and reliability strategy development using methodologies such as JSA, HAZOP, and Bow Tie.
* Improving maintenance maturity, including process standardization, failure governance, and indicator evolution.
* Establishing technical governance routines to ensure integration among plans, risks, evidence, and internal applications.
**What Vale Base Metals Offers You**
* **Private Pension Plan:** Financial security for retirement, ensuring a peaceful future.
* **PLR** \- Profit and Results Sharing Program: Recognition of collective efforts through participation in company profits.
* **Medical and Hospital Insurance, Dental Insurance:** Comprehensive health care for employees and dependents — prioritizing health and quality of life.
* **Daycare Reimbursement or Babysitter Allowance:** Support for balancing return-to-work with the arrival of a child — up to age 6 of dependents.
* **PASA** \- Health Plans for family members or for the employee themselves upon retirement or termination.
* **Meal Voucher:** Financial support for grocery purchases.
* **Meal Allowance or On-Site Meals:** Benefit to streamline daily routines and promote healthy eating habits.
* **Apoiar** \- Employee and Dependent Assistance Program: Specialized emotional and social support for employees and their families.
* **Christmas Gift Card for Dependents:** A gesture of care at year-end — for dependents up to age 10.
* **Chartered Transportation or Transportation Allowance:** Daily commuting assurance for employees.
* Physical Activity Incentive \- Wellhub: Promotion of physical health and well-being through fitness programs.
* **Well-Being Program:** Holistic care to improve employees’ quality of life.
* **Benefits Club:** Exclusive discounts and benefits for purchases at partner establishments.
**What It’s Like to Work at Vale Base Metals**
At Vale Base Metals, we help shape futures — the planet’s, yours, and the next generation’s. We offer opportunities across diverse areas and professional goals.
Here, our talents collectively build a collaborative and inclusive environment that values individuals for who they are — their individuality, leadership, and commitment.
At Vale Base Metals, we learn together. We believe in the richness of everyday experiences and knowledge exchange among talents. Here, every moment can and should be a learning opportunity.
At Vale Base Metals, we also grow together. We establish strong, value-sharing relationships with our employees and society — demonstrating our commitment to a positive legacy, consistent results, and the development of more innovative and sustainable mining processes: the mining of the future.
**Where there is a future, the Vale Group is present.**
Curious to learn more about the Vale Group? Visit www.vale.com and https://vale.com/pt/basemetals
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***Vale and Vale Base Metals do not charge any fees at any stage of their selection processes.*** **All applications must be submitted exclusively via** ***our website*** ***or through job postings on Vale’s LinkedIn profile******.***
*Note: If you have previously applied for this position, the application submission button will not be available. Should you be selected in the selection process, we will contact you to inform you of the selection result.*