Engineer, Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity
Top Benefits
About the role
Ready to build a rewarding career in an industry that is transforming the future?
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. And at Vale Base Metals, we are transforming our business to provide a secure and responsible supply of these minerals.
Join our diverse team of 13,000 talented individuals committed to providing mineral security to a world in transition. We invite you to put your skills to work, driving meaningful and enduring change while enjoying a rewarding career.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking aFixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (FEMI) Engineerto join ourCentral Engineeringteam in Sudbury. The role is a permanent positionfor an existing vacancy.
As a FEMI Engineer you will provide mechanical integrity technical authority for Fixed Equipment (pressure vessels, tanks, piping, boiler, etc.) in Ontario Operations, ensuring compliance with TSSA, API and ASME requirements, and supporting safe, reliable operation.
Additionally, in this position you will:
- Provide technical authority for fixed equipment, including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, tanks, and relief devices.
- Maintain and execute the FEMI program in alignment with API 510, API 570, API 653, and API 571 requirements.
- Support inspection planning and RBI, including interval setting, damage‑mechanism reviews, fitness‑for‑service screening (API 579), and preparation of technical reports for authorities.
- Provide technical input to maintenance and capital planning, covering scope development, specifications, repair strategies, inspections, and participation in investigations, MOCs/PHRs, standards work, CCVs, and DML mapping.
- Conduct failure analysis and materials engineering, including root‑cause investigations, damage mechanism assessment, and materials selection/specification for new and existing plant equipment.
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)
- 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 Mechanical, Materials, or Metallurgical Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) eligibility or registration in Ontario.
- CWB Welding Engineer certification or eligibility, API 510/570/653 certification support or eligibility, and NACE certification or eligibility are considered assets.
Experience:
- 5–10 years’ experience in refinery, petrochemical, or heavy process industries, especially in fixed equipment or materials engineering roles
- Previous owner‑operator refinery experience (asset)
- Field experience, including working in operating environments and traveling to sites
- Cross‑functional experience working directly with inspectors, operations, and maintenance
- Exposure to corrosion mechanisms such as sulphuric acid corrosion and chloride SCC (if this exposure occurred through past roles)
Skills:
- Strong understanding of regulatory and technical standards:
- O.Reg 220/01, CSA B51, TSSA Code Adoption Document, ASME VIII, ASME B31.1/31.3, API 510/570/653/579, CSA W59/W47.1
- Materials and damage‑mechanism expertise (corrosion mechanisms such as MIC, acid gas, chloride; wear/erosion; materials of construction)
- Ability to work in field environments (competency, not experience)
- Knowledge of materials selection and damage‑mechanism behaviour in mining or metallurgical operations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word and Power Point).
Why Sudbury
Greater Sudbury is a vibrant city in northeastern Ontario, renowned for its rich mining history and significant role in Canada's mineral production. The city sits atop one of the world's largest and oldest meteorite impact sites, the Sudbury Basin, which is exceptionally rich in nickel, copper, and other critical minerals that are required for modern technologies such as AI and defence. The mining sector is a cornerstone of Sudbury's economy, driving both employment and economic growth, and Vale Base Metals plays a pivotal role in this regard. Our commitment to the community is as deep as our mines.
Include to Transform
At Vale Base Metals, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people can act like owners, being their authentic selves and empowering them to deliver results. Vale Base Metals 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.
Employees engaged by the Company must be lawfully able to work for the Company in the country where the role is located. The Company does not provide immigration, work permit, or permanent residence sponsorship or assistance.
Vale uses artificial intelligence to screen, assess, and/or select applicants for this position.
**Pay Grade:**The candidate’s experience will determine placement with the pay band
Minimum Starting Salary:$90,000.00
**Apply by:**April 2, 2026
#ValeBaseMetals
Not the right fit? Search for Engineer, Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity jobs in Greater Sudbury, ON
About Vale Base Metals
Welcome to Vale Base Metals. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future, together.
We are a global mining company committed to safely delivering the nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals essential for the world’s energy transition.
Our workforce of 15,000 is dedicated to transforming these critical minerals into prosperity and sustainable development across the countries in which we operate, including Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Japan.
Applying leading-edge technology to sustainably mine critical minerals that drive mobility and material solutions is at the heart of what we do.
We are Vale Base Metals.
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Top Benefits
About the role
Ready to build a rewarding career in an industry that is transforming the future?
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. And at Vale Base Metals, we are transforming our business to provide a secure and responsible supply of these minerals.
Join our diverse team of 13,000 talented individuals committed to providing mineral security to a world in transition. We invite you to put your skills to work, driving meaningful and enduring change while enjoying a rewarding career.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking aFixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (FEMI) Engineerto join ourCentral Engineeringteam in Sudbury. The role is a permanent positionfor an existing vacancy.
As a FEMI Engineer you will provide mechanical integrity technical authority for Fixed Equipment (pressure vessels, tanks, piping, boiler, etc.) in Ontario Operations, ensuring compliance with TSSA, API and ASME requirements, and supporting safe, reliable operation.
Additionally, in this position you will:
- Provide technical authority for fixed equipment, including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, tanks, and relief devices.
- Maintain and execute the FEMI program in alignment with API 510, API 570, API 653, and API 571 requirements.
- Support inspection planning and RBI, including interval setting, damage‑mechanism reviews, fitness‑for‑service screening (API 579), and preparation of technical reports for authorities.
- Provide technical input to maintenance and capital planning, covering scope development, specifications, repair strategies, inspections, and participation in investigations, MOCs/PHRs, standards work, CCVs, and DML mapping.
- Conduct failure analysis and materials engineering, including root‑cause investigations, damage mechanism assessment, and materials selection/specification for new and existing plant equipment.
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)
- 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 Mechanical, Materials, or Metallurgical Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) eligibility or registration in Ontario.
- CWB Welding Engineer certification or eligibility, API 510/570/653 certification support or eligibility, and NACE certification or eligibility are considered assets.
Experience:
- 5–10 years’ experience in refinery, petrochemical, or heavy process industries, especially in fixed equipment or materials engineering roles
- Previous owner‑operator refinery experience (asset)
- Field experience, including working in operating environments and traveling to sites
- Cross‑functional experience working directly with inspectors, operations, and maintenance
- Exposure to corrosion mechanisms such as sulphuric acid corrosion and chloride SCC (if this exposure occurred through past roles)
Skills:
- Strong understanding of regulatory and technical standards:
- O.Reg 220/01, CSA B51, TSSA Code Adoption Document, ASME VIII, ASME B31.1/31.3, API 510/570/653/579, CSA W59/W47.1
- Materials and damage‑mechanism expertise (corrosion mechanisms such as MIC, acid gas, chloride; wear/erosion; materials of construction)
- Ability to work in field environments (competency, not experience)
- Knowledge of materials selection and damage‑mechanism behaviour in mining or metallurgical operations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (Excel, Word and Power Point).
Why Sudbury
Greater Sudbury is a vibrant city in northeastern Ontario, renowned for its rich mining history and significant role in Canada's mineral production. The city sits atop one of the world's largest and oldest meteorite impact sites, the Sudbury Basin, which is exceptionally rich in nickel, copper, and other critical minerals that are required for modern technologies such as AI and defence. The mining sector is a cornerstone of Sudbury's economy, driving both employment and economic growth, and Vale Base Metals plays a pivotal role in this regard. Our commitment to the community is as deep as our mines.
Include to Transform
At Vale Base Metals, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people can act like owners, being their authentic selves and empowering them to deliver results. Vale Base Metals 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.
Employees engaged by the Company must be lawfully able to work for the Company in the country where the role is located. The Company does not provide immigration, work permit, or permanent residence sponsorship or assistance.
Vale uses artificial intelligence to screen, assess, and/or select applicants for this position.
**Pay Grade:**The candidate’s experience will determine placement with the pay band
Minimum Starting Salary:$90,000.00
**Apply by:**April 2, 2026
#ValeBaseMetals
Not the right fit? Search for Engineer, Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity jobs in Greater Sudbury, ON
About Vale Base Metals
Welcome to Vale Base Metals. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future, together.
We are a global mining company committed to safely delivering the nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals essential for the world’s energy transition.
Our workforce of 15,000 is dedicated to transforming these critical minerals into prosperity and sustainable development across the countries in which we operate, including Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Japan.
Applying leading-edge technology to sustainably mine critical minerals that drive mobility and material solutions is at the heart of what we do.
We are Vale Base Metals.