Strategic Long-Term Mine Planning Manager

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About the Role

Location: Santarém, Pará – Brasil

The Strategic Long-Term Mine Planning Manager will lead Brazil’s long-term mine planning agenda, translating resource potential into robust, executable plans that create sustainable value for our mining and refining operations. With responsibility for leading and developing a team, this role will drive the Resource Development Plan (RDP), Long-Term Planning (LTP), Life of Mine (LoM), and mine closure planning for Juruti and Poços, while connecting technical excellence, business priorities, and stakeholder expectations.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of Brazil’s Resource Development Potential, Life of Mine and Long-Term Planning strategies.

• Lead, coach, and develop the long-term mine planning team, setting clear priorities and enabling high performance against Brazil’s strategic requirements.

• Co-develop the regional resource strategy with senior mineral resources, geological modelling, and exploration leaders, ensuring RDP and LoM plans support long-term business value and resource potential.

• Coordinate long-term mine planning across Operations, Approvals, Environment, Land Management, Community and Institutional Relations, Legal, Govt Affairs, HR, and other key functions to deliver integrated and executable plans.

• Oversee long-term mine closure planning, ensuring environmental and regulatory compliance while minimizing impacts on communities and the environment.

• Oversee mine plan reconciliation, challenge assumptions, and drive continuous improvement to strengthen planning quality, effectiveness, and business outcomes.

• Monitor delivery, risks, budgets, and milestones across long-term mine planning phases, while fostering a strong culture of safety, sustainability, accountability, and collaboration.

What you can bring to the role

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.

• Proven experience in resource development, strategic mine planning, Life of Mine planning, and mine closure planning.

• Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to coach technical teams, set direction, influence stakeholders, and build alignment across operational and corporate environments.

• Strong knowledge of long-term planning tools, resource and block modelling, value optimization, mine plan reconciliation, and closure techniques.

• Strategic-level experience in mine planning and operations, supported by strong analytical, presentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Fluency in Portuguese and English, with flexibility to collaborate across time zones and engage effectively with global teams.

• Flexibility to work across multiple locations, with site presence and travel requirements aligned to business needs and role responsibilities.

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration and benefits packages.
• Flexibility First – Remote work agreement.
• Telemedicine and telenutrition;
• Recognition as one of the Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work;
• Recognized by Guia Exame de Diversidade as one of the companies with the best practices related to inclusion, equity, gender, ethnicity, race, People with Disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people.

About the Location

At Alcoa, we are committed to generating value in our relationships with all stakeholders in our business, communities and environment. We build inclusive and secure environments so that our people can live and express themselves as they please. With the aim of attracting and retaining diverse talent, the company maintains the inclusion groups that promote internal and external activities to value human diversity and plurality as a way of enriching one's own values.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.   

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career! 

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