Design Engineer (Electrical)

Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we’re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company.

Design Engineer (Electrical)

Work Location: Perth. Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday-Friday

Role overview:

A fantastic opportunity for a mid-level electrical engineer to join our dewatering design team to assist in growing the design team's electrical engineering capabilities and produce consistent, high quality designs for our site stakeholders.

Reporting to the Dewatering Design Lead, the role will involve the development of electrical design and construction packages for our site based projects team to install and handover to operations. The applicant will collaborate closely with the mechanical designers and site stakeholders as well as our Perth based engineering team to ensure the quality and compliance of their work. 

Key responsibilities include:  

• Reporting to the Dewatering Design Lead on electrical design progress and design issues
• Producing electrical design deliverables (Schematics, cable calculations, cable schedules, equipment lists, termination diagrams etc)
• Leading electrical design review meetings with the Site operations and Mining teams
• Be the key interface between Site Operations and our Perth based engineering team
• Actively engaging with our design team regarding electrical design improvements, recommendations

Education and Experience:  

• Electrical design and commissioning of water infrastructure projects (e.g pump stations, borefields, VSD's, actuated valves)
• A firm understanding of safety in design and applicable Australian and International Standards
• Electrical calculations, cable sizing, equipment selection and procurement
• Development of electrical deliverables (Single line diagrams / Termination diagrams / Scope of work)
• Relevant University degree in Electrical Engineering
• Excellent technical writing skills

Our team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Candidates from all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply, including First Nations People, women, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with differing abilities and those with neurodiverse, intersectional, or multiple diverse characteristics.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified