Fixed Plant Electrician

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.

Fixed Plant Electrician 

Work Location: Port Hedland - Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 4D/4N/6R - Residential role based in Hedland

Fortescue is seeking an Experienced Electrician on our maintenance team to work within our Process Plant at Hedland Operations. This role is a permanent full-time residential role. You will provide safe, effective and timely electrical maintenance to our equipment and ancillaries to optimise plant operational capacity.

Only Port Hedland residents or people willing to relocate to Port Hedland apply!

Key accountabilities will include:

• Raising notifications and executing work orders (SAP / Fiori)
• Fault finding on Fixed Plant 
• Proven High voltage switching experience
• Belt weigher calibration 
• Perform parameter backups on ABB, Siemens and WEG drives 
• Instrumentation calibration and commissioning 
• Preventative and opportune maintenance on Fixed Plant
• Shutdown and modular maintenance on fixed plant
• Creation and modifications to documents including Work Instructions, Routine Checklists, and Electrical Schematic's 
• Electrical installation work and Electrical logbook entries
• Electrical statutory testing and inspections
• Use of computer-based systems; S4Hannah, Microsoft Teams, Success factors, Fiori, BMS, PIMs, PDF Pro, Trello, Microsoft office programs etc.
• High Voltage switching
• UPS Maintenance
• Low Voltage motor testing and inspections
• Isolations and Permitting
• Scoping continuous safety and business improvement opportunities

Qualifications and skills required:

• Electrical trade qualification
• Current Energy Safety WA issued electrician’s licence
• High voltage switching operator ticket
• Experience as electrical trades person or Electrical / Instrumentation Technician in a continuous operating plant environment
• Connect and diagnose faults on Profibus, Profinet and device net field bus systems
• Experience in PLC systems field hardware and wiring
• Experience in the maintenance and troubleshooting of Variable Speed Drives
• Competent understanding of electrical schematics, isolation and permitting systems
• Experience in computer-based maintenance systems
• Understanding of electrical licensing regulation 55
• Leadership qualities and experience
• Experience fault finding and recovering Train Unloaders and balance machines
• Certificate 4 in Electrical Instrumentation 

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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

We only accept applications via our official website at https://ffi.com.au/careers/ or https://www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue/browse-jobs. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.