Marine/Towage Contract Coordinator

Fortescue is now consistently producing 175-180 million tonnes of iron ore per year and has an exciting future ahead, establishing itself for future growth in a global market through innovation, product diversification and asset development.

Marine/Towage Contract Coordinator

Work Location: Port Hedland

Roster: 4D/3R – Residential (FIFO ex Perth considered)

Reporting to the Production Scheduling Superintendent, you will ensure that towage services are delivered with high levels of professionalism and that all towage performance objectives are achieved every day.  You will identify opportunities to improve performance and optimise the towage activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assurance function that ensures Towage Licence KPI’s are always achieved
• Assurance function that ensures vessel maintenance plans are delivered with high levels of compliance
• Development and implementation of tug docking program
• Assurance function that ensures vessel condition monitoring program is implemented and asset health is priority with our towage contractor
• Governance of vessel class, regulatory and statutory compliance.
• Oversight of contract management deliverables
• Development and implementation of annual improvement plan to continually optimise the towage operation
• Act as first point of escalation to manage operational towage constraint in close collaboration with shipping and towage schedulers  
• Acts as owner’s representative for towage infrastructure maintenance requirements
• Assist with incident and accident reviews & investigations
• As required, support Port Operations Manager and Production Scheduling Superintendent as owner’s representative for towage matters

Qualifications and skills required:

• A marine or other engineering qualification
• Ability to take initiative and identify risks and opportunities
• Excellent organisational, communicational and presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail

At Fortescue, we treat our team mates as though they are family. We appreciate everyone’s contribution and know that a diverse workforce creates a safer, more engaged and productive working environment.

Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects the community in which we live, and we encourage females, Aboriginal Australians, those identifying as LGBTIQ+, people of all ages and culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.

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