Metallurgist

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.

Metallurgist

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

Roster: Monday to Friday (9-month secondment)

This would be an excellent opportunity for someone with strong site-based experience to add significant value to our Perth-based Strategic Planning Metallurgical function.

You will be joining a passionate, driven and agile technical team who delve into all aspects of materials science, metallurgical engineering, ore processing performance and provide metallurgical product prediction to mine planning horizons i.e. LOM/5YP/2YP.

Key responsibilities include:

• Review short and long term OPF performance against plan assumptions/ regression predictions
• Coordinate 6” drilling along with 6” gap assessment on mine plans and data analysis of testwork results to improve ore body knowledge
• Analysis to investigate relationships between key metrics and ore properties
• Validate the regressions against OPF performance

Qualifications and Experience:

• Tertiary Qualification in Metallurgy/Mineral processing/Chemical Engineering or equivalent
• Previous experience in a Metallurgy/Process Engineering role within Iron Ore business
• Excellent communication skills with strong report writing and presentation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of programs
• Enthusiastic and ‘can-do’ mind set with ability to manage changing priorities

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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