Metallurgists – All Levels

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.

Metallurgists – All Levels

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

Roster: Monday to Friday

Fortescue is moving at speed to transition into a Global green metals, minerals, energy and technology company. The Exploration Team are seeking passionate metallurgists, to help with this transition. Fortescue has a significant global exploration portfolio of copper, lithium and other critical minerals and is aggressively exploring.

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 technical team who delve into all aspects of materials science, metallurgical engineering, ore processing performance and future planning.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Project development of emerging deposits, developing predictions of yields, upgrades & performance
• Monthly Ore Processing Facility reconciliation
• Review short and long term OPF performance against plan assumptions/regression predictions
• Assist site with implementing standard procedures to ensure accuracy and integrity of measurements
• Analysis to investigate relationships between key metrics and material characteristics
• Design and release infrastructure designs for operation(s) to optimize the associated resources and maximise the value of the mining business

Qualifications and skills required:

• Previous experience in a Metallurgy role
• Tertiary Qualification in Metallurgy/Mineral processing or similar related
• Excellent communication both verbal and written with strong analytics skills
• Effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders with varying technical knowledge
• Computer proficiency (Excel, MS Office)
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiatives towards continuous improvement

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, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities 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