Mining Engineer - 2 Year Planning

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.

Mining Engineer – 2 Year Planning

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

Roster: Monday to Friday

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Mine Planning Engineer to join our Perth-based planning team on a Monday to Friday roster. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer – Medium Term Planning, this role is responsible for carrying out various ranges of design and planning activities to support production. To be successful in this role candidate must have strong interpersonal skills with both operational, shorter (2 week and 3 month) and longer term (5 year and Life of Mine) planning intervals and be able to articulate potential risks and opportunities within the planned works.

Key accountabilities include:

• Timely delivery of the 2-year mine plan, with the aim to translate the 5 year strategic plan in to an operational mine plan
• Deliver rolling 2 Year OPF schedule, product quality, ROM stocks forecast, pit and dump progression, fleet requirements and development schedule
• Analysing performance and compliance to plan to validate and refine the assumptions in the 2-year plan
• Liaise with support functions, including Geology, Drill & Blast, Geotechnical, Hydrogeology and Surface Water to understand risk and opportunities to the mine plan and to enable timely achievement of milestones
• Identify risks and opportunities to the work produced

Qualifications and skills required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering or similar
• Relevant experience in medium-term planning and mining operations
• Computer and scheduling software proficiency (Alastri Tactical Scheduler, Haul Infinity and Rapid Reserver or other equivalent scheduling packages)
• Strong Excel and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with both operations and technical teams
• Strong presentation skills to be able to present to different groups including managers

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