Mining Engineer - Medium Term 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 – Medium Term Planning

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

Roster: Monday to Friday

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Mine Planning Engineer to join our Perth-based planning team on a 5/2 roster. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer – 2 Year Planning, this role is responsible for carrying out various ranges of design and planning activities to support production at the Christmas Creek Mine. To be successful in this role candidate must have strong interpersonal skills with both operational, shorter (2 week and 3 month) and longer term (10 year and Life of Mine) planning intervals and be able to articulate potential risks and opportunities within the planned works.

Key responsibilities include:

• Timely delivery of the 2-year mine plan, with the aim to translate the 10 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

Qualification and Experience: 

• 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

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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