Mining Engineer – Medium Term Planning (3 Month)

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 (3 Month)

Work Location:  Cloudbreak -Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine is located on the traditional lands of the Palyku and Nyiyaparli peoples.

Roster: 4D/3R FIFO ex. Perth

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Mining Engineer to join the Medium-Term Planning team at our Cloudbreak mine site. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer Medium Term Planning, this role is responsible for carrying out coordination of 3 Month Mining Schedules along with coordination of mine development projects and associated designs. To be successful in this role candidates must have strong interpersonal skills with both operational, shorter and medium-term planning intervals, and being able to articulate potential risks and opportunities within the planned works.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Scheduling mining and other associate activities to varied planning horizons
• Timely delivery of plans, designs and schedules to meet internal delivery timelines
• Liaise with support functions, including Approvals, Geology, Geotechnical and Hydrogeology, to understand risk and opportunities to the operation and to enable timely achievement of mining milestones
• Coordination of multiple stakeholders in mine development projects to distribute resources effectively and meet critical deadlines for delivery
• Communicating options, designs and plans with relevant stakeholders
• Delivering product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements and other technical guidance as required
• Identify risks and opportunities to the work produced

Qualifications and skills required:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or similar
• Relevant experience gained as a mining engineer in medium-term planning and mining operations
• Practical approach to engineering and design problems and strong ability to take initiative
• Knowledge in open pit mining preferably in iron ore
• Computer proficiency (Excel, MS Office, Vulcan, ATS, Haul Infinity, Rapid Reserver).
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with both operations and technical teams
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiative
• Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to convey technical detail, potential risks, and opportunities within the planned works to a variety of stakeholders

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.

www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue

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

We only accept applications via our official website at https://ffi.com.au/careers/ or https://www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue/browse-jobs. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.