Mining Engineer - Medium Term Planning (3 Months)

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Mining Engineer - Medium Term Planning

Work Location: Eliwana - Fortescue’s Eliwana mine is located on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama & Pinikura (PKKP) People.

Roster: 4D/3R FIFO ex. Perth

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and high performing Mine Planning Engineer to join the Eliwana operations planning team. Reporting to Senior Mining Engineer, this role is responsible for the preparation and delivery 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, short and longer-term planning intervals, and being able to articulate potential risks and opportunities within the planned works.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivery of 3-month mine plan, Ore feed and stockpiling schedules
• Timely delivery of plans 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
• Delivering product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements and other technical guidance as required
• Assessment of sequencing, blending and mining methodology options for both cost and productivity metrics
• Communicating plans, scenarios, and designs with relevant stakeholders
• Delivering product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements and other technical guidance to other stakeholders
• Generating Cost Forecasts for 3-Month Plan Horizon and tracking against Quarterly forecasts
• Liaise with 2-year and 2-week planners to ensure alignment across the time horizons

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or similar
• Minimum 4 Years proven experience as a Mining Engineer, preferably with exposure to short and or medium-term planning
• Practical approach to engineering and design problems
• Experience in Open Pit mining and Blending methodologies
• Experience with Alastri and Vulcan software highly desirable
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiatives
• 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.

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