Principal Rail Engineer

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.

Principal Rail Engineer

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

Roster: Monday to Friday

Fortescue wholly owns and operates our purpose-built rail and port facilities, constructed to deliver iron ore from our mines to Port Hedland for shipment to our customers. Covering 760km of track, our railway is the fastest heavy haul line in the world.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide assurance that the asset integrity and asset reliability of the Rail network will allow these assets to meet their stated objectives, both fixed and rolling stock are included;
• Reviewing the capital portfolio for Fortescue’s Rail network by reviewing the business cases of individual projects to ensure optimal allocation of capital;
• Providing sound Engineering Standards to ensure our Rail assets are reliable, efficient and our people are safe;
• Support to the Rail Operations team to investigate equipment failures, support during breakdown events, coaching and mentoring of junior engineers;
• Providing technical engineering support to our Project execution teams including scoping, design review & technical queries (where Rail assets are included);
• Providing safety leadership to effectively identify and manage technical risks across Fortescue’s Rail network;
• Regular visits to our Operations in the Pilbara are an expectation of this role.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical or Civil preferred)
• Experience as an engineer in an industrial setting, with experience working on Rail assets
• A candidate that has a mix of design, project delivery and operational background is preferred

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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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://fortescue.com/careers.  Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.