Process Control Engineer

Fortescue is now consistently producing 175-180 million tonnes of iron ore per year and has an exciting future ahead as it diversifies from a pure play iron ore producer to a green renewables and resources company. The company is scheduled to commence production at its Iron Bridge magnetite mine in mid-2023. Iron Bridge is Fortescue’s US$2.6 billion project, set to deliver 22mtpa of high grade 67% Fe magnetite concentrate product. Located 145km by road south of Port Hedland, the mine will deliver an innovative process design and industry-leading energy efficient operation. Iron Bridge represents Fortesuce's latest operation culminating in a new OPF/CHF, new technologies and camp facilities.

Process Control Engineer

Work Location: Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project is located on the traditional lands of the Nyamal people.

Roster: 8:6 FIFO or Residential at Port Hedland

The Process Control Engineer, reports to the Senior Process Control Engineer and is responsible for the day to day running of the process control assets, building and developing the strong team culture, and identifying areas for improvement across the PC assets, wider team and operational management of the process control function. This role will be based at the Iron Bridge Concentrate Handling Facility (CHF) located at Port Hedland.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Safety Practice - anticipate and proactively resolve potential problems to ensure a zero-harm environment through the design and formulation of technical solutions
• Commissioning of drives, instrumentation, and miscellaneous field devices
• Design and develop new control systems including testing, maintaining and modifying existing systems to ensure optimal utilisation
• Liaise with relevant departments to provide technical solutions for operational support and projects
• Technical Knowledge – Continue to develop processing and process control knowledge & skills to deliver continuous business improvements
• Build cooperative relationships to design new equipment and/or systems in conjunction with internal and external experts
• Design and implement purposeful improvement ideas based on detailed examination of anticipated or recurring problems of a process control nature
• Support the ongoing maintenance of control systems assets including PLCs, servers, network and communication equipment, and field devices

Qualifications and skills required:

• Tertiary Qualifications in electrical engineering, mechatronic or similar
• 3-5 years’ experience as process control system engineer in fixed plant/mining, with strong development and commissioning background
• Working knowledge of mineral processing plants
• Basic knowledge of Functional Safety Standards such as AS 61508, AS 62061: 2006, IEC 62061
• Experience with control system software and programming (GE/Emerson Machine Edition/PPS, Cimplicity SCADA, Proficy Historian, Proficy Change Management, Siemens TIA Portal, Allen Bradley RSLogix 500/5000)
• Control system hardware (RX3i, RSTi I/O, Siemens, Allen Bradley)
• Experience with industrial communication protocol (Profibus/Profinet, EGD, Modbus, Ethernet/IP)
• Strong understanding of IEC 61131-3 PLC programming languages (LD, FBD, ST, IL and SFC)
• Instrumentation and ELV knowledge
• Strong understanding of PLC programming data structures (UDFB, UDT)
• Experience with data analysis, SQL and C#
• Experience with VSD drives (ABB and Danfoss)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and continual improvement focus

At Fortescue, we treat our team mates as though they are family. We appreciate everyone’s contribution and know that a diverse workforce creates a safer, more engaged and productive working environment.

Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects the community in which we live, and we encourage females, Aboriginal Australians, those identifying as LGBTIQ+, people of all ages and culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.

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