Process Engineer

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.

Process Engineer

Work Location: Christmas Creek. Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.

Roster: 8D/6R – FIFO ex Perth

Fortescue Metals Group is seeking a Process Engineer at Christmas Creek that embodies the Fortescue Values on a daily basis. Reporting to the Senior Process Engineer, this position will be responsible for identifying and driving metallurgical improvement projects to optimise upgrade and production performance. Provide metallurgical support across multiple departments in FMG. This includes being accountable for onsite and offsite process improvement test-work programs

Key accountabilities will include:

• Development and delivery of safety projects to achieve zero harm
• Ensuring adherence to policy framework for HSEC standards and procedures
• Ensure compliance to the FMG standards and statutory obligations
• Delivery of daily and weekly reporting duties in a timely and accurate manner
• Developing and driving regular and adhoc plant sampling exercise
• Provide commissioning and ramp-up support to operations (both existing and developing projects) to ensure they meet business requirements in terms of production throughput, metallurgical recovery and cost optimisation
• Developing maintenance strategy for metallurgy equipment

Qualifications and skills required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Process, Chemical Engineering or Metallurgy with experience working as a process engineer within a process plant (iron ore preferable) desirable
• An understanding of both production and maintenance strategies for large scale processing plants
• Exposure to mass balancing, including process modelling software desirable
• A high commitment to safety and strive to achieve zero harm
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Basic statistical analysis

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