Senior Compliance Engineer

Our Opportunity

Location: Fortescue’s Solomon mine is located on the traditional lands of the Eastern Guruma and Yindjibarndi peoples.

Roster: 4D3R

The Senior Compliance Engineer supports Fortescue's Western Hub and is responsible for overseeing compliance requirements for tanks and registerable plant across multiple sites.

Reporting to the Superintendent of Engineering and Reliability, this role provides technical leadership for inspection programs, statutory compliance, defect management, third-party inspection governance and compliance assurance in accordance with regulatory, Australian and Fortescue standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead compliance management for tanks and registerable plant across Western Hub operations.
• Develop and maintain inspection, maintenance and assurance programs to meet statutory, Australian Standard and Fortescue requirements.
• Manage inspection records, certifications, defect registers and compliance documentation within SAP and related systems.
• Coordinate third-party inspection providers, including scope development, quality assurance and report close-out.
• Assess inspection findings, prioritise compliance risks and oversee remediation and defect elimination activities.
• Support audits, regulatory reviews and stakeholder engagement to ensure safe and compliant asset operation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree-qualified Mechanical, Structural or Civil Engineer, or equivalent asset integrity/compliance experience.
• Minimum 5–8 years' experience in compliance, inspection, maintenance or engineering within mining, processing or heavy industry.
• Strong knowledge of Australian Standards, statutory inspection requirements and regulatory obligations for tanks and registerable plant.
• Demonstrated experience managing inspection programs, compliance registers, remediation scopes and defect close-out.
• Experience using SAP or similar asset and maintenance management systems.
• Proven ability to manage contractors, review technical reports and influence operational and engineering stakeholders.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members 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. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ 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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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.