Senior Mining Engineer – 2 Year Planning

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.

Senior Mining Engineer – 2 Year Planning

Work Location: Perth - Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday (some ad hoc site travel required)

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and high performing Senior Mine Planning Engineer to join the Eliwana operations planning team. Reporting to Medium Term Planning Superintendent, this role is responsible for providing medium term mine planning support to our Eliwana mine operations. The role will lead a small team of engineers to deliver the 2 year budget, quarterly reforecasts, operational and optimised mine designs as well as key inputs into 5 year planning.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead a team of engineers to prepare, optimise and deliver the 2 year plans on a quarterly basis for budgeting and reforecasting
• Delivery of optimised infrastructure, pit and waste dump mine designs
• Liaise with support functions, including Approvals, Geology, Geotechnical, Surface Water and Hydrogeology to understand risk and opportunities to the operation and to enable timely achievement of mining milestones
• 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
• Liaise with Strategic Planning Department to ensure alignment to the Fortescue Long Term Mine Plan

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or similar
• Minimum 6 Years proven experience as a Mining Engineer, preferably with exposure to 3 months planning, 2-5 years planning or strategic 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 

Our team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Candidates from all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply, including First Nations People, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities and those with neurodiverse, intersectional, or multiple diverse characteristics.

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