Senior Mining Engineer - Life of Mine 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 - Life of Mine Planning

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

Roster: Monday to Friday

We are seeking a highly motivated mining professional to join our Strategic Mine Planning team. Reporting to the Principal Mining Engineer Life of Mine Planning, this role is primarily responsible for maintaining and updating the integrated Life of Mine Planning based on the business strategy. This role interacts with multiple stakeholders including exploration, resource estimation, approvals, technical marketing and 5-year planning team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain LOM inventory by running pit optimisation or direct block scheduling method
• Support the development of the LOM optimisation model
• Participate in the documentation of modifying factors to support both LOM and Reserves Reporting
• Undertake LOM scenarios to evaluate any possible different business strategy
• Support the delivery of LOM results as guidance for 5-year planning, studies and other relevant parties
• Endeavour to improve current LOM planning and design process with new technology and innovation

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or similar with a minimum of 5 years’ experience
• Knowledge in open pit mining preferably within iron ore
• Experience in LOM scheduling and pit optimisation process
• Experience with JORC Ore Reserve reporting process will be advantageous
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills and be a team player with a strong desire to provide high quality work
• Strong computer proficiency with experience in Minemax Scheduler or equivalent, ATS, Whittle, MS Office, Vulcan, ArcGIS, Tableau or Power BI

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