Senior Process Control 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.

Senior Process Control 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

The Senior Process Control Engineer, reports to the Superintendent of Process control and is responsible for leading a small team for the day-to-day running of the process control assets, building and developing a strong team culture, and identifying areas for improvement across the PC assets, the wider team and operational management of the process control function

Key responsibilities include:

• Work in collaboration with the departmental leadership group to implement long-term strategic technical projects within set timeframes and budgets.
• Ensure the availability of the plant control system for production to ensure that OPF meets or exceeds business targets safely.
• Lead the team toward achieving business KPIs
• Assess changes to the business plan. Lead the implementation and commissioning of changes safely within the control system and document for future reference.
• Ensure control room operators are trained and confident with changes completed in the control system.
• Collaboratively assist other disciplines within processing operations as required

Qualification and Experience: 

• Relevant tertiary qualification (electrical/instrumentation/control systems/ mechatronic or similar)
• Minimum 5 years experience in Mining / Processing Plants
• PLC Programming (DFB, UDFB, FB, ST and SFC)
• Control systems design experience, ideally with exposure to Rockwell, Emmerson (GE) and Schneider
• SCADA (GE-IP Proficy CIMPLICITY)
• Leading Highly Technical Teams

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, women, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with differing abilities 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