Specialist Metallurgist

Fortescue is now consistently producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year and has an exciting future ahead as it diversifies its business to become an integrated, global green energy and resources company.

Specialist Metallurgist

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

Roster: 5:2 (Monday to Friday) This is a fixed term contract opportunity that will be offered on a 12-month fixed Term contract.

This would be an excellent opportunity for someone with strong site-based experience to add significant value to our Perth Based Strategic Planning Metallurgical function. You will be joining a passionate, driven technical team who are delve into all aspects of materials science, metallurgical engineering, ore processing performance and future planning.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Have a passion to think outside the box and be able to prioritise
• Project development of emerging deposits, developing predictions of yields, upgrades & performance
• Monthly Ore Processing Facility reconciliation
• Review short and long term OPF performance against plan assumptions/ regression predictions
• Assist site with implementing standard procedures to ensure accuracy and integrity of measurements
• Analysis to investigate relationships between key metrics and material characteristics
• Design and release infrastructure designs for operation(s) to optimize the associated resources and maximise the value of the mining business
• Measure adherence to infrastructure designs and provide guidance to mining personnel
• Liaise with mining personnel in the office and in the field to ensure adherence to mining schedules and produce detailed mining instructions
• Must be capable of understanding design standards, procedures and mine physicals

Qualifications and skills required:

• At least 6 years’ experience in a Metallurgy role (ideally of which at least 3 years should be Iron ore and a mix of site experience)
• Tertiary Qualification in Metallurgy/ Mineral processing or similar related
• Excellent communication both verbal and written with strong analytics skills
• Effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders with varying technical knowledge
• Computer proficiency (Excel, MS Office)
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiatives towards continuous improvement

Fortescue is a values-based business and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce that is reflective of society and fostering a workplace culture that truly embraces diversity and inclusiveness.

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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