Superintendent Track Maintenance

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Port Hedland – Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 4D3R FIFO ex Perth or residential in Port Hedland

Reporting to the Manager Rail Network Maintenance – this is your opportunity to take ownership of critical rail infrastructure that keeps our supply chain moving. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our track network is maintained to the highest standards—driving safety, reliability, and performance while minimising downtime, faults, and speed restrictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead from the front—fostering a strong team culture focused on safety, capability, and continuous growth
• Develop and mentor team members, building current and future leaders
• Contribute to budgets, planning, and improvement initiatives to deliver cost-effective maintenance outcomes
• Implement and continuously improve best-practice maintenance strategies
• Collaborate with planning teams to ensure efficient delivery of scheduled and reactive maintenance
• Champion safety by proactively identifying and reporting hazards and incidents
• Review and refine maintenance procedures, driving continuous improvement across the team
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational challenges in collaboration with supervisors and stakeholders
• Share expertise and coach others to lift overall team capability
• Manage inventory and coordinate procurement to support upcoming work programs

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar leadership role
• Proven ability to develop, mentor, and inspire teams
• Trade or tertiary qualification (desirable)
• Experience working in heavy haul rail environments and understanding associated challenges
• Strong contractor management capability
• Confident in reporting, with solid computer literacy and systems experience

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.