Water Management Maintenance Technician.

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.

Water Management Maintenance Tech Experienced 

Work Location: Christmas Creek - Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.

.Roster: 7D7R – FIFO ex Perth

Reporting to the Chichester Water Management supervisor, you will be responsible for all aspects of dewatering and water services for operational mining. You will be joining a team of committed people who share a vision of being highly efficient, while maintaining the highest level of safety in a large-scale dewatering environment. 

Key accountabilities will include:

• Demonstrate strong Fortescue values
• Comply with FMG safety procedures
• In-pit sump pump installation and development
• Machinery operation for daily tasks (I.T Loaders, Franna cranes, Light and Medium rigid trucks)
• Poly welding/fabrication, bore installations and removals, diesel pump set up/relocations
• Verification, Isolation and purging of pipelines for upcoming projects
• Water monitoring and reporting for environmental compliance
• Chainsaw operation for HDPE piping
• Operating in autonomous open pit mining operation
• Operation of large scale water distribution system and managing pond levels.
• Identify faults with water network and create SAP notifications to the respective engineering and maintenance discipline

Qualifications and skills required:

• Experience in a similar role
• Experience in water services operations including bore fields, mine plans, equipment isolations and water compliance requirements
• Experience in HDPE piping projects
• High Risk Qualifications DG CN LF desired
• Chainsaw qualification
• Previous experience/tickets for It Loader and similar equipment 
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft office, SAP and BMS (desired)

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