AddressDesign Engineer
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Job ID: 4458
About Us
Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Iron Bridge - Fortescue's Iron Bridge project is located on the traditional lands of the Nyamal people
Roster: 4D3R - FIFO ex Perth or DIDO ex Port Hedland
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Design Engineer to be part of Fortescue's new, large and deep pit magnetite operations.
The Design Engineer will play a key role in shaping the operation of all major projects. This would suit a mining professional who is seeking a diverse, challenging and forward thinking opportunity. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer 2 Year Planning, you will be involved in engaging and aligning stakeholders across the business, detailed designs for medium term horizon (2 - 5 years), project work and development of design processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce and/or review designs for operational execution, scheduling, and projects
- Work collaboratively with Strategic and Operations Planning to produce effective and executable designs
- Cost analysis of mine infrastructure plan and design
- Cross-train and fulfillment of all mine planning functions as required
- Contribute to ongoing site improvement initiatives and projects
- Contribute to design processes, procedures and QAQC systems
Qualifications and Experience
- Tertiary qualification within an industry related discipline or proven equivalent operational experience within open pit mining
- Capability with a Mining CAD package (such as Vulcan or Datamine)
- Analytical mindset with previous exposure to cost benefit, analysis and optimisation studies
- Exposure to ARC-GIS
- Ability to work effectively unsupervised with a strong desire to innovate, problem solve and approach work with new ideas
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including technical writing
- Intermediate level with MS Office products including MS Excel, MS Word, Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps
- Programming experience - Python, C/C++ and VBA highly desirable
Our Commitment
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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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.
