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: Gladstone, Queensland (option to be based in Brisbane)
Roster: Monday to Friday
At Fortescue Energy (FE) we are leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. As a business unit of FE, Fortescue Hydrogen Systems (FHS) mission is to develop world-leading Green Hydrogen Systems that are safe, reliable and economical. FE is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental and economic benefits. As part of the Engineering Readiness team, the Mechanical Project Engineer will assist with the scheduling, planning, forecasting, resourcing and managing of technical activities to ensure project accuracy ensure project accuracy and quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing and documenting product development plans, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring assigned engineering projects including preparation of interim update reports and presentations to management
- Formulating project parameters and assigning responsibilities to the most capable employees and monitoring the project team
- Creating and maintaining a project team dashboard to ensure that all members of the team have transparent access to schedules, plans, and reporting on the status of each project
- Cooperating and communicating with the wider Hydrogen Production Systems team, and other project participants and collaborating with Senior Engineers to create more efficient project methods and to maintain the project's profitability
- Coordinating the team's procurement activities
- Reviewing engineering tasks and initiating the necessary corrective actions
- Developing specifications and scopes of work for the project's needed equipment
- Creating frameworks to measure the project's metrics and data collection
- Establishing field test methods and methods for monitoring the quality of those tests
- Ensuring the project's compliance with the applicable codes, practices, policies, performance standards, and specifications
- A bachelor's degree or Diploma in Mechanical Project Engineering or a related field.
- Prior experience preferably in the energy, infrastructure or resources sector, or large complex major projects.
- Enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment in collaboration with other like-minded team members and adjacent project teams (also delivering a variation of the system).
- Highly responsible and trustworthy.
- The ability to work with multiple discipline projects.
- Excellent project management and supervision skills.
- Excellent organisational, time management, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Highly experienced in MS Project and MS products.
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. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.