Manager, Planning Systems

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.

Work Location: Perth. Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people

Roster: Monday to Friday

We are seeking a highly motivated mining professional to join our Technical Services team. Reporting to the General Manager, Planning and Studies2, this role is primarily responsible to shape, drive and enable the execution of the group roadmap to build an efficient data management system and associated toolkit needed to support this roadmap. The role will also be accountable for guiding the development and integration of new, world-class, customised mine planning software and associated user interface to the business.

The role aims to improve the efficiency and productivity of the wider mine planning and technical groups by streamlining the storage and flow of data from the raw drilling data through to useable mining models used across the planning horizons, help de-bottleneck common data-handling workflows, and streamline connectivity between software packages and improve confidence in the data accuracy.

• Developing and implementing roadmaps for systems development for data management and Planning Systems teams
• Supporting agile prototyping and development techniques to enable rapid incremental enhancements to technical services systems
• Developing and provide systems which allow for standardisation of workflows and processes to support the life cycle of orebody knowledge from collection to operational use.
• Supporting mine planning with advancing the use of optimisations tools and techniques over varying planning horizons.
• Driving simplification and automation of systems to improve efficiency

• Understanding the of orebody knowledge lifecycle from collection through to resource estimation
• Experience with development of mine Planning Systems and software
• Experience with geoscientific data management
• Experience with optimisation techniques within the mining domain
• Understanding of the mine planning process including how resources and reserves are developed
• Confident communication skills - verbal and written; Report writing skills; Strong analytical skills
• Strong ability to take new initiatives and drive projects with relevant experience in software development and project management

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.

Applications close 19th April 2024.

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.