AddressPrincipal Rail Engineer
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Job ID: 4114
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: Fortescue Centre & Bennett St - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
Roster: Monday to Friday
Fortescue wholly owns and operates our purpose-built rail and port facilities, constructed to deliver iron ore from our mines to Port Hedland for shipment to our customers. Covering 760km of track, our railway is the fastest heavy haul line in the world.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing asset integrity and reliability assurance of Fortescue's Rail network, inclusive of track and rolling stock assets.
- Supporting the capital portfolio for Fortescue's Rail network by reviewing business cases of individual projects to ensure optimal allocation of capital.
- Develop, support and maintain sound Engineering Standards to ensure our rail assets are reliable, efficient and our people are safe.
- Support Operations and Asset Management teams to implement rail best practice, life cycle assessments and strategic planning.
- Support to our Rail Operations team with equipment failure investigations, breakdown and technical support, remediation and reliability reviews.
- Providing technical engineering support to our Project execution teams including scoping, design review & technical queries (where rail assets are included);
- Providing safety leadership to effectively identify and manage technical risks across Fortescue's Rail network;
- Line reporting and management of Specialist rail Engineer role/s, coaching and mentoring of junior engineers;
- Although this role is Perth based, regular visits to our Operations in the Pilbara are an expectation of this role.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical or Civil preferred)
- 10+ years heavy haul network experience, inclusive of significant experience with a track background.
- A candidate that has a mix of design, project delivery and operational background is preferred but not essential.
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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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.
