AddressProcess Control Engineer
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Job ID: 3636
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: Christmas Creek.
Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.
Roster: 8D/6R - FIFO ex Perth
The Process Control Engineers position is responsible for maintaining the SCADA system and wider assets associated with the Process Control network, this includes providing assistance to users of the Process Control system, reviewing & implementing changes requested by engineering, maintenance and operational groups and identifying areas for improvement across soft and hard Process Control assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Safety Practice - anticipate and proactively resolve potential problems to ensure a zero-harm environment through the design and formulation of technical solutions
- Design and develop new control systems including testing, maintaining, and modifying existing systems to ensure optimal utilisation
- Liaise with relevant departments to provide technical solutions for operational support and projects
- Technical Knowledge - Continue to develop processing and Process Control knowledge & skills to deliver continuous business improvements
- Build cooperative relationships to design new equipment and/or systems in conjunction with internal and external experts
- Support the ongoing maintenance of control systems assets including PLCs, servers, network and communication equipment, and field devices
- Ensure the plant control system availability for production to ensure that OPF meets or exceeds business targets safely.
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant qualifications (electrical/instrumentation/control systems/mechatronics or similar)
- Strong Communication Skills
- Significant knowledge of fixed plant Control Systems
- Processing plant knowledge across Dry plants, Wet plants & Balance Machines preferred
- Ability to understand P&ID, Electrical, Mechanical and Hydraulic drawings preferred
- Experienced in Control System Continuous Improvements
- Emerson(GE) SCADA Cimplicity, Historian, CSense
- Working knowledge of Server and Client architecture
- PLC/SCADA Programming (Ladder, FBD, ST, SFC, Visual Basic) ideally with exposure to Emmerson(GE), Siemens and Schneider
- Communications (Devicenet, Profibus [DP/PA], Profinet, Ethernet, Modbus)
- VSD knowledge (ABB and Vacon)
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.
