AddressSenior Mechanical Engineer
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Job ID: 3555
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: 8D/6R - FIFO Ex Perth
The role of the Senior Mechanical Engineer is to provide technical support using initiatives and applying engineering techniques, data analysis, improvement projects and defect elimination for the operational Ore Processing Facility. The role also entails leading a small team of Mechanical Engineers to manage their day-to-day work and provide ad hoc supervision to the condition monitoring team/lubrication team/cover department superintendent.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain focus on team objectives and provide technical/problem solving guidance to engineers
- Provide ad hoc engineering and reliability superintendent coverage for weekends
- Performance manage delegates and promote good team culture
- Liaison with relevant departments to provide technical solutions
- Manage the development and execution of operational and capital projects
- Complete Root Cause Analysis for plant downtime events
- Ensure correct application of Health & Safety standards including Change Management
- Monitor quality assurance of critical processes
- Achieve targets set for defined sections of area budgets
Qualifications and Experience
- At least 5 years fixed plant experience in an engineering and/or projects role
- Tertiary Qualification in Mechanical Engineering
- Prior experience leading a team
- Mining experience in hard rock applications
- Prior experience with vibrating screens, centrifugal slurry pumps, conveyors and chutes.
- Strong conceptual thinking and analytical focus
- Excellent problem solving skills and continual improvement focus
- Knowledge of relevant Mines legislations and regulations
- Knowledge of computer management systems, including SAP
- Great communication skills
- Planning, organisational, budgeting, scheduling and coordination skills
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.
