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SalaryFortescue 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 (Perth initially until site travel is required)
- Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
4 days on / 3 days off
We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced Superintendent Metallurgist, for a full-time Solomon based opportunity. This role will report to the Manager Process Engineering - Technical Services.
Key Responsibilities
- Support development of an emerging team and strong culture, whilst providing guidance to a variety of stakeholders
- Be flexible to adapt to changing priorities, have a passion to think outside the box and be able to prioritise
- Review pilot plant design & align the team to support the project requirements
- Ensure safe operation & oversight of the pilot facility
- Planning, coordination & metallurgical evaluation of feed and resulting product specifications
- At least 12 years' experience in a Metallurgy role (ideally of which at least 3 years should be Iron ore and a mix of site operational experience & management)
- Knowledge or experience with Mine Geology & Geometallurgy teams highly regarded.
- Tertiary Qualification in Metallurgy/ Mineral processing or similar
- Knowledge of the behavior of ore during comminution and associated mineral extraction technologies such as magnetic separation, classification or dense media separation
- Excellent communication both verbal and written with strong analytics skills
- Effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders with varying technical knowledge
- Computer proficiency (Excel, MS Office)
- Knowledge of data science, machine learning, mine planning systems, Tableau, R, Python highly regarded
- Team orientation and strong ability to take initiatives towards continuous improvement
- Current WA C-Class driving license.
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.
https://fortescue.com/careers
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.
