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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: Christmas Creek - Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.
Roster: 4D/3R - FIFO ex Perth
We are seeking a highly motivated leader to join our Christmas Creek Mines Operations Planning team as Superintendent - Short Term Planning.
Reporting to the Manager - Mines Operations Planning - Christmas Creek, the successful candidate will be responsible for all short-term mine design, drill and blast design, daily and weekly mine schedules and blending activities to optimise production at our Christmas Creek mine. This role requires strong interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with various internal and external stakeholders as well as the ability to articulate complex risks/opportunities to both technical and non-technical teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with support functions, including Approvals, Heritage, Geology, Geotechnical and Hydrogeology, to understand risk and opportunities to the operation.
- Assessment of mining methodology options for both cost and productivity metrics.
- Communicating options, designs and plans with relevant stakeholders to ensure safe and environmentally compliant execution of work can be achieved.
- Delivering product quality, pit progression, mining schedules, fleet requirements and other technical guidance as required through weekly and daily schedules.
- Responsible for the delivery of drill and blast designs, blast tie-in design and explosives forecasting.
- Play a key role in problem solving and implementing systems that support our rapid transition to business decarbonisation.
- Proven experience of leading and developing engaged, empowered and efficient teams.
- Capability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong short-Term Planning skills (weekly and daily planning), knowledge in open pit mining, preferably in iron ore and a practical approach to engineering and design problems.
- Experience in blending strategies is highly desired.
- Strong drill and blast optimisation, design, tie in and explosive forecasting knowledge.
- Proven strong analytical skills and statistical problem-solving abilities.
- Tertiary qualification in mining engineering or similar.
- A willingness to challenge the way things are done and implement system improvements while developing your team along the way.
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.
