Supervisor Rollingstock Engineering & Reliability

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.

Work Location: Hedland Operations

• Rail. Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 4/3 FIFO ex. Perth or 4/3 residential in Port Hedland.

Role overview:

Reporting to the Superintendent Rail Engineering, this role will provide leadership in reliability, condition monitoring and minor projects for all of Fortescue’s rollingstock assets.  

The Supervisor Rollingstock Engineering is responsible for overseeing the asset management plan and key inputs for the ten-year capital portfolio for all assets. The successful candidate is accountable for ensuring the team effectively manages reliability whilst supporting our key stakeholders with their day to day challenges.

• Lead and mentor a team of locomotive engineers, ore car engineers, graduates, undergraduates and vacation students.
• Work with maintenance teams to ensure strategic and asset management plans align with 2YR IP plan and 10YR capital planning process.  
• Providing specialist engineering solutions across a wide range of asset and life cycle issues.
• Leading small through to large-scale engineering investigations. This will include major maintenance activities, failure investigations (Root Cause Analysis), reliability reviews, rectification and upgrade works.
• Identify, assess and manage operational risks.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Mining/Heavy Industrial environment.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience directly supervising a team.
• Engineering degree - Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics.
• Good leadership skills with ability to positively influence people to achieve their targets.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills including ability to interface with suppliers, customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Self-driven individual, willing to be flexible and have the ability to demonstrate initiative.
• Current Driver’s License (C Class). 

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.