Lead Mine Planning Engineer – Medium-Term & 5-Year Plans

Fortescue; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer for the Iron Bridge project in Western Australia. You will lead the onsite Medium Term Planning team and drive the delivery of quarterly 5-year plans and monthly 3-month plans within the magnetite operation.

You will mentor engineers, manage the mining block model, and ensure schedules align with budgets and forecasts. Strong design, planning, and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or similar field.
• 6+ years of experience as a Mining Engineer; Senior Mining Engineer desirable.
• Mine design and mine planning experience essential.
• Ability to lead a team and work effectively unsupervised.
• HSEC mindset including hazard reporting, investigations and field interactions.
• Desire to innovate, problem solve and bring new ideas.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, including technical writing.
• Strong project management with cross-functional collaboration.
• Proficient in Vulcan or similar mine package with block models.
• Proficient in Mine Scheduling software.
• Alastri software suite desirable but not essential.
• Experience in hard rock, open-cut mine planning.
• Experience with mining costs, project management, or cost estimation.
• Desirable data analysis skills using Python, MS Excel, Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of quarterly 5 Year plan and monthly 3 Month Mine Plan.
• Delivery of fleet strategy to support the business plan.
• Collaborate with Commercial Department to prepare annual budget.
• Generate Mine Plan milestones for regulatory approvals and projects.
• Maintain Mining Block Model with regular accuracy checks.
• Keep mine scheduling software up to date and aligned to strategy.
• Identify opportunities and risks in schedules (LOM, 2-10 year, 3 Month).
• Data analytics & reporting aligned to performance metrics.
• Provide mentoring and development to mining engineers.
• Participate in incident investigations when required.
• Liaise with Strategic Planning to align with long-term Mine Plan.

Skills

Team leadership

Mine design & planning

HSEC & hazard reporting

Problem solving & innovation

Verbal & written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Data analytics

Mentoring

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Tools

Vulcan

Mine Scheduling software

Alastri

Job description

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer for the Iron Bridge project in Western Australia. You will lead the onsite Medium Term Planning team and drive the delivery of quarterly 5-year plans and monthly 3-month plans within the magnetite operation.

You will mentor engineers, manage the mining block model, and ensure schedules align with budgets and forecasts. Strong design, planning, and leadership skills are essential.