Maintenance Superintendent

Fortescue Metals Group; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Metals Group seeks an experienced Maintenance Superintendent – Mobile Maintenance to lead HME maintenance at Christmas Creek. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will drive reliability, safety and cost efficiency while developing a high-performing team across mobile equipment assets. Fortescue embraces safety and continuous improvement in a large mining operation.

Qualifications

• Experienced leader in mobile maintenance, preferably in mining.
• Strong technical knowledge of heavy mobile equipment and fleet reliability.
• Proven ability to coach and develop teams with a safety focus.
• Experience managing budgets, resources and priorities.
• Understanding of preventive/predictive maintenance and work management.
• Experience applying RCA and continuous improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate maintenance to achieve safe, reliable fleet performance.
• Foster safety culture through visible leadership and accountability.
• Develop maintenance strategies to improve reliability and asset life.
• Mentor Supervisors and Coordinators to build capability and succession.
• Manage budgets, resources and workforce to meet objectives.
• Provide technical guidance to site and central teams.
• Lead RCA investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure standards align with Fortescue requirements and law.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and service providers on priorities.

Skills

Mobile maintenance

Leadership

Safety culture

Root Cause Analysis

Budgeting

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Mechanical trade qualification

WHS Mining Supervisor certification

Job description

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Fortescue is seeking an experienced and motivatedMaintenance Superintendent – Mobile Maintenance to lead our Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) maintenance operations at Christmas Creek.

This is an exciting opportunity for a safety-focused maintenance leader to drive equipment reliability, optimise fleet performance and develop a high-performing team.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager – Mobile Maintenance, you will play a key role in delivering safe, efficient and cost-effective maintenance outcomes while supporting the long-term performance of our mobile equipment and assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate HME maintenance activities to achieve safe, reliable and cost-effective fleet performance.
• Drive a strong safety culture through visible leadership, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies that improve equipment reliability, availability and asset life.
• Lead and mentor Mechanical Coordinators, Supervisors and maintenance teams, supporting capability development and succession planning.
• Manage departmental budgets, resources and workforce requirements to deliver operational objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to site-based and central maintenance teams.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and continuous improvement initiatives to address equipment performance and reliability issues.
• Ensure maintenance standards, systems and practices align with Fortescue requirements and applicable statutory obligations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external service providers to support maintenance performance and operational priorities.

Qualifications and Experience

You are an experienced maintenance leader with a strong technical background in heavy mobile equipment and a demonstrated ability to lead teams, improve asset performance and deliver operational results.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated leadership experience within mobile maintenance, ideally at Superintendent, Coordinator or Supervisor level in a mining environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of heavy mobile equipment, maintenance systems and fleet reliability.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop teams while fostering a positive safety culture.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, resources and operational priorities.
• Sound understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance, work management processes and reliability improvement methodologies.
• Experience applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA), continuous improvement and Lean principles.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to influence change, drive accountability and deliver sustainable performance improvements.
• A relevant mechanical trade qualification, supported by post-trade education or further technical qualifications.
• WHS Statutory Mining Supervisor certification.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members 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. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ 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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