Mine Engineer

Fortescue; Marble Bar; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue seeks a Mine Planning Engineer for the Iron Bridge Operations Planning team. You will provide medium term mine planning support, including pit and production scheduling, mine design, and budget forecasting.

The role reports to the Senior Mining Engineer and focuses on delivering 2-year plans with associated infrastructure designs. Key responsibilities include optimizing schedules, costings, and stakeholder communication, with strong emphasis on collaboration across Approvals, Geology

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a mining engineer.
• Strong interpersonal and planning skills across 3 month and 2 year horizons.
• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or similar.
• Experience with open pit deep pit mining and hard rock operations.
• Proficiency in Excel and mining planning software.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and deliver 2-year mining schedules and related infrastructure designs.
• Schedule mining and related activities across planning horizons.
• Ensure timely delivery of plans and schedules to internal timelines.
• Costing of mine plans for budgeting and forecasting.
• Collaborate with Approvals, Geology, Geotechnical, Surface Water and Hydrogeology teams.
• Assess mining methodology options for cost and productivity.
• Communicate plans and designs to stakeholders.
• Deliver pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements and technical guidance.

Skills

Mining planning

Block models

Analytical skills

Power BI

Python/SQL

Excel

Vulcan

Deswik

Datamine

SharePoint

Trello

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or similar

Tools

Vulcan

Deswik

Datamine

Alastri

Xact/Xpac

Job description

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project is located on the traditional lands of the Nyamal people

Roster: 4D3R

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and high performing Mine Planning Engineer to join the Iron Bridge Operations Planning team. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer, this role is responsible for providing medium term mine planning support to our Iron Bridge Magnetite mine operations. You will provide pit and production schedule, mine design, annual budget plan & quarterly 2 year reforecast mine plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimise and deliver operational mining schedule for 2 years and related infrastructure designs to maximise the value of the business
• Scheduling mining and other associate activities to varied planning horizons
• Timely delivery of plans and schedules to meet internal delivery timelines
• Costing of mine plans for use in budgeting and forecasting activities
• Liaise with support functions, including Approvals, Geology, Geotechnical, Surface Water and Hydrogeology to understand risk and opportunities to the operation and to enable timely achievement of mining milestones
• Assessment of mining methodology options for both cost and productivity metrics
• Communicating plans, options, and designs with relevant stakeholders
• Delivering product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements and other technical guidance as required. Identify risk and opportunities to the work produced.

Qualifications And Experience

• Proven experience as a mining engineer
• Strong interpersonal skills with both operational, shorter (3 month) and longer term (2 year) planning intervals
• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or similar
• Practical approach to engineering and design problems
• Ability to work with Block Models
• Knowledge in open pit mining preferably in deep pit (hard rock / base metal operations)
• Computer proficiency (Excel, MS Office, Vulcan, Deswik, Datamine; Mine planning package - Alastri, Xact/Xpac, Deswik or similar)
• Strong analytical & data query skills with attention to detail; Experience with Tableau / Power BI & knowledge of Python/SQL programming will be advantageous
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiatives
• Experience using collaborative platforms like SharePoint, Trello, Confluence, Microsoft Power Apps, etc. will be advantageous
• Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to convey technical detail, potential risks, and opportunities within the planned works to a variety of stakeholders.

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.

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.