Senior Maintenance Planner

Fortescue Metals Group; Town Of Port Hedland; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Metals Group in Port Hedland is seeking a Senior Maintenance Planner to lead the site maintenance planning team, embedding best-practice planning standards and driving accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement. You will ensure all maintenance work scopes are fully resourced, execution-ready and aligned to priorities through disciplined Work Management processes.

You will partner with maintenance, shutdown and operations leaders to enable safe, reliable and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mining process plant maintenance planning.
• Strong technical understanding of fixed plant mechanical and/or electrical systems.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a maintenance planning or reliability environment, with coaching/mentoring capability.
• Advanced working knowledge of SAP CMMS, MS Office Suite and MS Project, with stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the maintenance planning team, building capability and performance standards.
• Provide oversight and governance of the Work Management Processes to ensure high-quality planning outputs.
• Drive backlog and forward log management, work prioritisation and schedule optimisation.
• Optimise fixed plant maintenance strategies to maximise plant availability and reliability.
• Monitor planning KPIs and implement improvement initiatives to enhance planning effectiveness and execution reliability.
• Champion safety, quality and compliance across planned work scopes, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure work is resourced.

Skills

Mining maintenance planning

Leadership experience

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Mechanical or Electrical trade qualification (Australia)

Certificate IV in Maintenance/Asset Management

Tools

SAP CMMS

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

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Work Location: Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 4D/3R FIFO ex Perth or Residential Port Hedland

Fortescue is seeking a high-calibre Senior Maintenance Planner to provide strong people leadership and functional direction across our Port Hedland operations. In this key leadership role, you will be accountable for leading and developing the site maintenance planning team, embedding best-practice planning standards, and driving a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement. You will ensure all maintenance work scopes are fully resourced, execution-ready and aligned to operational priorities through disciplined application of the Work Management Processes. Working in close partnership with maintenance, shutdown and operations leaders, you will play a central role in enabling safe, reliable and high-performing plant operations. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape capability, uplift planning performance and directly influence asset reliability outcomes across site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the maintenance planning team, building capability, succession and technical depth while setting clear expectations and performance standards.
• Provide oversight and governance of the Work Management Processes to ensure consistent, high-quality planning outputs.
• Drive effective backlog and forward log management, work prioritisation and schedule optimisation.
• Optimise fixed plant maintenance strategies to maximise plant availability and reliability.
• Monitor planning KPIs and implement improvement initiatives to enhance planning effectiveness and execution reliability.
• Champion safety, quality and compliance across planned work scopes, and collaborate with maintenance, operations, contractors and stakeholders to ensure work is aligned, achievable and properly resourced.

Qualifications and Experience

• Significant experience in mining process plant maintenance planning.
• Strong technical understanding of fixed plant mechanical and/or electrical systems.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a maintenance planning or reliability environment, including the ability to mentor and uplift team performance.
• Australian-recognised Mechanical or Electrical trade qualification.
• Certificate IV in Maintenance or Asset Management (desirable).
• Advanced working knowledge of SAP CMMS, MS Office Suite and MS Project, with strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence at all levels.

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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