Senior Mining Engineer — Lead Medium-Term Mine Planning

Fortescue Metals Group; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Metals Group in Western Australia is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead the onsite Medium Term Planning team at the Iron Bridge project. You will deliver the quarterly 5 Year Mine Plan and the monthly 3 Month Plan, and mentor a small onsite team.

The role requires mine design and planning experience, leadership, strong HSEC awareness, and proficiency with Vulcan and Mine Scheduling software.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or similar field.
• 6+ years of experience as a Mining Engineer and Senior Mining Engineer is desirable.
• Mine design and mine planning experience is essential.
• Ability to Lead a team & work effectively unsupervised.
• Good attitude to HSEC, including hazard reporting, investigations and field interactions.
• A strong desire to innovate, problem solve and approach work with new ideas.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, including technical writing.
• Good project management ability, including cross-functional collaboration.
• Proficient in Vulcan or similar general mine package, including exposure to designs and block models.
• Proficient in Mine Scheduling software package
• Demonstrated experience in hard rock, open-cut mine planning.
• Experience with mining costs, including project management, mining contract accruals, or cost estimation.
• Desirable to have understanding and skills with statistical data analysis and associated tools and computer skills, including Phyton, MS Excel, MS Word, Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps

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 as baseline for regulatory approvals, project and infrastructure work
• Maintain Mining Block Model with regular review to ensure accuracy
• Maintain the mine scheduling software up to date and aligned to overall company strategy
• Assess & identify opportunities & risks with schedules: Life of Mine Plan, 2- 10 year plan & 3 Month Plan
• Data Analytics & reporting aligned to performance and assumption metrics
• Provide mentoring and development to mining engineers
• Participate in and lead as required incident investigations
• Liaise with Strategic Planning Department to ensure alignment to Iron Bridge long term Mine Plan

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

HSEC awareness

Project management

Education

Mining Engineering

Tools

Vulcan

Mine Scheduling Software

MS Excel

Phyton

Job description

Fortescue Metals Group in Western Australia is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead the onsite Medium Term Planning team at the Iron Bridge project. You will deliver the quarterly 5 Year Mine Plan and the monthly 3 Month Plan, and mentor a small onsite team.

The role requires mine design and planning experience, leadership, strong HSEC awareness, and proficiency with Vulcan and Mine Scheduling software.