Senior Mining Engineer - Short-Term Planning Lead

Fortescue; Perth; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to join the Short-Term Planning team at Cloudbreak mine. The role focuses on coordinating 2-week mining schedules, overseeing mine development projects and associated designs, and working with operating and technical teams to assess risks and opportunities.

Reporting to the Short Term Planning Superintendent, you will lead planning engineers, coordinate mine plans and deliverables, and drive improvements while ensuring safety and efficiency in a FIFO

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or similar.
• Strong computer proficiency with demonstrated capability in AI tools.
• Proven experience leading and developing engaged, empowered and efficient teams.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both operations and technical teams.
• Team orientation and strong initiative.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills to convey technical detail, risks and opportunities to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop planning engineers and graduates, building technical capability and promoting best-practice mine planning across the team.
• Provide and coordinate short-term mine plans.
• Provide and coordinate mine designs, including pit designs, waste dump designs, and supporting infrastructure design.
• Liaise with support functions to understand risks and opportunities and enable timely milestones.
• Coordinate multiple stakeholders in mine development projects to distribute resources and meet deadlines.
• Lead and drive business improvement initiatives.
• Deliver product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements, cost estimations and other technical guidance as required.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Initiative

Team orientation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to join the Short-Term Planning team at Cloudbreak mine. The role focuses on coordinating 2-week mining schedules, overseeing mine development projects and associated designs, and working with operating and technical teams to assess risks and opportunities.

Reporting to the Short Term Planning Superintendent, you will lead planning engineers, coordinate mine plans and deliverables, and drive improvements while ensuring safety and efficiency in a FIFO