Superintendent Process Engineering

Fortescue Metals Group; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Metals Group invites a Superintendent – Process Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary team across our Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek OPFs. You will ensure technical service delivery, plant performance and product quality while safeguarding data integrity and workforce capability.

You will drive structured investigations, improve processes and maintain QA/QC standards, aligning with the Process Engineering business plan and technical roadmap.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in chemical, process or metallurgical engineering.
• Statutory supervisor qualification mandatory.
• Senior leadership of multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of mineral processing and metallurgical accounting.
• QA/QC in laboratory operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor the Process Engineering team to drive capability and succession planning.
• Drive safe, accountable and inclusive ways of working with strong risk management.
• Build relationships across departments and manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Support achievement of operational KPIs and broader business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership across plant performance and product quality.
• Lead problem solving, investigations and continuous improvement activities.
• Balance priorities in a dynamic operating environment.

Skills

Leadership

Mineral processing

Metallurgical accounting

Lab QA/QC

Stakeholder management

Communication

Safety compliance WA

Education

Chemical/Process/Metallurgical engineering degree

Statutory supervisor qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Join Fortescue in a key operational senior leadership role supporting the safe optimisation and safeguarding of metallurgical performance across our Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek Ore Processing Facilities (OPFs).

As Superintendent – Process Engineering, you will lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technical specialists responsible for technical service delivery, plant performance and product quality, laboratory and data integrity, workforce capability, compliance, and delivery of the Process Engineering business plan and technical roadmap

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor the Process Engineering team, supporting succession planning, capability development and career progression.
• Drive safe, accountable and inclusive ways of working, with a strong focus on risk management.
• Build effective relationships across departments and manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Support achievement of operational KPIs and broader business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership and assurance across plant performance, product quality and metallurgical performance.
• Lead structured problem solving, technical investigations and continuous improvement activities.
• Balance competing operational and improvement priorities in a dynamic operating environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary technical teams, including coaching, development and performance management at senior leader level capacity
• Extensive knowledge of dry and wet mineral processing unit operations and operating philosophies.
• Strong knowledge of iron ore processing, including DSO and beneficiation applications.
• Strong understanding of process plant operations, metallurgical accounting, mass balancing and production reconciliation.
• Knowledge of metallurgical test work, sampling theory, laboratory operations and QA/QC requirements.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Working knowledge of applicable Western Australian mining safety legislation, statutory supervision requirements and site safety management systems.
• Experience with plant investigations, trials, commissioning or operational improvement projects, contractor supervision, process control and digital optimisation applications, and SAP or operational performance systems will be highly regarded.

Qualifications and requirements

You will hold a tertiary qualification in chemical, process or metallurgical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

A relevant statutory supervisor qualification and appointment eligibility is mandatory. Radiation (fixed gauge) training is desirable.

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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