Superintendent - Operations Transition & Assurance

Fortescue Metals Group; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global mining and green solutions company is looking for a Superintendent - Operations Transition & Assurance. This role involves leading the operational readiness strategy and overseeing assurance reviews in a complex environment. The ideal candidate will have an electrical trade or engineering qualification, proven leadership experience, and a strong understanding of operational risk frameworks. This role fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace and emphasizes the importance of safety and respect.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading operational readiness in a complex environment.
• Strong understanding of readiness frameworks and operational risk.
• Experience with decarbonisation, electrification, or autonomous system readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead readiness strategy and coordinate activities across systems and processes.
• Oversee assurance reviews ensuring compliance and safety standards.
• Identify and mitigate readiness risks through effective governance.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Operational risk management

Organizational skills

Education

Electrical trade or engineering qualification

Job description

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Superintendent - Operations Transition & Assurance

Country/Region: AU

State: WA

City: Perth

Job ID: 13700

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Work Location: Perth-Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. Regular site travel will also be required

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Superintendent – Operations Transition & Assurance ensures the safe and effective operational transition of new assets and systems into steady-state operations.

The role provides leadership and oversight of readiness and assurance activities, confirming that people, processes, and infrastructure are prepared for operational deployment. Working across multiple functions, the Superintendent coordinates and influences engineering, operations, and asset management teams to deliver site readiness, asset readiness, and operational readiness prior to handover.

Leading a small, focused team, this role embeds assurance frameworks, validates preparedness, and mitigates risk during the transition to operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operational readiness strategy and coordinate readiness activities across people, systems, and processes
• Oversee assurance reviews prior to asset handover, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational standards are met
• Manage readiness deliverables across sites and functions to align with program milestones and operational objectives
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive accountability and alignment across readiness workstreams
• Lead a small team responsible for readiness coordination, assurance governance, and cross-functional engagement
• Identify, assess, and mitigate readiness risks, ensuring effective governance and documentation
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, and Asset Management teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Electrical trade or engineering qualification
• Demonstrated experience leading operational readiness or transition-to-operations in a large, complex environment
• Proven leadership experience in an operational environment multi-disciplinary team
• Strong understanding of operational risk, assurance, and readiness frameworks
• Frontline leadership experience within a mining environment with heavy mobile assets or fixed plant
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills
• Experience with decarbonisation, electrification, or autonomous system readiness programs
• Exposure to assurance or risk management within a project delivery or operational context.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds 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 across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ 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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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

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.