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Senior Mining Engineer - Weekly Planning

Employer
Fortescue Metals
Location
Pilbara, WA, Australia
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 21, 2021

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Category
Accounting, Engineering, Mining Production
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Fortescue is now consistently producing 175-180 million tonnes of iron ore per year and has an exciting future ahead, establishing itself for future growth in a global market through innovation, product diversification and asset development.

Senior Mining Engineer - Weekly Planning

Work Location: Chichester - Christmas Creek

Roster: FIFO Ex Perth 4D:3R

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Mining Engineer to join the Christmas Creek operations planning team. Reporting to the Superintendent Weekly Planning, the role is responsible for leading the weekly planning engineers to produce and communicate the weekly mine plan, consisting of a load and haul plan, a drill and blast plan, and a blend plan.

Key accountabilities will include:

  • Supervision of weekly planning engineers on day-to-day basis to ensure the timely delivery of the weekly mine plan and all associated deliverables to achieve the product grades and mining targets set in the monthly plan.
  • Ensuring required standards and compliance measures are maintained and followed.
  • Recruit, train, mentor and retain team members.
  • Monitoring the implementation of the weekly plan and taking corrective action where required.
  • Providing input to the monthly plan.

Qualifications and skills required:

  • Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or equivalent.
  • Extensive experience in mine engineering in large-scale, open pit mining operations, preferably in iron ore, with a focus on short-term scheduling and/ or drill and blast engineering.
  • Previous experience in technical leadership roles highly desirable.
  • Strong scheduling software skills, experience with Alastri software highly desirable.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical detail to a variety of stakeholders, including senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Team oriented with the strong ability to take initiative.
  • Current WA C-Class driving licence.

Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. We celebrate and respect people's differences and commit to providing an inclusive work environment. This is an exciting time to join Fortescue.

We encourage Aboriginal Australians and female candidates to apply.

www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified

Applications close: 21 May 2021 W. Australia Standard Time

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