Mine Recruitment

Senior Mining Engineer

Fortescue · Perth, WA, Australia · posted 2026-09-14

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AU
State
WA
City
Perth

18529

Our Opportunity

Work Location : Cloudbreak - Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine is located on the traditional lands of the Palyku and Nyiyaparli peoples.

Roster: 4 Days on / 3 Days Off – FIFO ex Perth

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Mining Engineer to join our Short-Term Planning team. Reporting to the Short Term Planning Superintendent, this role is responsible for coordinating 2week Mining Schedules for our Cloudbreak mine site and coordinating mine development projects and associated designs.

To be successful in this role, candidates must have strong interpersonal skills with both operational and technical teams, short to medium-term planning and mine designing experience, and be able to articulate potential risks and opportunities within the planned works.

Key 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, including Decarb, AI, Approvals, Geology, Geotechnical, OPF, mining, maintenance,project and Hydrogeology, to understand risks and opportunities to the operation and to enable the timely achievement of mining milestones.

  • Coordination of multiple stakeholders in mine development projects to distribute resources effectively and meet critical deadlines for delivery.
  • Lead and drive business improvement initiatives.
  • Delivering product quality, pit progression, waste schedules, fleet requirements, cost estimations and other technical guidance as required.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or similar.
  • Strong computer proficiency, with demonstrated capability in AI tools
  • Proven experience of leading and developing engaged, empowered and efficient teams.
  • Relevant experience gained as a mining engineer (5 years minimum).
  • Practical approach to engineering and design problems.
  • Knowledge in open pit mining, preferably in iron ore.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with both operations and technical teams.
  • Team orientation and strong ability to take initiative.
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to convey technical detail, potential risks, and opportunities within the planned works to a variety of stakeholders.

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.

https://fortescue.com/careers

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.

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