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Mechanical Engineer - Fixed Plant

Fortescue · Perth, WA, Australia · posted 2026-10-12

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Country/Region
AU
State
WA
City
Perth

18429

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Iron Bridge located on the traditional lands of the Nyamal peoples.

Roster: 8D6R FIFO ex Perth

This role is responsible for providing engineering support to the Ore Processing Facility (OPF), plant down time data analysis, improvement projects, safety projects and defect elimination for the Iron Bridge, to enable sustained asset performance within the cost objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Liaise with relevant departments to provide technical solutions
  • Stakeholder management and change management
  • Monitor quality assurance of critical processes such as maintenance strategy compliance
  • Audit delay accounting data to ensure delays and down time is captured correctly within the time usage model
  • Propose improvement ideas and initiate and execute improvement projects
  • Identify and champion safety initiatives and initiate and execute project to improve safety
  • Carry out root cause analysis for plant down time and breakdown events as required
  • Completing and managing reviews and tasks to improve the reliability of assets and/or improve safety.
  • Become a stakeholder for capital projects and provide technical support as required

Qualifications and Experience

  • Tertiary Qualifications in Mechanical or Reliability Engineering or relevant industry experience as a technical officer
  • A high level of planning and problem solving ability.
  • +5 years of experience in fixed plant or heavy industry environment, site-based experience in an Engineering role preferred.
  • Strong communication skills and stakeholder management skills
  • Knowledge of EAM, CMMS software including basic knowledge of SAP operation
  • Strong ability on computer-based programs such as MS office suite and Navisworks
  • Planning, organisational, scheduling and coordination skills

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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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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