Our Opportunity

Location: Fortescue’s Solomon mine is located on the traditional lands of the Eastern Guruma and Yindjibarndi peoples.

Roster: 8D6R

Fortescue is seeking an experienced Planner & Scheduler to join the Mobile Maintenance team at Solomon. This role is critical to building safe, executable maintenance schedules that improve fleet reliability, equipment availability, and overall operational performance.

You will be responsible for developing the weekly maintenance schedule, managing work orders, coordinating parts and specialist resources, and working closely with Supervisors, Coordinators and the Superintendent to ensure planned work is delivered safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the weekly maintenance schedule in line with servicing requirements and operational priorities
• Facilitate schedule review meetings, planning discussions and performance metrics reviews
• Manage work order creation, maintenance notifications, parts requirements and follow-up actions
• Coordinate specialist labour, tooling and vendor support for planned maintenance activities
• Maintain asset and maintenance tracking spreadsheets to ensure required work is planned and executed
• Raise parts requests for material creation, stocking and ongoing maintenance readiness
• Monitor rotable and major component delivery dates, working with vendors to support schedule compliance
• Build strong working relationships across Maintenance, Supply, Operations and other key stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve planning quality, schedule compliance and maintenance execution

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in a maintenance planning or scheduling role within the mining or heavy industry sector
• Strong SAP experience in a maintenance planning function is essential along with Microsoft Excel and Project
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with Supervisors, Coordinators, Supply and Operations teams
• Strong commitment to safety, planning discipline and continuous improvement
• Understanding of efficiency, reliability and availability drivers in a large-scale mining operation
• Willingness to adapt as Fortescue continues to decarbonise Mobile Maintenance

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.