Maintenance Coordinator - Test & Performance

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Multiple sites, main being Christmas Creek and Eliwana

Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.
Fortescue’s Eliwana mine is located on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama people

Roster: 4 Days / 3 Off Perth FIFO

Reporting to the Superintendent – Test & Performance, the Coordinator – Test & Performance provides strategic leadership and technical governance for the testing, validation, and assurance of decarbonised Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) during prototype and early deployment phases.

Leading a high-performing technical team, this role is accountable for the end-to-end coordination of prototype validation programs, reliability assurance, early defect management, telemetric governance, and Hyper Care performance oversight. The Coordinator ensures assets achieve defined operational readiness, safety, and performance standards prior to full production integration, while aligning testing outcomes with broader asset lifecycle and decarbonisation objectives.

This role requires a strong systems-level understanding of mining operations, mobile asset utilisation, maintenance reliability practices, and cross-functional integration. The Coordinator drives structured performance improvement initiatives and ensures lessons learned are embedded into operational, maintenance, and asset management frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate prototype and performance validation programs to verify capability, reliability, safety, and operational efficiency under site conditions.
• Establish governance frameworks for early defect identification, root cause analysis, and rectification in partnership with OEMs, engineering, and maintenance teams.
• Oversee telemetric data governance and validation to ensure integrity, accuracy, and actionable performance insights.
• Own Hyper Care frameworks, performance reporting standards, and troubleshooting methodologies to support structured issue resolution.
• Translate testing insights into scalable reliability improvements across operations and maintenance functions.
• Partner with Asset Management and Engineering to embed findings into lifecycle strategies, maintenance tactics, and future asset specifications.
• Provide leadership, capability development, and technical direction to Supervisors and technical personnel, fostering a strong culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between operational readiness, decarbonisation objectives, and production requirements.
• Ensure all programs operate within established safety, risk, and assurance frameworks, maintaining compliance with statutory and corporate obligations.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in prototype, reliability, or performance validation within mining or heavy industry.
• Strong systems-level understanding of mining fleet utilisation, reliability engineering principles, and mobile maintenance practices.
• Demonstrated leadership experience overseeing supervisors or technical teams within maintenance, engineering, or operations environments.
• Proven capability in establishing governance processes, performance frameworks, and cross-functional integration.
• Deep knowledge of high-risk work environments, operational safety, and risk management systems.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability, including interpretation of telemetric and performance datasets.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influence skills across operational, engineering, and OEM interfaces.
• WHS Statutory Mining Supervisor certification (or equivalent).

Desirable

• Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification (degree or trade).
• Experience leading OEM prototype validation or structured reliability improvement programs.
• Exposure to battery-electric, autonomous, or emerging mobile equipment technologies.
• Experience supporting decarbonisation, fleet transition, or asset transformation programs.

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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