Senior Process Engineer

Our Opportunity

Location: Christmas Creek - Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli peoples.

Roster: 8 Days On / 6 Days Off – FIFO ex Perth

Chichester OPF Engineering & Reliability is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join the Christmas Creek team. This role provides technical leadership for process engineering at the CC OPF, while managing a small team of Process Engineers and Metallurgical Technicians.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and embed safety improvements aligned with Fortescue’s goal of zero harm
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and technical guidance with the Process Engineers and Metallurgical Technicians
• Deliver plant troubleshooting and optimisation initiatives to improve throughput, recovery and product quality
• Support planned and unplanned shutdown activities, including scope development, execution support and post-shutdown review
• Oversee metallurgical laboratory operations, sampling programs and test work
• Ensure integrity and continuous improvement of production and quality reporting systems
• Analyse and interpret metallurgical and process data to inform operational and strategic decision-making
• Interface effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Mine Planning, Strategic Planning and external contractors/consultants
• Identify, scope and drive improvement projects to optimise plant performance and reliability

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline
• Schedule 26 Law Exam (Mandatory)
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, coaching and guidance to engineers and technicians in an operational processing environment
• Experience in dry and wet mineral processing operations within large-scale processing plants
• Strong understanding of metallurgical laboratory operations and testing methodologies
• Proficiency in metallurgical accounting, including mass and water balancing
• High level of computer literacy, including process data historian, SAP and data visualisation platforms such as Tableau
• Solid understanding of production and maintenance strategies in an operational processing environment
• Knowledge of statistical analysis techniques applied to metallurgical and process data
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence across multidisciplinary teams

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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