Materials Specialist - Decarb

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth Office - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. Ad hoc site travel as required.

Roster:  Monday to Friday

12-month fixed term or secondment

Fortescue is leading the global transition to green energy and decarbonised mining. As part of this journey, we are seeking a Materials Specialist to join our Asset and Maintenance Readiness Team within the Decarbonisation Project portfolio. 

This role is critical to ensuring our new decarbonisation assets are fully supported with the right materials, spares, and systems to enable a seamless transition from project delivery into safe, reliable operations.

You are a proactive and detail-oriented materials professional who thrives in a dynamic project environment. You bring a strong understanding of how materials readiness underpins asset reliability and are motivated by contributing to Fortescue’s decarbonisation journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Asset Specialist to identify spares, materials and consumable requirements for decarbonisation assets
• Work with OEMs and vendors to identify and validate spares, materials and consumables
• Build and maintain spares, materials and consumables lists (commissioning, recommended stock, and maintenance critical spares)
• Ensure identified spares, materials and consumables are catalogued, structured, and available ahead of asset handover to Operations
• Ensure nominated spares, materials and consumables are added to inventory and extended where required.
• Collaborate with project teams, reliability engineers, operations, and supply chain stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Maintain and update material master data and equipment registers
• Provide reporting and progress updates to key stakeholders
• Support operational readiness activities to ensure a smooth transition of assets into operations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in materials management, inventory control, or warehousing within mining or heavy industry
• Strong understanding of material management processes and systems (SAP or similar CMMS preferred)
• Proven ability to work across projects and operational environments
• Experience developing or managing spares strategies and cataloguing processes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities
• Tertiary qualification (Trade, Supply Chain, or Inventory Management)
• Experience in project or operational readiness environments
• Exposure to decarbonisation, energy, or infrastructure projects.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds 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 across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ 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.