Principal AI Delivery Lead

Our Opportunity

Work Location:  Fortescue Centre - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster:  Monday to Friday

Fortescue is transforming its business through Artificial Intelligence, bringing our unique culture of innovation and leading through doing to transform our asset and employee productivity. The key mission of this role will be to design, develop and lead the deployment of AI and analytics solutions that transform our mine control and remote operations. Success in this mission is the delivery of measurable improvements in operational productivity across complex large-scale mining operations, from daily mine plan through to execution.

This role is suited to senior professionals who have delivered advanced analytics, optimisation or AI systems in mining or heavy industry. This may include process engineers, mining engineers, or data scientists who have worked hands-on with operational data and production systems. The right candidate will bring a strong curiosity and technical skillset, with a drive for delivering outcomes and working systems in cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and testing of AI and analytics solutions
• Identify and validate opportunities to improve these systems to deliver operational benefits
• Lead a forward-deployed delivery team to accelerate analysis, delivery and testing of opportunities across the portfolio
• Work closely with front-line and operational support teams to drive adoption
• Design measurements to quantify and validate operational impact
• Working with Product Owners to balance operational requirements, technical constraints and delivery timelines
• Communicate the basis, impact and value of AI-enabled decision support tools
• Mentor delivery team specialists (data engineers, data scientists and ML engineers, software engineers) including a mix of dedicated and matrix team members

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience in engineering, data science, statistics, computer science or a related field
• 7+ years’ experience leading delivery of analytics or AI solutions in mining or heavy industry, including system design responsibility and cross-functional team leadership
• Demonstrated experience working with mine control and operational problems such as dispatch optimisation, fleet management and mine scheduling
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, cloud storage)
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into operational outcomes

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.

https://fortescue.com/careers 

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.