AI Operations Manager - Shutdowns and Maintenance

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 – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people

Roster: Monday - Friday

Fortescue is building the next wave of innovation in maintenance—fusing our deep operational capability with cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI). This role leads our AI strategy and product delivery for maintenance across both mobile mining fleet and fixed plant assets. Your mission will be to lead high-performing teams in driving an increase in availability, productivity, and safety through the use of data, intelligent systems, and agentic automation.

The AI Manager – Shutdowns and Maintenance is accountable for overall value delivery including developing the overall prioritised product roadmap, balancing funding and resourcing and driving the adoption of developed products. The right candidate will bring a combination of strong domain expertise, leadership skill, and ideally have experience and capabilities in AI or similar technology development fields.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver a product roadmap of AI solutions focused on maintenance—including shutdown optimisation, condition-based maintenance, and intelligent planning
• Partner closely with maintenance, planning, and reliability leaders to ensure AI products meet real-world needs and enable measurable performance improvements
• Translate operational challenges into actionable product strategies, leveraging AI agents, predictive models, and real-time data
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled workflows across fixed plant and mobile maintenance, including change management, user training, and business process redesign
• Ensure products are scalable, supportable, and well-integrated into core systems (e.g., SAP), including master data quality and lifecycle maintenance
• Track product impact through clear OKRs and value models, adjusting priorities based on learning and strategic shifts
• Collaborate with other domain leads and Integrated Technology to share practice, integrate roadmaps, and drive consistent product methodology
• Hiring and develop, and lead high-performing AI teams, including product owners, analysts, AI engineers, and subject matter experts within the maintenance domain.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5–10 years of experience in mining or heavy industry maintenance, with demonstrated leadership in planning, shutdowns, or reliability
• Strong working knowledge of maintenance systems, particularly SAP PM, master data structures, and digital shutdown planning tools
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering technology solutions that embed into operations
• Familiarity with AI or advanced analytics (including agent-based systems, machine learning models, or autonomous workflows) is highly desirable
• Knowledge of modern product development practices (e.g., agile, OKRs, design thinking, DevOps)
• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, maintenance management, or related technical or technology fields
• Deep curiosity and commitment to innovation, paired with a practical mindset to deliver value at scale.

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.