Manager Automation Program Delivery

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 to Friday

The Manager AFS Program Delivery is responsible for leading the execution and delivery of Autonomous Fleet Solution programs across customer mining operations. This role ensures the successful deployment and operational integration of autonomous fleet systems — across people, process, technology, and infrastructure — in alignment with Fortescue’s safety, productivity, and sustainability objectives.

Working collaboratively across Technology, Operations, Engineering, and OEM partners, you will ensure that the autonomy roadmap is delivered to schedule, budget, and quality expectations, supporting Fortescue’s vision for world-leading autonomous and zero-emission mining.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the full end-to-end delivery of Fortescue’s enterprise-scale Autonomy Program — shaping the autonomy roadmap and driving multi-site transformation from project initiation through to operational readiness, deployment, and handover to Mining Operations
• Lead and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary delivery team (engineering, operations, technology, OEM partners and contractors), fostering a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and innovation
• Align all program activities with PMO plans, governance frameworks, strategic milestones, and Fortescue’s long-term autonomy and decarbonisation objectives
• Manage complex Deployment and Delivery budgets across multiple sites, including procurement, workforce planning, forecasting, and engagement of third-party contractors and OEMs
• Build and maintain strong relationships with site leadership, the regulator, statutory bodies, engineering teams, OEMs, technology partners and internal stakeholders to ensure compliant and coordinated deployment of autonomous systems
• Oversee the integration and interoperability of multi-OEM autonomous fleet systems — including AHS, FMS, CAS and emerging autonomy technologies — across a large operational footprint
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across sites and technology ecosystems, implementing robust mitigation strategies and corrective actions to ensure safe and reliable execution
• Champion Fortescue’s safety culture, ensuring all autonomy deployment, readiness and operational transition activities meet statutory, regulatory, and internal safety requirements
• Drive operational readiness and capability uplift, including operational leadership engagement, change management, workforce transition, and training programs to support autonomous operations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Quarry Manager qualification and tertiary degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline
• Extensive experience delivering or supporting large-scale Autonomous Haulage programs, including early-adopter environments
• Strong understanding of mining operations and autonomous systems, including haulage, drilling, tele-remote and related technologies
• 8+ years’ experience managing complex projects or programs within the mining and resources sector
• Demonstrated leadership capability managing high-performing technical, operational, or delivery teams
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams and manage key vendor and OEM relationships
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence across all levels and achieve win-win outcomes
• Deep commitment to safety leadership, operational excellence, and promoting a positive safety culture
• Exposure to OEM autonomy platforms (e.g., Caterpillar MineStar, Komatsu FrontRunner), fleet management technologies, and associated networks/data systems
• Highly proficient in communication, presentations, computer literacy and multitasking, with a passion for mining autonomy, innovation, and emerging technology.

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.