Permit Officer

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: Solomon - Fortescue’s Solomon mine is located on the traditional lands of the Eastern Guruma and Yindjibarndi peoples.

Roster:  8D/6R, 7N/7R – FIFO ex Perth

We are seeking a Permit Officer preferably with an Electrical Trade to manage isolation, tagging, and permit requirements for our process plant, both in routine operations and during shutdowns. This position is critical to ensuring the safety of personnel and equipment in and around the plant. 

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily inspections of work areas to ensure proper and functional isolations.
• Develop and issue permits and isolations for breakdowns and shutdowns.
• Audit permits and isolations to ensure compliance.
• Maintain and update the permit to work database.
• Assist in preparing, planning, and implementing all permitting and isolation plans prior to the commencement of work.

Qualifications and Experience

• Mining experience in a FIFO role.
• Current WA full driver's license.
• High attention to detail.
• Computer literacy to work with various systems (training provided).
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and engagement skills.
• Current WA electrical license (preferred). 
• Experience with high voltage systems and electrical isolations (preferred). 
• Experience in permitting and isolations (preferred). 

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.

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.