Shutdown Scheduler

Our Opportunity

Location: Christmas Creek, located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.

Roster: 4D3R - FIFO Ex Perth

The Shutdown Scheduler is responsible for developing and managing all shutdown scheduling activities at Fortescue's Christmas Creek Iron Ore Operation. This role ensures efficient, safe, and well-structured shutdown execution through meticulous planning and coordination with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Review maintenance work orders within the CMMS shutdown revisions for scope accuracy, ensuring alignment with stakeholders, maintenance coordinators, engineering/reliability teams, operations and vendors.
• Optimise scheduling efficiency through problem-solving and field knowledge to enhance safety and effectiveness.
• Continuously improve information management systems related to planning, scheduling, and shutdown processes.
• Develop and maintain shutdown schedules using SAP–MSP software integration.
• Track and manage schedules during execution, providing progress reports, evaluating critical path tasks and recommending corrective actions.
• Identify long-term shutdown deliverables and key planning milestones.
• Lead and facilitate meetings on shutdown preparedness and execution, including readiness updates, shutdown progress and pre-shutdown interactions.
• Develop resource requests in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure safe and efficient execution.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in Plant Maintenance or Project Management (Mechanical/Electrical Trade Qualification highly regarded).
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (MS Project, Excel, Visio, and Word).
• Strong background in fixed plant maintenance and iron ore production processes.
• Experience in shutdown scheduling and execution.
• SAP application experience (highly regarded).
• Experience in shutdown maintenance planning or as a fixed plant supervisor (highly regarded).
• Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to challenges during planning and execution phases.

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.

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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.