Planner Rolling Stock 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: Hedland Operations – Rail

• Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 8D/6R – FIFO ex Perth or residential

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Rollingstock Maintenance Planner/Scheduler. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and scheduling preventative and corrective maintenance activities for our Ore Car, Locomotive, and Ancillary Rollingstock fleets, as well as the Ore Car Maintenance facility. You will ensure smooth coordination across departments, manage maintenance notifications, and oversee the delivery of the weekly maintenance schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule preventative and corrective maintenance for Ore Car, Locomotive and Ancillary Rollingstock fleets.
• Plan and schedule preventative and corrective maintenance for Ore Car Maintenance facility.
• Convert maintenance notifications into work orders.
• Liaise with department supervisors to determine labour capacities.
• Facilitate and chair draft and final planning meetings.
• Deliver weekly schedule to Locomotive, Ore Car and Wheelshop maintenance teams.
• Review and process vendor invoices.
• Work management KPI reporting and driving improvement opportunities.
• Mentor and coach the maintenance, engineering and operation’s teams in work management processes.
• Work to continually improve performance and costs using initiative and innovation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Maintenance planning experience and an understanding of maintenance processes within a heavy industry environment.
• Previous Rail or HME experience preferable.
• Advanced Excel and MS project experience.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in SAP is essential.
• Good communication / interpersonal / facilitation skills.
• Ability to read and interpret work management KPIs.
• Excellent time management, and the ability to meet deadlines & milestones 

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, 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.