Superintendent Planning

Our Opportunity

Location: Fortescue's Port Hedland Operations. Working on the Traditional Lands of the Kariyarra People.

Roster: 4 days on / 3 days off (Residential with housing support) or FIFO ex Perth

Help shape the future of one of the world’s most dynamic heavy haul rail networks.

Fortescue is seeking a proactive and highly capable Superintendent Planning – Port Maintenance to lead planning excellence across our Port Operations. In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring high quality planning of maintenance practices, operational efficiencies, continuous improvement and well structured processes to support the safe execution of our major shutdowns.

As our Maintenance Planning Superintendent, you will lead the end-to-end planning and scheduling of all major shutdowns, weekly maintenance activities, and long-term asset care strategies across Fortescue’s Port facilities. Your leadership will drive operational excellence, ensuring safe, efficient, and sustainable execution of maintenance work that supports our mission of green, innovative, and high-performing operations.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams across Execution, Engineering, Logistics, Shutdown, and Operations — fostering a culture of precision planning, continuous improvement, and teamwork.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Planning team to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Oversee the development of long, medium, and short-term maintenance plans across the Port maintenance areas.
• Ensure data integrity and governance of SAP master data in alignment with Fortescue standards.
• Drive work order accuracy, develop comprehensive work packs, and maintain detailed resource forecasts that enable effective scheduling and execution.
• Collaborate across Port Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering to ensure planning processes and deliverables meet the highest standards.
• Partner with Finance to develop budgets, track maintenance costs, and forecast expenditure.
• Engage with contracting partners to develop detailed methodologies, scopes, and execution strategies.
• Analyse and optimise maintenance strategies through risk management, continuous improvement, and performance review.
• Monitor and report on plan adherence, proactively identifying constraints and implementing solutions to maintain performance targets.
• Champion safety and compliance, embedding risk-aware planning and ensuring all maintenance activities align with Fortescue standards and statutory requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

You bring a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and a passion for delivering well-planned, efficient fixed plant maintenance. Ideally, you have:

• Proven experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, or reliability leadership roles within heavy industry, mining, or similar operational environments.
• Strong leadership and team development skills with the ability to build capability and foster collaboration.
• Demonstrated experience with SAP or similar CMMS systems.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• High attention to detail, strategic thinking, and a commitment to safety and sustainability.

Why Fortescue?

Joining Fortescue means becoming part of a company that is transforming the future of mining and energy. Here you’ll find:

• A strong culture built on safety, family values and innovation
• Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development
• Competitive remuneration and industry-leading benefits
• The chance to contribute to world-class rail operations and green energy ambitions

At Fortescue, we are proud of what we have built—and even more excited about where we are headed.

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.