Mine Infrastructure Coordinator
Our Opportunity
Location: Eliwana – Fortescue’s Eliwana mine is located on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama people
Roster: 8D6R FIFO ex Perth
Reporting to the Mine Services Utilities Superintendent, this position is for experienced coordinator to provide technical and planning support to the Mine Infrastructure team as we transition to an electric mining fleet.
This position will involve liaising with stakeholder planning teams on all required cable movements for the electric fleet as well as coordinating resources and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation of the 9400E excavators within the active mining areas to ensure delivery of production targets. This will include attending mine planning meetings to ensure all cable routes are built into the two weekly mine plan.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent the Mine Infrastructure team & work cohesively with all internal & external stakeholders
- Provide technical guidance and positive leadership to the team to drive department safety & efficiency
- Work closely with Supervisors to align compliance to and prioritization of planned work
- Work closely with Superintendent to develop and achieve budget and budget forecast expectations
- Coordinate the delivery of operational improvement projects and minor capital works
- Reliability Improvement - Ensure asset availability to meet/exceed department targets set by the business and play a leading role in the analysis of major failures and repeat down time events to drive improvements in both Operations, Planning and Project delivery
- Coordinate closely with site mine planning teams to effectively plan priority cable work to achieve targets and ensure mine plan is met minimising downtime of electric fleet
- Coordinate closely with Decarb readiness team to review upcoming infrastructure designs
- Fulfil the role of the Eliwana Mine Infrastructure Superintendent during periods of absence from site
- Assist planning, scheduling, and engineering teams by defining work priorities based on mine plan
- Encourage compliance to Zero Harm principles daily within the team
Qualifications and Experience
- Previous HV Cable Management experience
- Previous experience with electric excavators, shovels and/or drill rigs
- Previous experience in a large mining operation
- Previous experience liaising with mine planning teams and stakeholders
- Competent understanding of mine designs, isolations and permitting systems
- Experience in computer-based maintenance systems
- Strong commitment to health and safety
- Strong coaching, mentoring, and team building skills to maintain a good team culture
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- +3 yrs supervision experience
- Knowledge of electrical regulations and incident management
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.
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