Principal Rail Engineer

at  Fortescue Metals Group

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.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical or Civil preferred)
• 10+ years heavy haul network experience, inclusive of significant experience with a track background.
• A candidate that has a mix of design, project delivery and operational background is preferred but not essential.

• Providing asset integrity and reliability assurance of Fortescue’s Rail network, inclusive of track and rolling stock assets.
• Supporting the capital portfolio for Fortescue’s Rail network by reviewing business cases of individual projects to ensure optimal allocation of capital.
• Develop, support and maintain sound Engineering Standards to ensure our rail assets are reliable, efficient and our people are safe.
• Support Operations and Asset Management teams to implement rail best practice, life cycle assessments and strategic planning.
• Support to our Rail Operations team with equipment failure investigations, breakdown and technical support, remediation and reliability reviews.
• Providing technical engineering support to our Project execution teams including scoping, design review & technical queries (where rail assets are included);
• Providing safety leadership to effectively identify and manage technical risks across Fortescue’s Rail network;
• Line reporting and management of Specialist rail Engineer role/s, coaching and mentoring of junior engineers;
• Although this role is Perth based, regular visits to our Operations in the Pilbara are an expectation of this role.