Specialist Optimisation Engineer

1 week ago


Perth, Western Australia Fortescue Full time

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: Fortescue Centre, Perth. Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

Energy Operations is looking to expand the Electrical and Control systems engineering team, with an experienced Control Systems Engineer to assist with day-to-day and project support activities related to the Fortescue power generation and transmission systems. As Fortescue expands the reach of its power generation and transmission network, technical support from a remote based team is essential to ensure the reliability and security of the power system.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible to Implement industry-leading Operations Research techniques to drive optimisation solutions.
  • Develop and implement optimisation solutions and models for the Haul Truck fleet assignment engine.
  • Responsible for the development a simulator to test the Optimisation Solution with the historical site data to assess the performance before deploying.
  • Proficiency with Optimisation and Solver libraries in Python, Matlab, R or similar technologies like Gurobi
  • Collaborate with the existing fleet management system team, ensuring seamless integration and interoperability with the optimisation solution. The fleet management system is in C# primarily.
  • Work closely with Business Analysts to understand and map the impact of optimisation changes to functional requirements.
  • This role sits within the greater Optimisation and Performance team, and some cross collaboration with the team is expected. The greater team is responsible for data modelling and performance metrics and analysis. Some of that work maybe a collaboration with the Optimisation team.
  • Collaborate with Project Engineers to assess and enhance performance measures for Autonomy Projects related to fleet management.
  • Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in processing, mining, integrated planning, and mine control.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in real world operations research optimisation with a focus on fleet management within the Mining Industry.
  • Strong expertise in optimisation tools and techniques.
  • Theoretical and practical knowledge in AI
  • Strong background in Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
  • Experience with integration of optimisation solutions into existing systems, preferably with C#.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Deliverables;
    • Scientific Standard Research papers on projects being developed.
    • Report updates on development process.
    • Achieve agreed model accuracy levels (depending on project)
    • Presentations on scenarios and testing results.​​​​​​​

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, LGBTIQ+ 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.

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.



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