Specialist Metallurgist

**Job no**: 518608

**Work type**: Fixed-term Fortescue Employee

**Location**: Perth Fortescue Centre

**Categories**: Technical & Engineering

**_Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we’re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company._**

**Specialist Metallurgist**

**Work Location**:Perth** - **Fortescue Centre & Bennett St - Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

**Roster**:Monday to Friday

This would be an excellent opportunity for someone with strong site-based experience to add significant value to our Perth Based Strategic Planning Metallurgical function.

You will be joining a passionate, driven and very agile technical team who delve into all aspects of materials science, metallurgical engineering, ore processing performance and provide metallurgical product prediction to mine planning horizons i.e. LOM/5YP/2YP.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Support development and optimisation of material tracking data systems
- Review short and long term OPF performance against plan assumptions/ regression predictions for current and future operations
- Assist teams with implementing standard procedures to ensure accuracy and integrity of measurements
- Analysis to investigate relationships between key metrics and material characteristics
- Support optimisation projects and liaise with stakeholders
- Understand priorities and orient changes to work plans with minimum guidance
- Self-starter and autonomous work ethic, although still asking for help when required

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- At least 4 years as a site-based Metallurgist (at least 2 years in Iron ore)
- Tertiary Qualification in Metallurgy/ Mineral processing
- Knowledge of further Process/ planning systems etc is an advantage
- Enthusiastic and ‘can-do’ mind set with ability to manage changing priorities
- Excellent communication skills with strong report writing and presentation skills, ability to clearly and concisely articulate knowledge sharing to leaders and reports with ease

**Applications close**: 31 Mar 2023 W. Australia Standard Time