Principal Engineer - Optimisation

Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we\u2019re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Principal Engineer - Optimisation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work Location: <\/strong>Perth - <\/strong>Fortescue\u2019s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.<\/p>\n

Roster: <\/strong>Monday to Friday<\/p>\n

We are seeking a highly motivated science and mining professional to join our Strategic Mine Planning team. Reporting to the Manager Systems, this role is primarily responsible to drive and enable the execution of our roadmap to support the group strategy to build a suite of optimisation systems, and associated toolkits, needed to support this vision. The role will also be accountable for guiding the development and integration of new, world-class, customised mine planning software to the business.<\/p>\n

The role is pivotal to improving the our decision capability across our mining models that are used across our multiple planning horizons. Ultimately timely optimisation under uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Key responsibilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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• Developing and implementing roadmaps for systems development for strategic optimisation of FMGL\u2019s world class orebodies<\/li>\n
• Maintain timely business as usual for our current system workflows<\/li>\n
• Be a dedicated team member in our System\u2019s Team Executive, striving to improve data systems with IR4.0+ thinking<\/li>\n
• Developing and provide systems which allow for standardisation of workflows and processes to support the life cycle of orebody knowledge from collection to operational use<\/li>\n
• Supporting mine planning with advancing the use of optimisations tools and techniques over varying planning horizons<\/li>\n
• Supporting agile prototyping and development techniques to enable rapid incremental enhancements to strategic planning systems<\/li>\n
• Driving simplification and automation of systems to improve efficiency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Qualifications and Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • PhD on Operations Research, Optimisation, Mathematics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline OR an equivalent level of expertise gained from a combination of experience, training, or professional accreditation<\/li>\n
  • Robust understanding of software engineering fundamentals such as data structures and mathematical algorithms<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrated evidence delivering production-ready, robust, and maintainable code is essential<\/li>\n
  • Ability to communicate about and understand abstract mathematical concepts<\/li>\n
  • Strategic thinking and ability to identify and plan future innovations of high business value<\/li>\n
  • Experience in mine planning environment<\/li>\n
  • Experience with Cloud environments<\/li>\n
  • Strong knowledge of uncertainty<\/em> assessment of computational predictions and Bayesian<\/em> statistics within Complex Systems<\/li>\n
  • Experience translating corporate and user requests into system requirements in the mine planning domain<\/li>\n
  • Understanding the of orebody knowledge lifecycle from data collection through to resource extraction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    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.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    www.fmgl.com.au\/jobs-at-fortescue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

    Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified<\/em><\/p>"