Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognized for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Fortescue is seeking a Project Engineer who will have accountability for the project engineering discipline, supporting the execution of projects from concept studies through to commissioning within North America.
Key responsibilities:
- Developing and executing single packages or more complex Scopes of Work.
- Managing, tracking and reporting in the management of project budget and schedule.
- Supporting and engage with multiple stakeholders to obtain technical, commercial and schedule information.
- Responsible for supporting development of management level reporting.
- Develop and review for compliance detailed scopes of work, control formal reviews and approvals.
- Support the development team in weekly project meetings, produce minutes, action and decisions register.
- Responsible for monitoring and controlling development of deliverables in conjunction with the Senior Project Engineer and Project Manager to ensure mitigation of schedule slippage, scope creep or cost over runs.
- Develop and maintain project registers and trackers to include, but not limited to project action list, deliverables, risk, issues and key decisions.
- Responsible to review, approve (within delegated limits) and maintain project deliverables and documentation.
- Responsible to support budget development, approval and Business Case finalisation per Project Management framework.
- Role will require accommodating meetings across various time zones.
- Aligned to and demonstrates a clear understanding of the Fortescue Culture and Values.
- Highly responsible, trustworthy, driven and value focused.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Engineering Degree or similar STEM degree.
- Project Management qualifications or training is preferred.
- 5-7+ years of engineering experience in relevant industries.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in dynamic delivery environments.
- Demonstrated commitment to safety and strive to achieve zero harm.
- Commercial acumen.
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
- An understanding of whole-of-project-life phases, functions and processes in complex projects.
- Experience in, or a pathway to comprehension of delivering projects in the renewables industry.
- Demonstrated aptitude to support the management of design and delivery of complex, multi component, multi-disciplinary engineering of projects with clear strategic life of project understanding resulting in optimized value.
- Ability to understand and articulate the business and project drivers and support the management and interpretation of these through the project or projects in their portfolio.
- Enthusiastic and entrepreneurial spirit in identifying issues and developing pragmatic solutions which may be project based and have portfolio value.
- Strong analytical abilities and proactive thinking.
- Clear and concise communicator, proven abilities in delivering clear reporting and meeting deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic and demanding environment.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills in building rapport and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
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 organization 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.
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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.
