Work type: Full Time Fortescue Employee
Location: Perth FFI Manuf, Other
Categories: Green Industry
At Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) we are leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world. FFI is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental, and economic benefits.
Mechanical Planner - Manufacturing
Work location: Dawson Road, Perth Airport
Roster: Monday to Friday
Working along side the production team and design engineers, we are seeking a self-driven mechanical planner to join our innovative team.
Being an R&D facility, we are looking for someone who is adaptable to evolving work scopes and who can react to changes quickly achieving results on tight schedules.
The successful candidate would have strong mechanical background prior to planning, this will form a key part of the role. Liaising directly with design engineers and the production team to assist with solutions in both design and materials sourcing to help drive schedule efficiencies.
Key responsibilities:
- Build weekly work order plans to align with project requirements and resources
- Identifying and Determining equipment and Resource requirements
- Identifying vendors and materials sourcing
- Raising of purchase orders, invoice receipting and order tracking
- Budget Tracking
- Monitoring material supplies and working with Procurement
- Establish positive working relationships with all parties involved
- Work closely with internal project teams to help develop project schedules and build materials and resource lists
- Managing internal customer expectations in terms of delivery time and Resources
- Review and seek information from internal and external stakeholders to ensure all scopes have the relevant information to execute the task to a high standard
- Tracking and assigning of planned preventative maintenance work orders associated with workshop machinery
Qualifications and skills required:
- Desirable: Tertiary qualification in accredited project controls certification
- Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Mechanical or Mechanical Project Planner (essential) preferably within R&D and Manufacturing Environment
- Experience in procurement and materials tracking
- Strong communication skills, ability to interface and build relationships with external vendors, project and corporate stakeholders.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Project and MS Office Suite
- Intermediate skills working with SAP
- Experience with Primavera would be a bonus
- Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, and within a team
Candidates must be able to bring a flexible mindset, challenge traditional thinking, and be prepared to work outside of their comfort zone.
Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. 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, neuro diverse, 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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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified
We only accept applications via our official website at https://ffi.com.au/careers/ or https://www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue/browse-jobs. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.
Applications close: 12 Jun 2023 W. Australia Standard Time
