Job Description
Planner Scheduler NPI
  • Monday to Friday – Perth based with routine travel to site
  • Company contribution to private health insurance
  • Performance, retention and profit share bonuses
  • Plan and schedule maintenance for diverse and extensive NPI assets

 

About the role

An opportunity currently exists for a motivated Planner Scheduler to join our Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI) team at Hancock Iron Ore.

Reporting to the Superintendent Asset Management (NPI) you will play a key role in driving a disciplined and structured approach to work management across our non-processing assets and equipment. You will optimise equipment reliability and support high quality maintenance execution through accurate, forward looking planning and scheduling. With a strong focus on developing and embedding robust standards and practices, you’ll help ensure our assets consistently achieve capability, reliability, and cost targets, contributing to the ongoing success of our operations.

 

Duties

  • Support a strong safety culture by following HSE requirements, managing risks, and actively identifying and reporting hazards, incidents, and near misses
  • Manage weekly maintenance planning cycles, ensuring new work requests are actioned promptly and converted into high‑quality, accurately planned work orders
  • Collaborate with supervisors and vendors to prioritise work, develop detailed work scopes, and prepare ready‑to‑execute jobs for maintenance windows
  • Monitor work order backlogs, review maintenance tactics, and provide feedback to asset engineers to support continuous improvement
  • Build and maintain accurate maintenance schedules that reflect priorities, operational constraints, labour, equipment, costs, and resource requirements
  • Track and analyse schedule performance and critical path progress, providing clear reporting and insights to key stakeholders
  • Implement and update maintenance strategies and master data in SAP in line with established processes and resourcing requirement

 

Skills and experience

  • Experience in maintenance, operations or systems positions
  • Experience with the operations and maintenance of NPI or fixed plant assets will be beneficial
  • Demonstrated aptitude for maintenance planning, scheduling, or coordination within an asset‑intensive environment
  • Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret maintenance data and support continuous improvement
  • Good organisational skills with the capability to manage competing priorities within structured planning and scheduling cycles
  • Proficient in SAP or similar CMMS, and prior experience with planning tools and reporting systems (such as MS Project, Advanced Excel)
  • Collaborative with effective interpersonal and communication skills

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About Hancock Iron Ore

The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia’s Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Perth Remote Operations Facilities

You'll be joining us at our Remote Operations Centre (ROC) where you will benefit from:

  • Free on-site parking 
  • Modern spacious office with break-out facilities
  • In-house café providing variety of food options and barista coffee
  • Flexi Leave 
  • Flexible working hours outside of core business hours
  • Active social club with community events and activities for employees
  • Lifestyle, learning and recreation initiatives, including family events

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an equal opportunity employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and women to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

Application Information

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

This advertisement will close no later than the Posting End Date specified.  We may close the advertisement early should suitable candidate/s be identified, so encourage prompt applications.

Recruitment Agency submissions will not be considered.
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Posting End Date:  06/03/2026
Information at a Glance
Business Unit:  Technical Services & NPI
Job Location:  Perth Airport
Posting End Date:  06/03/2026
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