Project Engineer Mechanical - Contracting Opportunity

• 4/3 days only roster | FIFO from Perth to Port Hedland
• 7-month contracting opportunity with potential to extend
• Competitive hourly rate on offer

About the role:

Our Asset Management team is currently seeking an Engineer Project Mechanical to join them on a Monday to Thursday Roster based at Port Hedland. This is a short-term contracting opportunity for 7 months with the potential to extend.

Reporting to the Superintendent Engineering Projects - Port, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support in the design, development, and implementation of minor capital projects within Hancock Iron Ore.

Duties:

• Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards
• Liaise with consultants and teams to meet deliverables and integrate new assets into brownfields plants
• Perform calculations and analysis to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient installations
• Manage installation and construction works to maintain high delivery standards
• Prepare technical documentation, drawings, and reports for execution and handover
• Attend meetings and provide progress updates on engineering tasks

Skills and Experience:

• Mechanical Engineering Degree preferred 
• Experience delivering multiple minor capital projects in a Fixed Plant Processing environment
• Experience working within Operational, Shutdown and Brownfields Environments essential
• Understanding of additional disciplines will be advantageous
• Project or Construction Management qualifications will be highly regarded
• Proficient in modern software applications
• Current manual C-class driver’s license

Port Hedland Facilities:

• Modern, comfortable camp accommodation
• Convenient walking access to South Hedland town facilities and shops
• High quality gourmet food options (vegan, gluten free and healthy options)
• Fully equipped fitness centre facility
• In-room entertainment with comprehensive content and own-device casting capability
• Active social club with community events and activities for employees
• Lifestyle, Learning and Recreation initiative which provide events for your family
• Village shop and extensive supporting amenities

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.

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females 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.

How to apply

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

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.