Superintendent - Operations Transition & Assurance

Fortescue • Perth, WA, AU • 4d ago

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. Regular site travel will also be required

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Superintendent – Operations Transition & Assurance ensures the safe and effective operational transition of new assets and systems into steady-state operations.

The role provides leadership and oversight of readiness and assurance activities, confirming that people, processes, and infrastructure are prepared for operational deployment. Working across multiple functions, the Superintendent coordinates and influences engineering, operations, and asset management teams to deliver site readiness, asset readiness, and operational readiness prior to handover.

Leading a small, focused team, this role embeds assurance frameworks, validates preparedness, and mitigates risk during the transition to operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the operational readiness strategy and coordinate readiness activities across people, systems, and processes
Oversee assurance reviews prior to asset handover, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational standards are met
Manage readiness deliverables across sites and functions to align with program milestones and operational objectives
Partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive accountability and alignment across readiness workstreams
Lead a small team responsible for readiness coordination, assurance governance, and cross-functional engagement
Identify, assess, and mitigate readiness risks, ensuring effective governance and documentation
Build and maintain strong relationships with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, and Asset Management teams.

Qualifications and Experience

Electrical trade or engineering qualification
Demonstrated experience leading operational readiness or transition-to-operations in a large, complex environment
Proven leadership experience in an operational environment multi-disciplinary team
Strong understanding of operational risk, assurance, and readiness frameworks
Frontline leadership experience within a mining environment with heavy mobile assets or fixed plant
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills
Experience with decarbonisation, electrification, or autonomous system readiness programs
Exposure to assurance or risk management within a project delivery or operational context.

Our Commitment

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.

https://fortescue.com/careers

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.