An opportunity to join the exciting and energetic Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) team, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group.

FFI is leading Fortescue’s decarbonisation and growth agendas and developing a portfolio of projects centred on the production of renewable hydrogen, ammonia, minerals and other value-added products. FFI is underpinned by Fortescue’s world class expertise, operational excellence and proven capability to drive future growth.

Engineering Studies Manager

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Work type: Full time Fortescue employee

Roster: Monday to Friday

This is an exciting opportunity to get in at the ground level of a rapidly expanding, dynamic, global green energy business. Fortescue Future Industries is currently undertaking a rapid expansion and are seeking applications for a highly motivated Engineering Study Manager to join our Latin Americas Projects Team. This role is responsible for carrying out activities to lead the approved studies within the FFI Renewables Project portfolio.

To be successful in this role candidates must have strong interpersonal skills with good understanding of both technical engineering and project functions. The candidate will possess strong technical and commercial skills and with the ability to interface with teams in Latin America and Australia.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Planning, execution and delivery of planned studies; objectively, efficiently and effectively by coordinating deliverables from across a broad group of technical and support teams
• Finding and assessing innovative solutions that add value
• Assist in building and maintaining processes, tools and systems to analyse options and the impacts to the existing, and potential future, infrastructure and operations to inform business case inputs
• Business case development for studies including sensitivity and risk analysis for the key drivers
• Liaise with technical support functions to understand risk and opportunities to the proposed operations and to enable timely achievement of project milestones
• The role will also interact with internal and external stakeholders and will be expected to effectively manage integration and coordination between the local offices in Latin America and the Perth Head Quarters in Western Australia.

In order to be successful in this role:

Candidates must be able to bring a flexible mindset, challenge traditional thinking, and be prepared to work outside of their comfort zone

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in engineering: Electrical, Chemical Engineering are desirable.
• Practical and solutions focused approach to engineering and design problems.
• Strong project management experience
• Strong experience in Renewables and Green Energy
• Extensive previous experience of early project phase gates
• International experience highly advantageous
• Strong interpersonal skills with project and engineering teams
• Team orientation and strong ability to take initiative

Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. We celebrate and respect people’s differences and commit to providing an inclusive work environment. This is an exciting time to join Fortescue.

We encourage Aboriginal Australians and female candidates to apply.

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