Principal Project Compliance

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 Office - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday  

The Principal Project Compliance will play a critical role in assuring the delivery and readiness of projects. This role leads the development and performance of compliance activities related to project delivery & readiness, supporting the completion of key deliverables that enable project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitors project obligation compliance risks across Fortescue’s portfolio of Projects
• Leads the development of, and embeds, ways of working to achieve project execution readiness
• Performs readiness reviews of projects to determine their state of readiness for execution, prepares gap closure plans and monitors their implementation
• Owns and maintains the awareness and communication tools and materials for the Compliance & Verification function, including SharePoint page, management reports and training matrix
• Leads the design, planning, delivery and close-out of assurance activities related to obligations compliance
• Leads development of compliance reporting systems and prepares management reports as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, commerce, law, environment or a similar field
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the mining sector, demonstrating significant experience performing risk management, compliance, assurance and / or obligations management
• Proficiency using enterprise compliance management systems
• Proficiency using Esri ArcGIS
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and standards
• Strong understanding of compliance, risk and readiness frameworks
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships.

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.

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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.