Supervisor Operations

Our Opportunity

**Work Location:**Hedland Operations, Fortescue’s Hedland Operations are located on the traditional lands of the Kariyarra people.

Roster: 4 Days / 4 Nights / 8 Off | FIFO ex Perth or residentially based in Port Hedland

As a key leader within Hedland Operations, you will play an integral role in ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient processing and product handling operations across the supply chain. You will lead high-performing teams while driving operational excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate processing personnel to maximise plant productivity, operational efficiency, and team performance.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on daily operational performance, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimisation.
• Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with all health, safety, environmental, and operational standards.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members through ongoing coaching, training, and performance support.
• Manage stockyard operations to maintain continuity across the supply chain and support shipping requirements.
• Ensure compliance with TML requirements while maintaining Shipping Grade A cargo standards.
• Support COA and ISO compliance by ensuring LQL targets are achieved through SPF processes.
• Collaborate effectively with port operations and broader supply chain stakeholders to proactively resolve operational challenges impacting productivity.
• Provide regular operational updates and performance reporting to leadership teams.
• Foster a positive and inclusive team culture focused on accountability, attendance, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all mooring evolutions are executed safely and efficiently, supporting the reduction of exposure to tensioned line risks.

Qualifications and Experience

We are seeking motivated and safety-focused leaders who thrive in dynamic operational environments and are passionate about developing people and driving performance.

You will bring:

• Previous experience in a supervisory role within processing, manufacturing, port, or heavy industry operations.
• Strong understanding of operational processes, quality assurance, and safety management systems.
• Demonstrated leadership capability with the ability to build engaged, high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use operational data to drive improvement outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in magnetite product handling operations.
• SAP experience.
• Wharf or port operations experience will be highly regarded.
• Relevant qualifications in operations management, logistics, processing, or a related discipline are advantageous.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members 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. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ 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.