31: FMG Employee Reviews

long hours friendly workmates ,to work in a safe manner great people ,worksafe,being away for my children,coming home to my love ones job satisfaction

Pros

free lunch

Cons

to manage sleep more on ( rnr) breaks

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Long hours but good pay

Utility Worker (Current Employee) - Pilbara WA - 4 January 2023

Really great work and flexible if you stay casual. Always interesting people to work with and they pump you up through out the day. Work can be tough but the day will always end and you feel avcomolished

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enjoyed my time there even though short due to illness

senior procurent (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 29 November 2022

Every day was a challenge, which i enjoy, because when you reach the end, you relax and get ready for the next challenge, the company always put their personnel first, great place to work

Pros

company looks after you

Cons

parking

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Productivity, Relaxed down time, great food

Boilermaker Welder/Fabricator (Former Employee) - Solomon, AU - 21 June 2020

When at site in June 2020 Enjoy getting the task done always interesting Dedication to OH&S Great team work Management Very approachable Getting a regular roster love the flying and the different destinations never a dull moment

Pros

Clean Accomodation and facilities, Good Food

Cons

Like night shift best but happy to accomodate any hours

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Productive and safe to work with

dozer op (Former Employee) - christmas creek wa - 15 September 2019

Very friendly people to work with easy going very good safety culture and family orientated . Good communication with management in solving safety problems with in the work enviroment

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Landscaping Labourer (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 16 August 2018

-fatigue is pretty hectic but all safety is applied correctly depending on the circumstances -cant really complain mining is a mad chill scene to be in -the utilities workers are good at there jobs always well fed, sleep well enough pubs are great.......

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Positive place to work

Mobile Maintenance Supervisor (Current Employee) - Christmas Creek QLD - 29 June 2018

Positive place to work with great atmosphere, always kept on your toes and thinking, Great culture of people from around the world, Offer so many different opportunities and great for care development, highly recommend

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bad hours

drill fitter (Former Employee) - Christmas Creek WA - 8 April 2018

Section Shovels and drills very unorganised major turn over of people a lot of dead wood no cohesion between shifts long drive between work and camp makes for lack of sleep

Pros

job

Cons

strange method of management

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A growing organisation with potential for all

Safety Risk Management Co-ordinator (FIFO) (Former Employee) - Tom Price Western Australia - 26 February 2018

Location was fabulous, regular travel time and experiences to and from the worksite back to camp. PM and CEO encourage inclusive learning for all levels of the site team. Located in the Pilbara, it was difficult to not enjoy the location and regular changes to the landscape, horizon together with the seasonal changes.. I felt very at home on this project having been raised in the area.

Pros

Arriving at site and seeing the scenery

Cons

Having to take R n R

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productive work site

Operator Solomon Lieghton (Former Employee) - near wittenoom, WA - 15 January 2018

My day starts with a 20 minute bus drive to work. I start work at 0615, generally I load Cat 793 trucks on the ROM. I have a good supervisor and team around me. I enjoy loading trucks and doing road work with smaller loaders, but the crew work together which means operating other machinery as needed, which means we are constantly learning.

Pros

learning new machines

Cons

not enjoying flyin/flyout anymore

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Great blokes to be around

Ore Car Maintainer (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 3 December 2017

The times they are a changing with every avenue for cost cutting persued. I was fortunate to be there early on and have enjoyed the wealth and prosperity few get to enjoy. Many thanks FMG

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good facilities

Operator/Labourer (Current Employee) - Western Australia - 15 February 2017

fmg is a big believer in your health n well being all the facilities you could wont on site.fmg provide exellent opertunities to all employees as housing subs and so much more.

Pros

meet good new people

Cons

long days long nites

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The push for as mush product to port over road most things, the family atmosphere between the gangs was great.

Track Inspector (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 12 December 2016

get up at 04:30, start work at 05:30,run the track section for the day cheeking for wear of the running line and sidings, then reporting them to be rectified and entering them in the computer, finishing work 16:30 and going on call for any track flats during the night. There is always some thing to learn, not every body knows every thing but when you add up all the knowledge at hand the answer is not far away. It was good to have a management team that has worked their was up from the bottom as when told of a problem they know exsaculy what your talking about. My co-workers were great they had a great knowledge of track works and had no problem helping you and a plesure to work with. The hardest part of the job was leaving my family for two weeks a month or even longer. the most enjoyable part of my job was coming home to my family.

Pros

Good camps and food, great people to work with and for.

Cons

being away from family.

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rolling stock

Long term Planner Rolling stock maintenance (Current Employee) - Perth Central Business District WA - 15 August 2016

it was a great start. Little teams so much more people focused. great little facility and small shutdowns for other clients

Pros

rolling stock

Cons

rolling stock

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FMG presenented a safe and quality managed work enviroment

Operator (Former Employee) - Perth, WA - 1 December 2015

A safe and productive shift was achieved by a quality prestart meeting, outlining safe work procedure and machine operating requirements for the shift tasks. It is important for operators to be able work autonomously, but most importantly with safety and quality communication skills achieve a highly productive shift. Communication with supervisors and leading hands was of high priority and fmg radio procedure ensured the ability to communicate safely with co-workers/operators in your designated areas. Working in the Pilbara presented extreme and sometimes hostile environment where fmg's personal safety awareness and assessing inductions , and communication with other employees helps to make the job easer. The best part of the job is the commerardery and ability to rely on likeminded workmates.

Pros

greeat work enviroment

Cons

not enough time to use quality amenities.

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Excellent Company, excellent potential.

Hays Contractor (Current Employee) - Western Australia - 5 July 2015

Very good company that has plenty of potential, although the industry is a little uncertain at the moment and the communication to the workers could be better.

Pros

Potential is great

Cons

Roster changes, shift changes without notice.

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Great people to work with with great camp facilities

level 3 advanced operator (Former Employee) - Christmas Creek - 29 April 2015

A typical 12 hour day in mining My experiences with FMG were great, with a lot of opportunities to move forward. With a sound message about safety you can go to work each day and feel comfortable in the work place. Most of the management team were only to eager to address concerns. Co workers are the best thing about working at Christmas Creek, a laugh a joke and a very sociable atmosphere, This would have to be one of the most enjoyable things with the job.

Pros

Great camp facilities

Cons

Food not always the best but improving

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Family orientated

Operator - Dump Truck (Former Employee) - Cloudbreak - 23 April 2015

Driving dump trucks for 12 hours Co-workers where hard working hardest part was becoming accustom to FIFO life and leaving family home

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Good job but long hours and late night shift

Laboring- Wash Down Crew (Former Employee) - Port Hedland, WA - 24 March 2015

Check safety card and PPE's then a full on safety brief before we get allocated tasks. The supervisors are switched on and are very good in their leadership role. The hardest part of the day is the time factor and the job itself because we are using large water hose to do washdown but at the same time it is challenging and enjoyable work.

Pros

Flexible

Cons

Long hours and late night shift

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Good crew however no social life due to FIFO lifestyle.

Rigger (Former Employee) - WA - 23 March 2015

Worked on structural steel, mills, pumps, motors, shaker screens, ect. Big job with lots of new experiences and learned a lot working with more experienced riggers.

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