Fortescue Metals Group Employee Reviews

Average workplace , average management . Not a lot of growth as its already expanded . Dodgey leadership who only look out for themselves . FFI is outgrowing its capacity.

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Good workplace

Analyst (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 26 August 2023

Good workplace, enjoyed the work and people and culture in the office, good personal experience on site visit

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Grateful to be part of fortescue family

Dump Truck Operator (Current Employee) - CLOUDBREAK - 25 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?FRIENDLY ENVOIROMENT, SAFETY FIRST, ONE OF THE BEST IRON ORE MINING COMPANYWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?WAIT TO BE TRAINED ON DIFFERENT HEAVY MACHINESWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?EQUALITY, NO ONE COMES BEFORE OTHERSWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?FOCUS ON THE JOB, FOCUS IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING

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Do as we say - not as we do

Senior HSSE (Former Employee) - Pilbara WA iron bridge - 27 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Large scale project - iconic build , new experience What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not following their own procedures - taking short cuts and calling them “ stretch targets”What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Production, production, production What is a typical day like for you at the company?Trying to get management to do what they are required to do -

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Interesting and rewarding

Boilermaker/Welder & Mechanical Fitter (Former Employee) - Cloudbreak - 23 January 2023

Worked along side some great people and made some awsome friends.You get used to the long hours when you work with good people.Met my best friend after 10 years of being on site.Nothing seemed to be to much of an issue in regards to work and respect from management.Would possibly like to go back to Cloudbreak one day.

Pros

Left alone to carry out day to day duties but relied upon to attend breakdowns

Cons

2/1 roster

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Great company

Process Plant Operator (FIFO) (Former Employee) - Christmas Creek - 30 October 2022

Great Company, Probably the most collaborative work place I have been in, everyone worked together from management down. Only left due to family health reasons so was requiring a shorter roster . I would definitely recommend and will attempt to go back when it’s viable to do so .

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Challenging and slightly understaffed but great place to work

Senior Geologist (Current Employee) - Perth - 7 July 2022

While the nature of the work requires you to wear many hats, it is a great place to work and advance. A lot of on-the job learning as well as opportunities for development and growth. They set ambitious goals for the company and emphasise a values-based culture.

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A great company

Inventory Controller (Former Employee) - Christmas Creek W.Aust - 13 September 2020

I loved working for FMG, but 12 hour days on site. 2 weeks on then one week off, which worked fine. I worked at Christmas Creek, then Cloudbreak and then the corporate office in Perth. All as Inventory Controller.

Pros

The wages.

Cons

Long days

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Fast-paced and competitive

Senior Mine Planning Engineer (Current Employee) - Perth WA - 13 June 2020

Allows an individual to expand his skills and provides variety and opportunities to grow Management is proactive when it comes to taking business decisions and things happen fast1

Pros

Job satisfaction and fair salary and employee benefits

Cons

Fast-paced environment may become challenging at times

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Heavy Duty Mechanic (Current Employee) - Newman WA - 5 June 2020

This was a pretty average place to work, very safe orientated, lots of paper work for even small jobs The dress code is a little over the top as well

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Senior Planner (Current Employee) - Perth WA - 25 April 2020

I learned new systems, great management support team, the work culture is fantastic, very collaborative and helpful. The hardest part of the job is that the lead is difficult to approach, very busy. I enjoy the job with challenges and found the solutions for it.

Pros

Flexible hours

Cons

Long Hours

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Site Project Engineer (short term contract) (Former Employee) - Pilbara Mining Centre WA - 14 April 2020

Project Management• Scoping - Fixed Plant Additional Water Lines, supply and install additional wash water line through 5 areas of fixed plant. Approx. $1M budget • Guarding Audit within the OPF fixed plant. Scoping and planned execution work to bring all guarding in line with Australian and FMG standards. Approximate 10 main line conveyor systems and 5 conveyors. Approx. $3M OPEX budget

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Challenging Workplace

Emergency Services Officer (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA, Solomon - 9 March 2020

Challenging workplace that eventually changed to a family friendly roster for EM Services, brought in line with the "Family" values that were constantly spruiked by Management but not always seen in the workforce. Countless AOD testing became the most hated job & consigned the role to that of Admin / Tester. Safety focus was more around numbers rather than results. Relax people it's just a job

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They do promote internally

Machine Operations, Fleet Management, and Administration (Former Employee) - Western Australia - 29 February 2020

Good company to work and the culture was diverse which is good. Management team were good they related to their workers and they established relationships with them

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Excellent

fixed plant mechanical technician experienced at Cloudbreak (Former Employee) - Cloudbreak - 15 February 2020

Good working environment easy and no pressure to work. Friendly and helpful workmates asking too much go find out yourself. 85 characters is it enough.

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Great working environment

Category Specialist (Former Employee) - East Perth WA - 18 August 2019

Such a great working environment and great core values and culture. Only with recent management change in Procurement, the manager of this team within procurement was inexperienced and leadership style and communication style was lacking. This ruined the FMG experience. I would return but not to that manager.

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Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic Advanced (Current Employee) - Perth WA - 4 May 2019

I've been with FMG for just on 2 years now. FMG is a great company to work for the safety culture of the company is at a very high standard empowering their workers to speak up when something does not seem right is a very common theme at FMG.

Pros

Saftey culture

Cons

work time/life style

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Such a great company

Technician (Former Employee) - Fortescue WA - 5 March 2019

A great company who have an emphasis of looking after their workers through bonus's and a good work/life balance. It's a large company but it feels like a family business where they care about you. They also frequently offer career advancement

Pros

Good money, great people

Cons

Long hours, working away

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Excellent company

HV trucks Service person (Current Employee) - Christmas creek - 1 March 2019

They are a professional great company to work for great benefits. Also they are a excellent family friendly company to help make a you grow as a person. Always pay very good rates.

Pros

Brilliant benefits

Cons

Long hours

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FMG destroyed a good job by changing from 8/6 to 2/1

Production Operator (Current Employee) - Cloudbreak - 25 February 2019

Used to be a good job. They killed it when they changed the roster. Effectively a massive pro rata pay cut and swapping a good work/life balance to a death grind. They treat their operators with contempt and condescension. Difficult to advance in the job or to learn anything new unless you are in the purple circle. Very demotivating being constantly lied to by dishonest management. Being assessed on spurious company "values". Positives are the people you work with - generally a good bunch of people from a variety of backgrounds. Very civil and polite working relationships compared to other mine sites I have worked at.

Pros

Good colleagues

Cons

Now too long hours and no

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Dewatering (Former Employee) - Cloudbreak - 30 January 2019

Was a great experience while it lasted. Not a company for people with a brain. Critical and logical thinking is not welcome among the semi-literate supervisors and managers. It's not what you know... It's WHO you know if you want to move up or keep your job.