* 2 Year Graduate Program commencing 2026
* Permanent employment opportunity
* Structured rotations across FIFO and Perth based locations
* Opportunity to build your Rail Engineering career
Kick-start your engineering career with Hancock Iron Ore through a structured two‑year Graduate Program designed to build your technical capability and set you up for long-term success in Rail Asset Management. As a Graduate Engineer – Signals and Communications, you will rotate across key rail engineering teams, giving you broad exposure to the full lifecycle of our Signals and Communications systems and asset management practices.
Rotating across Rail Reliability Engineering, the Engineering Excellence Group (EEG), the Remote Operations Centre (ROC), and our Signals and Communications Maintenance Team, you will gain hands-on experience in engineering governance, log analysis, system maintenance, reliability engineering, and overall asset management.
If you are ready to launch your engineering career within one of WA's most advanced rail networks, this is your chance to make an impact from day one, gain hands‑on experience across our rail systems, and develop into a future specialist in Rail Asset Management.
What you will gain throughout the program
* Practical experience across key rail signals and communications systems, including Train Control Systems, Automatic Train Protection, Interlocking Systems, TETRA, backbone transmission, WiMAX, asset protection systems, and level crossings
* Exposure to vendor management and the opportunity to collaborate with industry experts
* Hands-on experience gathering, analysing, and structuring data to support engineering and operational reporting
* The chance to assess business needs using asset management tools and contribute to improvement initiatives
* Opportunities to work closely with subject matter experts and build deep technical knowledge
* Cross-functional experience with a variety of internal stakeholders including Train Controllers, Train Drivers, Maintenance Technicians, Engineers, and operational leaders
* A strong foundation in the end-to-end Asset Management process
About you
We welcome applications from recent university graduates (within the past two years) who have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in:
* Control Systems Engineering
* Mechatronics Engineering
* Electronics Engineering
* Communications Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
We're looking for graduates who are motivated and enthusiastic about developing a career in rail signals and communications within a large-scale mining operation. To be successful in our graduate program, you will have a strong academic background and alignment to Hancock Iron Ore's values. You'll bring to our team a curious and flexible mindset; you enjoy tackling challenges and solving problems and are keen to learn and adapt to new challenges and environments. You'll also have strong written and verbal communication skills and will enjoy working as part of a high performing, collaborative team where you'll have responsibility, autonomy, and the ability to influence outcomes.
About Hancock Iron Ore
The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.
Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia's Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.
We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.
Equal Opportunity
Hancock Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.
How to apply
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To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.
Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.