Control Room Project Leader (FMS) W/M

Weda Bay, a strategic source of ore and a major focus of the energy transition.
Weda Bay Nickel, in which Eramet is a co-shareholder, is an integral part of the Group’s strategy to support the energy transition in a sustainable way by providing leading-edge solutions to meet the needs of the new metals era.

The Weda Bay Nickel mine, located on the island of Halmahera in northeast Indonesia, recently went into production in 2019. As part of a partnership with the Chinese steel group Tsingshan, the world’s leading producer of stainless steel and the majority shareholder of PT Weda Bay Nickel, Eramet brings its technical and operational expertise on the mining operations.

Control Room Project Leader (FMS) W/M

Responsibilities :

• Control Room Development & Systems

- Lead the design, deployment and operationalisation of the WBN Central Control Room at KM17 and the four area control rooms.

- Coordinate implementation and optimisation of the Fleet Management System across all contractor equipment and all operational areas.

- Integrate production monitoring, safety monitoring (speed, fatigue, CCTV) and environmental monitoring into a unified operational platform.

- Define and implement control room operational standards, governance processes and data quality protocols.

• Operational Monitoring & Performance

- Ensure real-time visibility of mining extraction, hauling, crushing and stockpile activities across all four operational areas.

- Track production KPIs at area level and consolidate data for management reporting to VP Mining, KTT and Area Managers.

- Coordinate operational information flows between Area Managers, the Op Performance Manager and central technical teams.

- Support decision-making through timely, accurate data provision; identify bottlenecks and escalate abnormal operational trends.

• Safety & Compliance Monitoring

- Deploy and manage speed and gradient monitoring systems; establish and enforce escalation protocols for non-compliant equipment movements.

- Integrate fatigue monitoring data streams into operational supervision workflows across all areas.

- Support equipment commissioning compliance tracking; flag non-compliant or expired units for operational intervention.

- Provide reliable data inputs for HSE reporting, incident investigations and weekly safety reviews.

• Digital Transformation Leadership

- Lead the WBN digitalisation agenda within the control room and FMS scope, in coordination with the Supply, Planning and FMS Manager.

- Build the integrated digital data pipeline from field data capture to centralised analysis and management reporting.

- Coordinate with Eramet Group digital and IT teams on system deployment, integration and support.

- Identify and deploy digital tools that improve operational safety, efficiency and compliance.

• Mission

- Deliver a fully operational, integrated WBN Mining Control Room that gives Area Managers and central management real-time visibility of all operational and safety-critical activities.

- Build the FMS and digital monitoring infrastructure that underpins both production accountability and safety compliance in the new decentralised WBN organisation.

- Reduce operational blind spots — particularly around haulage road safety, equipment compliance and fatigue — through live monitoring and structured escalation.

- Establish a sustainable, Indonesian-led control room team capable of operating and evolving the system independently after expatriate transition.

• Key Performance Improvement Areas

- FMS fleet coverage rate across all contractor equipment and all operational areas

- Completeness and timeliness of operational production data and shift reports

- Speed exceedance detection and escalation response times

- Control room system availability and data quality

- Development of Indonesian control room operators and supervisors to operational autonomy

- Reduction in operational blind spots and data gaps across the four areas

• Leadership & Safety Culture

- Build a control room culture in which safety monitoring is treated with the same urgency as production monitoring — every speed exceedance, fatigue alert or compliance gap triggers an immediate response.

- Model and reinforce a culture of data integrity: never adjust, minimise or delay reporting of safety-relevant data.

- Ensure control room teams understand the real-world consequences of the data they monitor; connect monitoring activity to the safety of field personnel.

- Support area safety culture by ensuring the control room provides timely, actionable safety intelligence to Area Managers and supervisors.

• Talent Development & Knowledge Transfer

- Identify Indonesian control room personnel with leadership potential; build structured development plans targeting full operational autonomy.

- Transfer technical knowledge of FMS, dispatch, CCTV and data systems through active on-the-job coaching; ensure Indonesian team members can operate and troubleshoot independently.

- Define the succession profile for the Control Room Project Leader role; work with the Supply, Planning and FMS Manager to identify and develop internal candidates.

- Document system architectures, operating procedures and technical knowledge in formats accessible to Indonesian successors.

About you:

• Engineering, Mining, Data Systems or related degree.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in mining operations, dispatch, FMS or operational monitoring systems.
• Experience in large-scale mining operations preferred.
• Strong understanding of mining operational coordination and dispatch systems.
• Experience working with operational reporting and performance monitoring tools.
• Fluent English required. Bahasa Indonesia strongly preferred.
• Operational coordination
• Data analysis and reporting
• Project coordination
• Problem-solving
• Communication and teamwork
• Adaptability and multitasking

With operations on five continents and employees from more than 70 different countries, Eramet is an inherently diverse group. 
We are convinced that this diversity of talents and skills is an asset and we are actively engaged in recruiting the talented people who will be crucial to our success in the future, regardless of their gender, disability, age, social or cultural origin, sexual orientation and beliefs.
We are committed to offering all employees the support and development opportunities they need throughout their careers.