Senior Heritage Advisor

Job no: 526382
Work type: Permanent, Full time
Location: Osborne Park
Categories: Project Development

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What MinRes can offer

  • Help protect Aboriginal cultural heritage while supporting operations and development projects across our operations.
  • Work closely with the Lead and a dedicated heritage team on approvals, compliance and the management of complex heritage matters.
  • Access development opportunities, health and wellbeing support, the MyShare plan and exceptional head office facilities

The opportunity

MinRes is seeking a Senior Heritage Advisor to support heritage programmes and compliance activities across our portfolio, helping maintain continuity at operating mines and achieve greenfield project development milestones.

Reporting directly to the Heritage Lead, you will play a key role in planning and coordinating heritage activities while building and maintaining respectful relationships with Traditional Owners and Native Title Groups.

Based at our corporate headquarters in Osborne Park. This is an opportunity to combine technical expertise, field coordination and meaningful stakeholder engagement to support cultural heritage protection and responsible project delivery.

What you will be doing

  • Provide heritage advice to the field teams and support the delivery of approvals to meet operational requirements and project milestones.
  • Coordinate Aboriginal heritage surveys, including scheduling, logistics and drafting scopes of work for review.
  • Engage with Traditional Owners and Native Title Groups to plan heritage compliance activities and maintain collaborative relationships.
  • Promote safe working practices throughout heritage field activities.
  • Help develop and implement reporting procedures that keep the Lead informed of survey schedules, field activities and Traditional Owner engagement.
  • Support compliance with relevant Aboriginal heritage legislation and assist with changes to regulatory requirements.
  • Review internal Surface Disturbance Permit applications for activities, checking proposed works against heritage survey coverage and applying appropriate heritage conditions.
  • Support the management of ground-disturbing activities, including arranging Traditional Owner monitors to help prevent adverse impacts to heritage sites.
  • Monitor compliance with statutory heritage approval conditions and prepare draft regulatory reports for the Leads review.

What you will bring to the team

You will bring a collaborative approach, strong organisational skills and the ability to provide practical solutions in a changing environment. You will also have:

  • Extensive knowledge and practical application of legislation relating to Aboriginal heritage and Native Title.
  • Tertiary qualifications in anthropology, archaeology or a related discipline, and/or relevant experience in the resources industry.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • The ability to adapt to changing environments and solve problems effectively.
  • Demonstrated organisational skills in complex environments.
  • Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in ArcGIS and the ability to learn new programmes.

About Mineral Resources (MinRes)

Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes) is a leading diversified resources company with operations across lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services in Western Australia.

Our success is built on our people, innovation and willingness to challenge the way things are done. Since listing on the ASX in 2006, MinRes has grown into one of Australia’s most dynamic resources companies.

 

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