Environment Superintendent

Ready to pursue your professional journey with Northern Star? As an ASX 50 global-scale gold miner, we have sizeable operations in Western Australia and Alaska. With unparalleled pathways for advancement and avenues for personal growth, we stand as Australia’s premier gold employer. Your journey starts here.

At Northern Star, we live by our STARR core values of Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect and Results. These values are not just words on paper; they are the cornerstone of our company culture and guide everything we do. You will play a pivotal role in upholding these values and contributing to our collective success.

Northern Star Resources currently has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for an Environmental Superintendent to join the team at our Pilbara (Hemi) Operations, working on an ongoing 8/6 roster, on a permanent and full-time basis. The successful candidate will provide leadership for the site environmental team, ensuring all environmental legal obligations are met, environmental risks are managed, and drive environmental performance across the project. The role will help implement the project’s environmental approval obligations and manage key construction contractors to deliver works and support sound environmental management.

Here is what awaits you.

• Lead and champion strong Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) performance, ensuring compliance with all company policies and regulations.
• Identify, manage and mitigate environmental risks to support project delivery and reduce environmental impacts.
• Drive effective construction environmental management to meet legal obligations, compliance, contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate and deliver all regulatory, closure, offset and environmental approval requirements for both current projects and legacy areas.
• Provide specialist environmental input across design, engineering and project management to ensure compliance with standards and legislation.
• Lead site environmental functions including monitoring, reporting, auditing, incident investigation and assurance activities.
• Develop, mentor and manage team members to achieve performance targets, regulatory compliance and operational excellence during construction and operation

To thrive in this role, you will need.

Experience: 10+ years’ environmental experience across construction and mining operations with proven capability managing major contractors to meet regulatory and company standards, experience in the Pilbara being highly regarded

Qualifications: Degree majoring in an Environment related discipline from a recognised tertiary institution

Passion for Growth: Success in this role will come from a  high performing and growth driven leader who leads by example, champions our STARR core values, and demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication and with strong interpersonal skills; through visible leadership, active engagement and coaching, you will guide a skilled team to operate with integrity, drive and consistently high performance in environmental management.

Discover the perks of working at Northern Star.

• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance.
• 5 weeks annual leave for site-based employees.
• A quarterly Short-term Incentive Bonus Program.
• An annual Employee Share Plan Program.
• Company paid Salary Continuance Insurance (income protection) from commencement.
• Our GoldSTARR rewards program – with real cash savings for everyday expenses.
• Gold standard parental leave policy.
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including novated leasing and remote area living benefit options.
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that includes free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services

Eligibility.

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes a medical, drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work and valid Australian national police clearance.  

Northern Star is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce.  We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Apply now to join the Northern Star team!