Environmental Rehabilitation Advisor

About the Company

Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

Westgold Resources is seeking an experienced Environmental Rehabilitation Advisor to drive rehabilitation and closure outcomes across our portfolio of Western Australian gold operations.

Reporting to the Principal Environmental Approvals, this role combines hands-on operational involvement with strategic closure planning. Working across multiple sites, you will provide technical expertise, manage rehabilitation projects and support long-term closure objectives that contribute to sustainable post-mining land uses.

You will play a key role in embedding rehabilitation and closure considerations into operational and strategic decision-making, ensuring environmental obligations are met while delivering practical outcomes across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Support rehabilitation planning, implementation and monitoring across Westgold operations.
• Develop, review and continuously improve Mine Closure Plans and closure strategies.
• Manage rehabilitation and closure projects, field trials and research initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance and quality assurance for rehabilitation programs and earthworks.
• Identify, assess and manage closure and rehabilitation risks and opportunities.
• Maintain rehabilitation monitoring systems and closure performance data.
• Prepare technical reports, business cases and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with site teams, technical services, consultants, regulators and Traditional Owner groups to achieve successful rehabilitation outcomes.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years' experience in mine rehabilitation, mine closure, environmental management or environmental consulting within the mining sector.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a portfolio of operations.
• Demonstrated experience preparing technical reports and environmental documentation.
• Sound knowledge of mining-related environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience using GIS software such as ArcGIS Pro or QGIS will be highly regarded.

Why Westgold?

At Westgold, you'll have the opportunity to influence the environmental legacy of our operations while working across a diverse portfolio of active mining assets. This is a unique role offering a blend of site-based work and strategic planning, providing the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on rehabilitation outcomes and long-term closure success.

If you're passionate about rehabilitation, closure planning and sustainable land management, we'd love to hear from you.

The Westgold Offer:

• A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
• Performance based bonus
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
• 5 years' pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email inclusion@westgold.com.au

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.