Senior Heritage Field Officer

MinRes can offer you!

• Become part of a committed Field Heritage team making a real difference in heritage management across our MinRes operations
• We invest in your career, with a focus on leadership, upskilling, training and development programs
• Live Your Best Life!  Our benefits offer you access to deals, support and discounts to help you unlock the important things in Life – Health, Family, Recreation and Your Future with MinRes

The Opportunity

The Senior Heritage Field Officer is responsible for planning and coordinating MinRes heritage surveys and field activity programs across projects and operations in the Yilgarn, West Pilbara, Central Pilbara regions.

You will play a key role establishing and maintaining strong and mutually respectful relationships with Traditional Owners to meet heritage approvals and compliance fieldwork requirements across MinRes project areas.

Reporting to the Superintendent, Heritage Field, you will be on an 8/6 roster based at our MinRes site operations, overseeing Heritage Field programs as required by the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate the safe and timely planning and conduct of heritage field survey, compliance and consultation to meet MinRes’ regulatory and agreement requirements.
• Support the development of the heritage field team’s skills and knowledge to support effective field program outcomes.
• Create a safe working environment and ensure that the field team and external stakeholders understand and comply with MinRes safety requirements.
• Regularly review heritage field procedures and ensure they are aligned with heritage procedures and safety management requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate heritage field activity program scheduling and logistics.
• Manage heritage assets and resources, teamwork schedules, access permits, rosters and travel, and field equipment maintenance and replacement schedules.
• Proactively work with the heritage compliance and approvals teams to clearly understand approvals and regulatory constraints.
• Provide high level heritage field-based management advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Build and enhance positive and respectful relationships with our native title partners and internal stakeholders.
• Proactively work with Heritage Field Superintendent and relevant stakeholders to appropriately manage and report heritage incidents, fieldwork delays or issues, and to facilitate timely and effective resolution.
• Effective team and leadership communication and reporting within required timeframes.

What is required?

• Tertiary qualifications in archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage management land management or equivalent or similar / equivalent qualification.
• Experience in a similar heritage role, working positively in partnership with Traditional Owners.
• Knowledge of the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972, particularly in relation to heritage compliance, approvals and fieldwork.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to lead a team and communicate confidently and in a cross-cultural context.
• Strong computer and written skills, preferably with exposure to approvals reporting and incident management.
• Ability to understand, apply and communicate corporate safety and heritage processes / procedures, such as safe working procedures, incident management procedures, field procedures.
• GIS skills including use of ArcGIS and handheld GPS devices
• Current WA drivers licence, with ability to safely operate a 4WD or 4WD qualification.
• Current senior first aid skills.

About Mineral Resources

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.