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Key responsibilities will include: 

• Responsible for undertaking the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and approvals processes to ensure the timely delivery of regulatory approvals under Mining Act, Parts IV and V of Environmental Protection Act, the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, as required for operational projects

• Responsible for managing completion of Project Definition Forms for all projects – escalate where required information not provided in line with approvals schedules

• Responsible for ensuring preparation of Execution Plans and project schedules that are achievable based on available resources and benchmarked assessment timeframes, considering project complexity

• Communicate with internal stakeholders to obtain project information to enable planning of environmental studies, and preparation of approval applications – escalate where required information not provided in line with approvals schedules

• Responsible for ensuring biological surveys are undertaken to support environmental approvals.

• Identify and document extent of biological survey areas required for Commodity group (i.e. Lithium or Iron Ore) and communicate to Senior Manager Approvals.

• Responsible for relationship with consultants conducting environmental studies in accordance with agreed timeframes

• Responsible for deliverable from consultants preparing environmental approval documents to support approvals for operational projects, including review and quality control of consultant deliverables.

• Develop appropriate templates for approvals documents and management plans to deliver high quality applications

• Responsible for addressing RFI requests within timeframes agreed with regulator 

• Responsible for the development and review of approval and other documents and supporting materials 

• Responsible for QA/QC of internal and consultant deliverables

• Report to Manager and internal stakeholders weekly on progress and status of works associated with baseline studies and approvals documentation

• Manage change management processes - ensure changes to scope are documented and communicated within 2 weeks

• Responsible for ensuring critical approvals risks are documented, assigned and mitigation identified.

• Liaise with relevant external stakeholders/regulators to ensure all approvals are delivered on time