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Environmental Advisor
- Onslow, WA, Australia, 6710
- Permanent, Full time
MinRes can offer you!
- Champion environmental management and drive excellence at our Onslow Port and Haul Road operations, supporting the overall success of our Onslow Iron Project.
- We invest in your career, with a focus on leadership, upskilling, training and promoting professional growth.
- 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
MinRes is seeking a site Environmental Advisor to ensure compliance and support the continuity of our Onslow Port and Haul Road Operations. We are looking for proactive individual who is committed to environmental excellence and making a tangible impact.
You will play an integral role collaborating with our various site teams to drive environmental awareness and ensure delivery of environmental compliance activities.
Our Site Environmental Advisors work on a regular 8/6 roster FIFO from Perth alongside a dedicated team that fosters a collaborative environment, promoting professional growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide professional, timely environmental advice to site personnel and management across all operational disciplines.
- Interpret environmental legislation, government standards, and agreements — including marine and coastal regulations where applicable — to inform compliance, identify improvements, and manage risk.
- Promote environmental awareness and deliver site-specific training to embed good environmental practices across all aspects of work.
- Ensure environmental monitoring is undertaken in accordance with approval conditions, data is accurately stored, and results are reviewed against applicable triggers and limits.
- Manage MinRes' Land Activity Permitting process, including permit review, on-ground compliance verification, and timely close-out.
- Support environmental auditing, inspection, and reporting processes, and coordinate annual biological surveys including marine ecological surveys where required.
- Assist environmental incident reporting and investigation (including ICAMs), ensuring timely escalation of non-compliances and completion of corrective actions.
- Coordinate and manage environmental consultants and contractors in accordance with MinRes procedures and relevant standards.
- Support the rollout and embedding of MinRes' Environmental Management System and associated systems across site teams.
- Ensure remote travel and field work is adequately planned with appropriate Emergency and Safety Plans in place and actively participate in site pre-starts and management meetings.
What is required?
- A bachelor’s degree within Environmental Science or similar discipline
- Strong Environmental management operational experience, within consulting or mining and resources industry.
- Hands-on site Fauna handling experience is desirable.
- Knowledge of WA environmental legislation, guidelines and standards
- Understanding of project/operational environmental risks
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams at all levels.
- Problem solver and mentor. Fast thinker that is systematic, engaging, and thrives on change.
- Sound experience with GIS software.
- Current C Class manual driver’s licence.
- First Aid certificate.
About Mineral Resources
MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in iron ore, lithium, energy, and mining services across Western Australia. Our commitment to innovation and our people has made MinRes one of the ASX’s best‑performing companies since listing in 2006.
About Onslow
Onslow Iron is one of the largest iron ore projects under development in Australia, set to unlock billions of tonnes of stranded deposits in the West Pilbara region. Underpinning the project is the innovative supply chain including modular crushers, a 150km private, dedicated haul road, and transhippers.
Mineral Resources Limited is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applicants from a diverse background to apply
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