Is this your new career?

MinRes can offer you!   

• Lead the strategic integration of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage management at MinRes, setting standards for compliance, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence across our projects.  
• 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 Lead Heritage – Field oversees MinRes' Aboriginal cultural heritage field operations, ensuring consistent and best-practice outcomes across all projects and operational areas. Reporting to the Manager Heritage, this role develops and implements processes for safe and effective heritage survey delivery and on-ground compliance. You will drive leadership to Superintendent Heritage Field positions to optimise asset use, resource allocation, and team cohesion, and directly manages the Heritage Logistics Coordinator. The Lead Heritage – Field is also responsible for designing and delivering training programmes for MinRes employees and contractors, as well as building and executing safety and compliance management systems. 

Key responsibilities:  

• Oversee the coordination of heritage field operations across all regions, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance with governance frameworks and regulatory obligations. 
• Collaborate with heritage leadership to align field activities with approvals processes, cultural heritage management plans, and compliance requirements. 
• Establish and maintain effective systems for managing cultural materials in accordance with legislative, agreement, and Native Title Party obligations. 
• Maintain oversight of heritage field resources and assets to ensure availability, suitability, and optimal utilisation across the portfolio. 
• Provide expert input into Cultural Heritage Management Plans from an operational delivery perspective to ensure plans are practical, achievable, and compliant. 
• Develop and implement long‑term field strategy, including workforce capability, resource planning, and technology integration, to enhance efficiency and heritage protection outcomes. 
• Monitor and assess heritage field performance, fostering operational excellence, continuous improvement, and consistent standards across all projects. 

What is required?  

• ​​​Advanced degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Management, or related field (highly desirable)  
• Extensive experience specialising in cultural heritage management with a significant portion in mining/resources industry   
• Strong heritage field operations experience, ideally in a leadership or coordination role across multiple geographic areas or projects 
• Previous working knowledge of WA’s Aboriginal heritage legislation and agreement frameworks. 
• Proven leadership experience ideally managing multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with Traditional Owners/Native Title Parties.   
• Strong track record of developing and implementing strategic heritage management plans to meet business objectives  
• Ability to communicate confidently, both in written and oral form, with strong cross-cultural communication skills, and ability to influence key internal and external stakeholders.    

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.