Perth CBD | Monday-Friday (5:2 Roster) | 12-Month Initial Contract
Our client, a leading Tier 1 mining organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Environmental Advisor to join their Approvals team in Perth. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the environmental approvals and impact assessment process for major resource, infrastructure, and mining projects across Western Australia.
Working within a high-performing environmental approvals team, you will contribute to the successful delivery of complex projects by providing environmental approvals expertise, managing regulatory processes, and ensuring projects progress efficiently through State and Commonwealth approval pathways.
The Role as a Senior Environmental Advisor, you will be responsible for:
- Managing and progressing environmental approvals for major mining and infrastructure projects.
- Conducting environmental impact assessments and supporting project development activities.
- Preparing and coordinating State and Federal environmental approval applications, including Part IV and EPBC referrals.
- Providing strategic environmental approvals advice to project and operational stakeholders.
- Managing environmental studies, consultants, and specialist contractors.
- Liaising with internal project teams to communicate approvals requirements and obligations.
- Supporting regulatory engagement activities and approvals planning.
- Undertaking site visits as required.
- A tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, or a related discipline.
- Ideally 5-8 years of environmental approvals, impact assessment, or environmental management experience.
- Demonstrated experience working within the resources, mining, infrastructure, or government sectors.
- Strong knowledge of State and Federal environmental legislation and approval processes.
- Experience contributing to or managing environmental approval applications and associated studies.
- Well-developed report writing, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- Strong proficiency across Microsoft Office applications.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with Part IV Environmental Protection Act approvals.
- Knowledge of EPBC Act approval processes.
- GIS software experience.
- Understanding of the Western Australian mining sector and Pilbara environmental landscape.
- Perth CBD location.
- Monday to Friday roster with excellent work-life balance.
- Opportunity to work on significant, large-scale resource and infrastructure projects.
- Exposure to a highly regarded approvals team within a Tier 1 mining environment.
- Competitive hourly rate and strong potential for long-term career progression.
YOU MUST have Australian Work Rights for this opportunity. Respectfully, no international applicants please.
DRD Group is a specialist recruitment provider renowned for recruiting quality project teams on major projects within the Energy, Resources, Defense, Renewables and Infrastructure sectors.
DRD Group embraces a diverse workforce culture and encourages female and Indigenous applicants to apply. All work assignments are subject to successful completion of a medical, drug and alcohol screen plus verification of all original certifications and qualifications