Westgold Resources is an innovative and progressive West Australian gold producer located in the Murchison and Southern Goldfields regions of WA.

We are looking for people with passion and drive who want to advance their careers.

With new mines, new equipment and a new energy across our business, there's never been a better time to join Westgold.

About the opportunity

Westgold are sourcing an experienced Senior Environmental Advisor to manage environmental activities by Westgold EHS. Reporting to the Manager Environment – Cue, the Senior Environmental Advisor plays an integral role maintaining strict compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements to ensure sustainable mining operations.

This role will be based at our Cue Gold Operations on an 8:6 roster FIFO from Perth.

The role includes

• Assisting in the implementation and continual improvement of the site Environmental Management System, including internal, external audits and inspections, training and awareness programs or environmental initiatives
• Implement site monitoring programs
• Advise on and facilitate land access for operations, including considerations of tenure, stakeholder consultation and agreement and legal permissions under the relevant Environment and Heritage Acts
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder engagement relating to land access, heritage, site permissions or tenure to enable the mine progression/development
• Develop, implement and oversee progressive land rehabilitation programs

What do I need?

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science and/or Management
• Considerable experience in an environmental role within mining, industry or government
• Experience working within an environmental specialist team
• Demonstrated experience preparing compliance reports and approvals documentation for submission to external agencies
• Demonstrated experience undertaking environmental audits and inspections
• Participation in environmental initiatives, solutions and advice

The Westgold Offer:

• A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
• A range of benefits including:
• Performance based bonus
• Site Allowance (if applicable)
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance
• Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
• 5 years' pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations, we encourage you to apply.  

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email inclusion@westgold.com.au

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.

No Agency referrals will be accepted at this time.