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 Resources have an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to join the Environmental, Health & Safety team, Principal - Environmental Approvals.

Reporting into the Group Manager - Environment & Sustainability, the successful candidate will strategically support environmental approvals for Westgold's projects, maintaining strict legislative compliance, while managing risks and ensuring accurate documentation and communication.

This position will be offered on a permanent full-time basis at the Corporate Office centrally located in Perth CBD. Ad hoc travel to Westgold's operations will be required.

The role includes

• Support the development and execution of environmental approvals strategies for all new and expanding projects, securing all required regulatory approvals within agreed upon project timelines, ensuring all approvals align with the company's strategic growth objectives and legal obligations
• Implement a risk management framework for environmental approval, focusing on proactive identification and mitigation of potential delays, ensuring environmental solutions are integrated into operational planning
• Maintain consistent communication with key regulatory agencies to ensure proactive engagement and timely resolution of issues, fostering positive relationships to facilitate efficient approvals processes
• Oversee the planning and execution of environmental studies, ensuring all environmental studies provide accurate and reliable data to support approvals applications and ensuring all studies and surveys are completed within the agreed upon timeframe in the project execution plan
• Provide mentorship and guidance to environmental team members, focusing on enhancing technical expertise and regulatory knowledge, assisting to build a high-performing environmental team cable of effectively managing complex approvals processes
• Conduct site visits at least once per quarter per operational site to provide technical support, ensuring effective implementation of environmental management plans and procedures
• Maintain environmental approvals documentation and communication through a centralised system, robust processes and proactive monitoring ensuring all project-related documents are accurate and accessible

What do I need?

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Science or Management
• 8+ years demonstrated experience in an environmental role within mining industry or government
• Demonstrated knowledge of State and Federal environmental legislation
• Demonstrated experience in preparing compliance reports and approvals documentation for submission to external agencies
• Undertake environmental audits and inspections to determine environmental performance
• Implementation of environmental monitoring programs and data analysis
• Commitment to environmental management, integrating good environmental management into everyday practices, influencing all personnel to do the same
• Facilitate the accomplishment of goals through establishing productive and constructive interpersonal relationships both internally and externally

The Westgold Offer:

• A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
• 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 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 drivers 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.