Superintendent, Heritage Field
The Superintendent, Heritage Field is responsible for providing strategic heritage management and compliance advice and will manage heritage surveys, field-based cultural heritage management activities across our MinRes site operations in the Yilgarn, West Pilbara, Central Pilbara regions.
Reporting to the Manager, you will be on an 8/6 roster based at our MinRes site operations, overseeing Heritage Field programs as required by the business.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide internal stakeholders with strategic cultural heritage management advice to support MinRes reputation and legal compliance, while meeting project development/operational requirements.
* Prepare and deliver educational programs and heritage management procedures to support MinRes heritage compliance, permitting and cultural heritage protection, including procedures, inductions, pre-starts and leadership consultation.
* Establish respectful and positive relationships with Traditional Owners and other stakeholders, and support informal and formal heritage consultation mechanisms.
* Manage internal and external stakeholder engagement, logistics and participation in heritage field activities such as surveys, research and compliance activities.
* Represent MinRes at external cultural heritage related consultation and meetings as required.
* Manage heritage field resources, equipment, and acquisition and allocation, assist with budgeting and expenditure tracking.
* Develop and implement site based Cultural Heritage Management Plans, coordinate team field-activities to ensure MinRes meets management conditions and other initiatives.
* Oversee the heritage teams field-based planning, reporting, administration and logistics, ensuring consistency with internal systems, regulatory and agreement requirements, and MinRes project development schedules.
* Oversee heritage incident management processes, systems and reporting, including escalation and reporting where required.
* Develop a high performing, inclusive, and safety conscious heritage field team through targeted training and skill development.
* Proactively work with site leaders, heritage compliance and approvals teams and Traditional Owners to clearly understand and communicate approvals and regulatory constraints and best manage schedules and asset allocations.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Tertiary qualifications in archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage management, land management or equivalent, or similar qualification or experience.
* Experience leading teams in complex environments with demonstrated ability to make informed decisions.
* Knowledge of the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act, particularly in relation to heritage compliance, approvals and fieldwork.
* Proven ability to work positively and in partnership with Traditional Owners.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to lead a team and communicate confidently in a cross-cultural context, and with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
* Ability to deliver results within tight timeframes, with excellent attention to detail.
* Highly developed administrative systems, spatial software, computer and written skills, preferably with exposure to approvals reporting and incident management.
* Ability to develop and communicate corporate and heritage processes/procedures.
* Knowledge or ability to obtain GIS skills including use of ArcGIS and handheld GPS devices.
* Current WA driver's licence with ability to safely operate a 4WD or qualification to do so.
* Current senior first aid skills.
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