About our client

Our client is proud to design and build projects and careers. We are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in our personnel, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you are invited to apply for this role.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Environmental Lead to support a major mining project in Perth. In this key leadership role, you will ensure environmental, heritage and water approval requirements gained by the client are effectively integrated into engineering design, project planning and delivery schedules of the EPCM team. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you will coordinate with client critical approval pathways, heritage survey programs, environmental risks and stakeholder interfaces to enable timely project progression and minimise delivery impacts. The position will be Perth-based for approximately the first 12 months before transitioning to a FIFO site roster as the project moves into the execution phase.

Duties and responsibilities

- Advise EPCM team on environmental, heritage and approvals activities to support project delivery and engineering progress.

- Coordinate environmental specialists and consultants to achieve approval inputs on schedule.

- Coordinate with client heritage survey programs and clearance requirements to enable uninterrupted design activities by the EPCM team.





- Coordinate environmental inputs for water approvals, licensing and hydrogeological investigations.

- Ensure environmental and heritage requirements are incorporated into engineering design and review processes.

- Monitor approval schedules, identify project risks and proactively manage critical path deliverables.

- Lead environmental and GIS resources while building strong stakeholder relationships across the project team.

Skills and experience required

- Environmental approvals and compliance experience on major mining or resource projects.

- Robust understanding of environmental, heritage and water approval requirements.

- Experience working within EPCM or large project delivery teams.

- Proven ability to coordinate stakeholders, consultants and multidisciplinary teams.

- Strong project scheduling, risk management and critical path planning skills.

- Excellent communication skills with experience engaging clients, regulators and Traditional Owners.

In order to be considered for this position, current Australian legal working rights are required.

N.B. All candidates will be treated with discretion and only relevant candidates progressing to the next stage of the recruitment process will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or any other criteria protected by governing law.

📌 Environmental Lead (Perth)
🏢 Trs Staffing Solutions
📍 Perth