Heritage Manager

Mineral Resources; Perth; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lead heritage outcomes across sites

Partnerships with Traditional Owners

Team coaching and development

Job summary

MinRes is seeking a Lead for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage within our Environment & Heritage team in Western Australia. You will set strategic direction, support project development, and partner with Traditional Owners and Native Title Parties to embed heritage across all activities.

You will coach a high-performing heritage team, provide trusted advice to senior leaders, and drive governance, compliance and information management across heritage programs.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership in cultural heritage at scale across mining projects and operations.
• Proven ability to engage with Traditional Owners and Native Title Parties.
• Experience building and guiding a high-performing heritage team.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for heritage across projects, operations and exploration.
• Develop and maintain heritage management frameworks aligned with regulations and best practice.
• Lead surveys, assessments, approvals, field activities and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Heritage management

Education

Archaeology/Anthropology/Cultural Heritage management

Tools

GIS

Job description

• Lead strategic Aboriginal Cultural Heritage outcomes across MinRes operations, projects and exploration.
• Build trusted partnerships with Traditional Owners, Native Title Parties and key stakeholders.
• Coach and develop a heritage team while influencing senior operational decision-making.

MinRes Can Offer

• Lead strategic Aboriginal Cultural Heritage outcomes across MinRes operations, projects and exploration.
• Build trusted partnerships with Traditional Owners, Native Title Parties and key stakeholders.
• Coach and develop a heritage team while influencing senior operational decision-making.

The Opportunity

This is a key leadership role within our Environment & Heritage team, responsible for ensuring heritage is considered early, managed systematically and embedded across project development, operations and exploration. You will lead a high-performing heritage team, providing trusted advice to senior leaders and build meaningful partnerships with Traditional Owners and Native Title Parties. As the Lead for Heritage, you will provide strategic direction across heritage approvals, field operations, compliance, governance and information management. You will work closely with operational leaders, project teams, mine planning, approvals, environment and closure functions, Aboriginal Corporations, Traditional Owners and government stakeholders.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide strategic leadership for MinRes' heritage management across projects, operations and exploration activities.
• Develop, implement and maintain cultural heritage management frameworks aligned with legislation, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
• Lead the planning and delivery of heritage surveys, assessments, approvals, field activities and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with all legal, agreement-based and reporting obligations.
• Embed effective processes to identify, protect and manage heritage values throughout project planning, approvals and operational delivery.
• Lead heritage incident management, assurance activities and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Oversee heritage information systems, including geospatial data, heritage reports and records, ensuring information is accurate, accessible and appropriately managed.
• Provide clear, timely and practical advice to senior leaders to support informed decision-making and heritage risk management.
• Lead, coach and develop the heritage team, fostering accountability, capability, engagement and professional growth.
• Build and maintain respectful, trust-based relationships with Traditional Owners, Native Title Parties and key internal and external stakeholders.

What You Will Bring

• Tertiary Qualification in Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Management or a related discipline is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience in cultural heritage management with significant exposure in the mining or resources industry.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with Traditional Owners, Native Title Parties and Aboriginal Corporations.
• A strong record of developing and implementing strategic heritage management plans that support heritage outcomes and business objectives.
• Sound understanding of heritage approvals, field programmes, compliance systems, governance, agreement obligations and reporting requirements.
• Experience managing heritage information, including spatial data, heritage registers and technical reports.
• The ability to identify emerging heritage risks and implement proactive, practical solutions.

Who Are We

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in iron ore, lithium, energy, and mining services across Western Australia. Our commitment to innovation and our people has made MinRes one of the ASX's best performing companies since listing in 2006. Our Osborne Park headquarters offers worldclass facilities including a café, restaurant, commercial gym, crèche, daycare, and health centre. At MinRes, the future's bright — be part of our next chapter