Lead Heritage - Field

The Lead Heritage – Field oversees MinRes' Aboriginal cultural heritage field operations, ensuring consistent and best-practice outcomes across all projects and operational areas. Reporting to the Manager Heritage, this role develops and implements processes for safe and effective heritage survey delivery and on-ground compliance. You will drive leadership to Superintendent Heritage Field positions to optimise asset use, resource allocation, and team cohesion, and directly manages the Heritage Logistics Coordinator. The Lead Heritage – Field is also responsible for designing and delivering training programmes for MinRes employees and contractors, as well as building and executing safety and compliance management systems.

Responsibilities

Oversee the coordination of heritage field operations across all regions, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance with governance frameworks and regulatory obligations; Collaborate with heritage leadership to align field activities with approvals processes, cultural heritage management plans, and compliance requirements; Establish and maintain effective systems for managing cultural materials in accordance with legislative, agreement, and Native Title Party obligations; Maintain oversight of heritage field resources and assets to ensure availability, suitability, and optimal utilisation across the portfolio; Provide expert input into Cultural Heritage Management Plans from an operational delivery perspective to ensure plans are practical, achievable, and compliant; Develop and implement long-term field strategy, including workforce capability, resource planning, and technology integration, to enhance efficiency and heritage protection outcomes; Monitor and assess heritage field performance, fostering operational excellence, continuous improvement, and consistent standards across all projects

Requirements

Extensive experience specialising in cultural heritage management with a significant portion in mining/resources industry; Strong heritage field operations experience, ideally in a leadership or coordination role across multiple geographic areas or projects; Previous working knowledge of WA's Aboriginal heritage legislation and agreement frameworks; Proven leadership experience ideally managing multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with Traditional Owners/Native Title Parties; Strong track record of developing and implementing strategic heritage management plans to meet business objectives; Ability to communicate confidently, both in written and oral form, with strong cross-cultural communication skills, and ability to influence key internal and external stakeholders

Nice to have

Advanced degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Management, or related field

Benefits

Leadership, upskilling, training and development programs; Access to deals, support and discounts to help unlock important things in Life – Health, Family, Recreation and Your Future