Senior Approvals Specialist - Mine Drainage Controls

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies.

You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role:

We are expanding our approvals team and now seek a highly skilled and experienced Senior Approvals Specialist to join our team based in Perth.

This pivotal role will lead and support the operational inputs for the submission of our mine approvals with a focus on hydrogeology.

Reporting to our Approvals Director, you will:


* Lead the coordination of key mining operation data inputs for the development of FCAs and DCMPs aligned with the Medium Term Mine Plan (MTMP).


* Draft and submit MMPs to the Mining Management Programme Liaison Group (MMPLG) in alignment with third-party referral responses and operational mine plan needs.


* Conduct technical reviews of FCA and DCMP inputs, interpreting technical information and translating it into an acceptable format for approval submission.


* Assist Operations with the approvals implementation of FCA and DCMP, ensuring compliance with conditions.


* Drive document, data, and process improvements to the FCA and DCMP approvals process, engaging with internal and external stakeholders to develop and embed a more streamlined process.


* Engage with specialist consultants to enhance DCMP documents and associated data.

As part of this role, you will enjoy visiting our local mine sites in the Peel Region on a weekly basis or attend meetings at our Mine Hub in Pinjarra to build strong partnerships with our site operations teams.

What’s on offer:


* Career development opportunities to pursue your passions


* Monthly Leisure Day ensuring more time off to spend doing the things you love


* Benefits allowance


* Performance related bonus (variable)


* 16 weeks paid parental leave scheme


* Paid annual volunteer hours


* Social and diversity focused engagement opportunities


* A hybrid working model with the ability to work from WFH, the office and enjoy local mine site access


* A strong values based culture with “Care for People” at the heart of everything we do

What you can bring to the role:


* Degree qualification in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, or Engineering.


* Experience in managing major environmental approvals processes ideally within the mining industry.


* Creative problem solver with the ability to cut through ambiguity and uncertainty, developing practical solutions by embracing ideas and input from team members and stakeholders.


* Experience in surface and groundwater assessments and management plan development.


* Strong interp...