Job Description
Advisor - Environmental Approvals & Compliance
  • Monday to Friday – Perth Airport Location - Moving to West Perth
  • Performance, Retention and Profit Share Bonuses
  • Company contribution towards private health insurance
  • Ensure the delivery of environmental approvals and compliance

 

About the Role

Hancock Iron Ore is seeking an experienced Advisor – Environment Approvals and Compliance to join our dynamic team in Perth.

Reporting to the Superintendent Environment Approvals, Biodiversity and Compliance, you will help secure and maintain the environmental approvals that underpin our operations, while ensuring we meet all legal and regulatory obligations across the business. You will lead compliance assessments, monitoring programs, reviews and audits, manage critical environmental data and assess it against trigger levels and approval requirements.

If you are passionate about environmental management and eager to make a meaningful impact within the resources sector, this is an exciting opportunity to do just that.

 

Duties:

  • Champion a strong safety culture by applying risk management and proactively reporting hazards, incidents and near misses
  • Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to deliver environmental approvals and ensure ongoing compliance across operations
  • Maintain a strong understanding of operational plans to identify approval needs early and manage approval plans, timelines and regulatory submissions
  • Prepare, review and submit high‑quality approval and regulatory documentation in accordance with statutory requirements, policies and guidelines
  • Manage and maintain the Environmental Data Management System, ensuring accurate collation, assessment and reporting of monitoring data against thresholds and approval conditions
  • Conduct desktop and onsite audits and inspections of environmental obligations and the Environmental Management System, preparing reports and supporting implementation of recommendations
  • Liaise with internal teams, contractors, regulators and specialists to provide advice and support timely, compliant approvals

 

Skills and experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or similar qualification in Environmental Management
  • Significant experience in environmental approvals, gained within a relevant consultancy and/or industry setting, including hands-on involvement in preparing a range of State and Commonwealth approvals
  • Strong working knowledge of Western Australian environmental legislation and frameworks, particularly the Environmental Protection Act (Part IV and Part V), Mining Act, and EPBC Act
  • Excellent report writing skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting environmental audits; formal audit qualifications will be highly regarded
  • Proficiency in GIS for data management and map production
  • Ability to read and interpret legislation, approval conditions, and regulatory requirements

 

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About Hancock Iron Ore

The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia’s Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Perth Remote Operations Facilities

You'll be joining us at our Remote Operations Centre (ROC) where you will benefit from:

  • Free on-site parking 
  • Modern spacious office with break-out facilities
  • In-house café providing variety of food options and barista coffee
  • Flexi Leave 
  • Flexible working hours outside of core business hours
  • Active social club with community events and activities for employees
  • Lifestyle, learning and recreation initiatives, including family events

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an equal opportunity employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and women to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

Application Information

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

This advertisement will close no later than the Posting End Date specified.  We may close the advertisement early should suitable candidate/s be identified, so encourage prompt applications.

Recruitment Agency submissions will not be considered.
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Posting End Date:  12/03/2026
Information at a Glance
Business Unit:  Finance
Job Location:  Perth Airport
Posting End Date:  12/03/2026
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