Junior Mine Closure Consultant

2 months ago


Perth, Australia Okane Consultants Full time

**Okane Consultants** is an integrated engineering and geoscience consulting company with offices in Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. We help mining companies plan for the future, and embed sustainable social and environmental practices into their Life of Mine plans.

**Why Choose Us?**

We champion diversity and inclusion. We believe in flexibility, work-life balance, and an open-door approach to communication. We provide employees with the tools to succeed and grow with the company and benefits that ensure our employees have the means to feel fulfilled.

Okane’s purpose is to_ ‘Help Create a Better Tomorrow’. Our_ workplace culture is defined by the everyday behaviors of our team and driven by our core values: _Passionate, Thoughtful & Caring, Smart & Clever, Positive, and Humble_.

**Benefits at Okane**
- Internal growth and advancement opportunities along with an annual allowance for professional development
- Collaboration with a multidisciplinary global team of technical and closure specialists
- Flexible working hours and working from home
- Competitive remuneration and performance incentive

**Our Next Junior Mine Closure Consultant**

Okane has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Mine Closure Consultant to join our Oceania team. This position will provide working technical knowledge to support the delivery of Okane’s leading mine closure consulting services through an integrated life of mine approach. This is a full time role, available in Perth or Brisbane.

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**

Reporting:

- Prepare proficient technical documentation and reports in area of technical discipline.
- Support in the development of proposals and tendering documentation.

Data Interpretation:
Data Management:

- Assist with the development of laboratory testing programs.
- Complete QA / QC checks on data captured by field monitoring systems or from laboratory testing programs.

Fieldwork:

- Perform field studies for the collection and maintenance of data from scientific instrumentation installed at mine waste reclamation monitoring sites.
- Install field instruments for monitoring performance of reclaimed watersheds and / or mine waste cover systems.
- Plan and complete field investigations such as material sampling programs and construction QA/QC projects.

Conceptual, Numerical and Analytic Modelling:

- Complete background reviews in support of conceptual model development.
- Complete simulations of hydrologic and hydrogeologic conditions for a given

Demonstrate care about the wellbeing of yourself and others, through actively participating in occupational health and safety standards, activities and initiatives.

**Competencies**
- Ability to represent and promote Okane in a professional manner and demonstrate value-added solutions to our clients.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills - business and technical writing.
- Excellent interpersonal skills—networking and relationship building.
- Strong active listening skills, asking relevant questions and demonstrating a high curiosity quotient.
- Strong customer-focused mindset with strong organisational skills and the ability to identify key client values and decision-making criteria.
- Displays creative problem solving with the ability to identify new opportunities and drive organic growth.
- Experience with commercial terms and integrative negotiation techniques with the capacity to navigate different contract types and structures.
- Proven experience and ability to write and oversee professional proposal development and create and deliver effective presentations.
- Proven experience coaching or mentoring junior/intermediate staff on business and customer service fundamentals.
- Possess leadership skills and abilities, including communication, accountability, honesty, empathy, creativity, responsibility and flexibility.
- Encompass Okane’s Core Vision (Help Create a Better Tomorrow) and Values (Passionate, Smart & Clever, Positive, Thoughtful & Caring, and Humble).

**Job Requirements**
- Embody Okane’s Core Vision (Help Create a Better Tomorrow) and Values (Passionate, Smart and Clever, Positive, Thoughtful and Caring, and Humble).
- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering (geo-technical, environmental, geo-environmental, mining) or Science (geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, chemistry) or similar.
- Strong knowledge of all risk assessment policies, procedures, and legislative frameworks relative to mining and mine closure.
- Strong knowledge of regulations, codes and standards including relevant professional procedures and practices related to cover systems and landform design.
- Excellent time management skills, ability to work to strict deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
- Proven experience and ability to write and oversee professional proposal development as well as create and deliver effective presentations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate



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