Principal Hydrogeologist - Portfolio Technical Lead

Description

• Offer strategic advice and technical interpretation on challenging hydrogeological issues for operational decision‑making, expansion approvals, and exploration feasibility studies.
• Collaborate across disciplines to integrate hydrogeological strategy into project plans and operational management.
• Champion consistent technical standards and processes to ensure accurate water balance scenarios, aquifer characterisation, and dewatering impact evaluations.
• Oversee and advise on complex hydrogeological modelling activities, including guidance on modelling approach, review, validation, and interpretation of results.
• Support hub Principals in regulatory engagements by clarifying model outcomes and technical analysis when required.
• Lead portfolio‑wide hydrogeological strategy setting in collaboration with the Senior Manager – Water, ensuring alignment with operational, expansion, and exploration objectives.
• Lead and mentor the corporate hydrogeological modelling team to deliver accurate, defensible, and fit‑for‑purpose solutions across multiple geographies and commodities.
• Maintain deep understanding of Western Australian hydrogeology in the resources sector, including groundwater regimes across iron ore and lithium projects.
• Provide high‑level technical support, guidance, and quality assurance to hub Principals and Senior Hydrogeologists across all hubs.
• Occasionally attend site stakeholder meetings when complex technical explanations are required, particularly relating to modelling results and strategic implications.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in Hydrogeology, Geoscience, Environmental Science, or related technical field.
• Extensive professional hydrogeology experience, with substantial exposure to Western Australia’s resource sector.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills, fostering excellence and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly in written reports, stakeholder meetings, and presentations.
• Strong expertise in guiding and reviewing hydrogeological modelling (groundwater, aquifer behaviour, water balance) and validating technical outputs.
• Current WA driver’s licence.
• Excellent capability to interpret complex modelling results and communicate findings to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work strategically at portfolio level while supporting operational priorities.
• Proven ability to provide high‑level technical leadership across multiple operations in a multi‑commodity environment.

Benefits

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Training + Development

Interview process

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