Head of Water
MMG Limited is a global base metals business listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. We are excellently positioned for growth and play a crucial role in the transition to a sustainable future. With operations in Australia, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Peru, and support offices in Australia, South Africa, China, and Laos, our diverse team and varied work create an exciting and rewarding environment.
Our group office has a vacancy for a global Head of Water. This role provides enterprise-wide leadership, governance, and technical assurance for surface water and groundwater management across MMG’s global asset portfolio. This stand-alone role owns MMG’s group water strategy, standards, assurance, and stewardship maturity. It assures the material water risk profile, supports life-of-mine planning and water security, and enables our operations to meet operational, regulatory, sustainability, and ESG commitments.
Reporting to the General Manager, Asset Planning & Support, this key technical leadership position works closely with other group technical leaders, including the Head of Tailings, Principal Mining Engineer(s), Principal Mine Closure, Head of Geology, and the Head of Geotechnical Engineering.
Key responsibilities and activities include:
- Set enterprise-wide technical governance for hydrogeology, hydrology, water modelling, infrastructure design, and water-related studies across MMG’s asset portfolio.
- Assure catchment-wide water balance and water quality models to support operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and life-of-mine planning.
- Provide expert technical input, risk assessment, and opportunity analysis for water-related matters in capital projects, studies, mergers, and acquisitions.
- Advise the Competent Person on water-related modifying factors that may be material to Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves reporting.
- Guide and assure mine water risk mitigation, predictive modelling, and alignment with regulatory, sustainability, and climate risk requirements.
- Verify that each operating site maintains current, risk-based Surface and Groundwater Management Systems aligned to current operations and future life-of-mine requirements.
Working across open pit and underground operations, regions, and a range of deposit types including sediment hosted, porphyry skarn, and stratiform pyritic, this a rare opportunity for a water management thought leader who has the agility and dexterity to navigate this diverse landscape.
To be considered, applicants must have extensive technical experiences in hydrogeology, hydrology, water modelling, infrastructure design, and water-related study experiences across mining methods and regions relevant to MMG. Demonstrated expertise in the provision of advice, assurance and governance across multiple assets is highly regarded, together with the ability to develop and maintain relationships within operational and corporate teams. Applicants must be qualified in either engineering, hydrogeology, hydrology, environmental science, geoscience, or a related technical discipline, and ideally have relevant postgraduate qualification (i.e. Water Resources, Hydrogeology, or Groundwater Management).
This position is preferably located in Melbourne, or an alternative location within MMG’s office footprint. Please note that the role will require regular travel to our operations, and act from time to time as a key member of our M&A due diligence team.
At MMG, we offer an exceptional package of benefits and opportunities. We invite you to explore this opportunity and grow with MMG. We mine to build wealth through the development of our people, the investments we make in local communities and the value we deliver to our shareholders.
At MMG, we mine for progress.
MMG is not accepting third-party applications.