Operations Superintendent

**Ongoing learning and career development** opportunities
- **Key leadership position** within a high-impact process operations unit
- **Onsite Lytton location** - be close to where the action happens

**About Ampol**:
Our company has always been about more than fuel. Fuel may be the foundation of our business, but our motivation and purpose come from the people, businesses, industries, and communities we engage with. From our origins until today, we’ve always been inspired by the role we can play in people’s lives - to keep them moving, to make journeys happen. Here at Ampol, we are proud of our heritage as Australia’s only owned fuel brand. For over 100 years we have supported Australians to travel far and wide, and we’ll be here for 100 more powering better journeys for today and tomorrow

**About the role**:
**Exciting Leadership Opportunity at Lytton Refinery - Operations (Area) Superintendent**

We’re looking for a driven Operations (Area) Superintendent to lead a critical asset area within our refinery. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you’ll ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations while leading a team of Coordinators and working closely with shift teams to improve systems and performance.

This hands-on leadership role offers the chance to make a real impact on one of our core operations.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- As Operations Superintendent at our Lytton Refinery, you will play a pivotal role in leading operational excellence and driving performance.
- Provide visible leadership to implement safety, health, risk, environment, quality, and community systems, ensuring a strong safety culture and compliance.
- Collaborate with Maintenance, Supply, Process Engineering, and other refinery teams to improve operational efficiency and support projects.
- Lead a team to develop and deliver asset strategies, oversee capital programs, and maintain effective systems to achieve daily targets.
- Review and approve plant and equipment modifications, manage risks through hazard analyses and prevention systems, and lead audit actions.
- Support program planning, monitor project progress, and document key processes and improvements to ensure plant reliability.

**About You**:
You bring a strong operational background and deep understanding of refinery processes, with a focus on continuous improvement. Known for your critical thinking and structured approach, you drive lasting improvements by tackling root causes.

Organised and adaptable, you manage competing priorities while keeping safety, reliability, and performance front of mind. Your collaborative style and leadership make you a key contributor to cross-functional teams and initiatives.

**To succeed in this role, you will bring**:

- Proven capability in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, or other major hazard facility environments, with deep knowledge of refinery operations and a strong focus on performance improvement.
- Skilled in leading and motivating operational teams with a disciplined, solution-focused approach to managing challenges.
- Strong commercial awareness, with a solid understanding of refinery economics, budgeting, and risk management principles.
- Demonstrates analytical thinking, structured problem-solving, and a proactive mindset, with exposure to Agile, Lean, or Six Sigma methodologies.
- Well-versed in WHS legislation, emergency response, and safe work practices, with a strong commitment to maintaining safety in high-risk settings.

**Our benefits**:

- **Our total remuneration is competitive.** This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars
- **We are flexible.** Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value.
- **Remote Working**: Support for up to 3 months remote international working (conditional to 5 days paid leave for every 30 days of remote work).
- **We value recognition.** We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
- ** Career development and learning opportunities** including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
- **BabyCare Package** - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.
- **Need some wheels?** Novated Lease options are available.
- **Invest in your future** - with the Employee Share Scheme
- **Leave Options** - Up to 6 weeks annual leave and additional Wellbeing leave days.
- **Care for your Community.** Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.

**Applications close on 14 July 2025