Upstream Sa Operations Lead

**About Us**

Santos is a global energy company committed to increasingly cleaner energy and fuels production, with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.

At Santos, our commitment is to be a global leader in the transition to cleaner energy and clean fuels, by helping the world decarbonise to reach net-zero emissions in an affordable and sustainable way.

Santos is one of Australia’s biggest domestic gas suppliers, a leading LNG supplier in the Asia Pacific region. We are committed to supplying the critical fuels such as oil and gas in a more sustainable way through decarbonising projects such as the Moomba CCS project, while we all transition to cleaner fuels.

For more than 65 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing local jobs and business opportunities, safely and sustainably developing its natural gas resources, and powering industries and households.

With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

**About the Role**

Based in Brisbane and reporting to the Area Manager (Cooper SA), this position is responsible for driving risk management, project implementation and process improvement for Cooper SA Upstream Operations. This role will support coordination of operational resources and activities to minimise risk and meet production targets. The position will drive Operations Excellence assurance to deliver on the division’s strategies and objectives in line with the company values and Santos Management System.

Accountabilities are delivered in line with the Santos Management System (SMS), Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA) and Santos Corporate Governance and Safety requirements. Key responsibilities of the role include:

- Developing, advising, recommending, and delivering plans in alignment to the company’s strategy (including operational input to Medium Term Plans (MTPs).
- Sound understanding of Permit to Work practices to drive Cooper Basin Santos Work Permit Procedure (SWPP) Community of Practice and provide input to Santos Permit to Work.
- Sound understanding of high-risk work management to provide operational input to Risk Assessments (as requested by technical teams). The position will also support Area Team Leaders during planning and execution of high-risk work.
- Understand asset risk profiles and drive opportunities to rectify operational risk - through projects, process improvement or alignment opportunities.
- Support Integrated Risk Register (IRR) governance, including compliance and consistency in assessment, control, and rectification of risk throughout operational areas.
- Support onboarding of Area Team Leaders and Field Coordinators (including utilisation of Field and Office Coordinator positions to support Operational teams).
- Assist in managing work by ensuring backlog is kept to a minimum while triaging high risk and high production impacting work (including P2 and RTPs).
- Driving production optimisation and support through MOC (Management of Change) management, Master plan and IAP for optimum production outcome, facilitating ops readiness / development interface and OEC governance.
- Providing operational input for practical implementation of projects and major activities - including Return to Plans (RTPs), Total Plant Outages (TPOs), and C&FA/major growth projects.
- Significant collaboration with Cooper SWQ Operations Lead to ensure consistency of process improvement opportunity and implementation across the Cooper Basin.
- Support outcomes and implementation of actions from Operations Excellence or Regulator audits/inspections.
- Championing change and fostering performance cultures to achieve desired culture outcomes and engaged team members.
- Implementing and delivering cost reduction efficiencies and value creation strategies where relevant.
- Overseeing budget in line with company requirements, identifying and delivering opportunities to reduce costs or improve value.
- Upholding and ensuring compliance with all company standards and processes.
- Understand operational activities and processes to implement ‘best practice’ and ensure consistency across our assets.

**About You**

You will be experienced in:

- Operations of hydrocarbon or industry background with management and leadership skills to control work activities and daily operations of facilities
- Managing and leading teams of professionals and/or individual contributors preferred but not essential.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

Santos acknowledges that we operate on the traditional lands of Aboriginal people. We recognise the traditional rights to maintain the culture, identities, traditions, and customs on their country. We are committed t