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**Work with one of Australia’s leading energy pioneers**:

- ** 12 month assignment via Chandler Macleod**

**About Santos**

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.

**About the Assignment**

The Access and Approvals Advisor is responsible for processing and providing planning and approvals advice to Onshore Development. The role is required to have knowledge of various approvals pathways that are required to authorise Onshore CSG Development in accordance with program schedule. The Advisers accountabilities are broken into four key areas; approval management, schedule support, stakeholder engagement and optimisation.

The role will collaborate with the Development Execution, Subsurface, Santos Legal, Commercial, Tenures, Environment, Land Access and Cultural Heritage Teams to deliver high quality approvals to the business.

Tasks include:

- Ensure all internal and external permits and approvals required in authorising Development works are identified and secured in accordance with program schedule and in collaboration with relevant functional teams
- Proactively resolve potential or actual schedule delays in securing permits and approvals.
- Work with relevant business disciplines to refine and progress required approvals
- Communicate and coordinate approvals deliverables with relevant functional teams and stakeholders
- Give and receive clear and effective communication, share knowledge within and across team and give and receive feedback as per guidelines and business requirements
- Set goals through performance and development discussions and deliver on agreed plans.
- Identify and pursue areas to reduce approvals burden and costs
- Identify and implement agreed process improvements within scope of role, or change initiatives, as directed
- Ensure appropriate timeframes and understanding of approvals are included in project scheduling
- Identify and pursue areas to reduce approvals burden and costs for the business
- Compliance with the Santos Management System (SMS)
- Compliance with the Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA)
- Compliance with the Santos Corporate Governance and Safety requirements

This assignment is initially offered for 12 months, engaged via Chandler Macleod.

Location for this assignment is Brisbane working full-time office hours.

**About You**
- Experience in planning, approvals & permits for Resource Industry
- Project management of statutory approvals and permits for resource projects across the project life cycle
- Strong communication skills and ability to address and engage external stakeholders
- A degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management or Environmental Engineering is desired
- Minimum 5 years relevant post graduate experience, preferably in provision of environmental services to the petroleum and gas sector or other resource projects
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant environmental legislation and policies in Queensland, NSW (highly preferred) or South Australia
- Experience in preparing and obtaining approvals and government liaison. Ecological skills and/or an understanding of the biodiversity frameworks in which Santos operates is desirable
- Experience in planning, approvals & permits for Resource Industry

**Mandatory Tickets / Quals / Certs**
- A degree in planning, science, engineering or equivalent

**How to Apply**
- To be considered for this assignment you must have current work rights in Australia (i.e., Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligible working visa)._