Projects Procurement Adviser

**About Us**

Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.

Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.

At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.

Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets. Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.

For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.

Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure.

The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios. Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.

Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus. The Company’s operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy. Two divisions - Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids - are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy.

**About the Role**

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion in developing and optimising procurement solutions?

Key accountabilities include:

- Identify, frame, lead and manage contract and procurement packages in support of development and abandonment projects, and other procurement activities as required
- Identify and deliver project benefits through sourcing, negotiation, and excellence in contract management.
- Deliver end to end contracting and procurement requirements for each assigned project, value circa up to $50M.+
- Use initiative, industry knowledge and best practice concepts to lead the development and delivery of project contracting strategies and sourcing plans to achieve stakeholder requirements including lowest total cost, delivery of growth objectives and security of supply.
- Effectively engage and work collaboratively with project managers, senior leaders and key stakeholders to ensure best value outcomes as well as compliance with internal Santos, and external, requirements
- Ensure integration and alignment between key dependable work scopes and contract packages and develop negotiation plans in collaboration with stakeholder.
- Manage contractual relationships with Contractors throughout the post-award contract lifecycle to ensure risk and exposure is managed and value, EHS, quality, cost and project’s requirements are met.
- Manage security requirements, variations, claims and disputes and proactively engage legal, project leadership and other key stakeholders to manage company post contract award risk.
- Manage transactions within Supply Chain contract and ERP systems.
- Provide expertise in support of the Project team’s objective to execute within cost and schedule constraints
- Provide expertise and advice in negotiation of contract terms, variations and disputes as required

**About You**

To be successful in this role, we are seeking for professionals with the demonstrated experience in the following
- Previous experience in oil and gas/energy sector or similar industry
- Experience on major projects, contract administration and dispute resolution.
- Strong experience and expert knowledge in Procurement, Category Management and / or Strategic Sourcing

Ideally, you hold a tertiary qualification in law, business, supply chain management or related discipline

**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 to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our ongoing success.

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.

Australian Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander jobseekers are strongly encouraged to apply.

**How to Apply**

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system b