Team Leader Operations Planning

**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 our Brisbane office, the Operations Planning Team Leader is accountable for the 120-day production outlook and the planning of isolations & permits for associated activities for Cooper and GLNG Upstream. As part of the ‘scope-plan-execute’ model, this role ensures the operational readiness prior to execution.

The role requires leadership and supervision of the permit coordinators and production planners to deliver support to the field-based operations team to improve safety and production. The role is a critical interface for Commercial operations, functional Production Planning & Allocation, field-based Operations, Maintenance, Development and D&C teams.

Accountabilities are delivered in line with the Santos company values and Santos Management System (SMS). Key responsibilities of the role include:

- Deliver an optimised production outlook within the 120-day window aligned with the integrated schedule and activity plan.
- Monitor and report on performance against the production plan within the 120-day window.
- Enabling field-based teams to deliver isolation certificates for all scheduled work in the 120-day integrated schedule including brownfields projects.
- Building and maintaining a standardised library of permit documentation that is stored on the electronic permit portal (eSWPP)
- Standardising processes within Cooper and GLNG Upstream operations to minimise variance in permitting.
- Facilitating and enabling implementation of changes to the Santos Work Permit Procedure.
- Maintain close working relationships and a high level of communication with Commercial operations, functional Production Planning & Allocation, field-based Operations, Maintenance, Development and D&C teams to achieve production and maintenance goals.
- Continuous improvement of operational tasks such as permitting, purging, isolations and OEC.
- Compliance with Operations Excellence (OE) standards.
- Use of Santos systems including eSWPP, IRR, myPlant, SAP, EHS Toolbox, Success Factors and Discover.
- Compliance with the Santos Management System (SMS).
- Compliance with the Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA).
- Compliance with the Santos Corporate Governance and Safety requirements.

**About You**

We are seeking for professionals with experience in:

- Production operations or maintenance background
- Strong interpersonal, communication, team, and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with site-based operations personnel, engineering, and management.
- Demonstrated substantial experience within the oil and gas industry.

Essential qualifications required for this position are:

- Competent in the use of IRR, SAP, Success Factors, Discover, myPlant, EHS Toolbox, Enable
- Proficient word processing skills utilising the MS Office suite of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

**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 t