Team Lead Contracts

**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**

Santos has an exciting opportunity for a Contracts and Estimation Team Lead based in our Brisbane operations. Reporting to the Manager of Program Execution, this key position will develop and lead a team of project professionals to deliver estimation and post-award contract management support to the CAPEX development program in compliance with the Santos processes and procedures.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

- Support the development of project and programme estimates of approximately $1B AUD in value.
- Support post award management of long term contracts with a total annual value of $500M.
- Lead and facilitate the development of work scopes, rates schedules and estimates for Pre-FID and Post-Contract programs and projects in all phases
- Administer and provide advice on all contractual obligations and deliverables for project contracts post execution.
- Lead, coach, and mentor teams, support personal development, set and assess individual KPIs.
- Champion and implement systems and standard practices required to effectively manage contracts, control cost and schedule.
- Pro-actively contribute to Santos’ continuous improvement and innovative project management processes.
- Provide input into additional scope of work including assessing associated costs and risk.
- Review, assess and coordinate monthly progress claims, relevant invoices and prepare and execute progress payment certificates.
- Ensures compliance with and adherence to standards for EHS performance and behaviour consistent with Company’s environmental, and health & safety vision and policies and standards.
- About You
- Degree qualifications in Engineering, Business or Construction Management with extensive experience in Onshore Wells and Gathering.
- Competent in Commercial Contracts Management and Negotiation experience with expertise in leading high value and complex contractual programs
- Strong working knowledge in interpreting legislation with regards to Australian contract law.
- Knowledge of contemporary contract management and contract forms, NEC4;
- Confident in building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships internally and externally, including cross functional teams
- Demonstrated effective time management, communication and presentation skills.
- Flexible and adaptable approach in meeting business demands.
- Resources and tier-one operator experience is beneficial 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 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.

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