Operations Lead

**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**

Based in Brisbane and reporting to the Area Manager (Cooper SWQ), this position is responsible for driving risk management, project implementation and process improvement for Cooper SWQ Upstream Operations. This role will support coordination of operational resources and activities to minimise risk and meet production targets.

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** Field travel to Ballera and Jackson is expected every 6 weeks_**

**_ ** Early start time is required (6am if working in the field and 7:30am of expected in this role._**

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
- Support onboarding of Area Team Leaders and Field
- Driving production optimisation and support through MOC (Management of Change)
- 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.
- Championing change and fostering performance cultures to achieve desired culture outcomes and engaged team members.
- Overseeing budget in line with company requirements, identifying and delivering opportunities to reduce costs or improve value.

**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.
- Have a good understanding of computer-based maintenance management systems (CMMS) and risk management,
- Valid drivers' license

**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 before **COB 23rd September 2024.**
- A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply._

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