Trainee Refinery Operator

Job description:

• Permanent full-time role, multiple positions
• Based at Lytton, QLD
• Join a leading Australian business that provides diverse work opportunities.

About Ampol:

Our company has always been about more than fuel. Fuel may be the foundation of our business, but our motivation and purpose come from the people, businesses, industries, and communities we engage with. From our origins until today, we've always been inspired by the role we can play in people's lives – to keep them moving, to make journeys happen. Here at Ampol, we are proud of our heritage as Australia's only owned fuel brand. For over 100 years we have supported Australians to travel far and wide, and we'll be here for 100 more powering better journeys for today and tomorrow.

About the role:

Our team at the Lytton Refinery is expanding and we are looking for experienced professionals who have worked in hydrocarbon and/or major hazard environments to join us. We offer great opportunities for individuals who are seeking a change in career direction. Successful applicants will undergo training as part of the onboarding induction program for a duration of five weeks and based on site. The role requires general surveillance, monitoring, and operation of refinery equipment. You will be working on a 12-hour rotating roster, which includes both day and night shifts. The refinery operates 24/7, so you need to be flexible with your work schedule.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Safely controlling and monitoring equipment
• Monitoring and controlling of work to ensure safety is maintained.
• Issues work permits to maintenance for equipment repairs and alteration
• Reporting and monitoring of hazards
• Emergency and Front-Line Fire Response
• Using gas testing equipment to identify adverse conditions
• Assisting in plant modification proposals
• Performing start-up or shut-down activities
• Carrying out product sampling and lab testing
• Helping others with training
• Utilizing the SAP maintenance systems and associated computer programs

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• Proven experience working in a major hazardous facility
• Operations experience is a similar environment and/or large processing facility
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A safety-focused approach
• Computer literacy and experience in SAP is preferred.
• The ability to work on a rotating roster
• The ability to work outdoors in inclement weather

If you are committed to safety, have proven knowledge and experience of safe working principles and practices, are a team player, and have the ability to problem solve, we would like to hear from you. Continuous improvement is a key focus for us, and we look for individuals who thrive in such an environment and can add value to participate and support improvement initiatives.

Our benefits:

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars
• Access to Ampol's Benefits & Recognition platform: providing you access to retail discounts and cashbacks at over 500+ retailers in Australia that assist with everyday living expenses.
• We value recognition. We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
• Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth)
• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.
• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available.
• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.

We're an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.

Sound like you?
Apply now Applications close on the 02 December 2026