Address- Work at one of Australia's leading energy pioneers
- Play an important role in ensuring coordination and integration of the portfolio of PNG projects
- 12-month casual assignment, Brisbane CBD location
About Santos
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.
About the Assignment
The role will have oversight of, and support for, various planning-related initiatives across the portfolio as well as providing direct Planning support to the Brownfield Projects Project Manager who manages a portfolio of projects including refinery return to service, security hardening and some abandonment works.
Key responsibilities will include:
Oversight of portfolio-level activities:
- Develop, coordinate, and maintain portfolio performance reports;
- Transparent and consistent reporting and tracking of plan performance against targets to enhance decision making, opportunity identification, prioritisation and look-back analysis;
- Coordinate with the Lead Functional Planner for Santos to ensure that the PNG BU is implementing the required Planning practices and processes;
- Provide appropriate leadership and guidance to project planners, including mentoring and training of trainee/early career Planners;
- Assist with Identify planning and scheduling skills gaps and recommend suitable training courses; and,
- Provide review and assessment of plans received from Operator(s) of Non-Operated Major Capital.
Planning for Brownfield Projects:
- Develop and manage overall master project schedule(s), coordinating and incorporating Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Owner's team, and contractor data (as required / appropriate);
- Maintain project schedule versions (e.g. baseline, control budget, concept alternatives) to enable management of change and comparison between reporting periods;
- Lead regular interactive, cross-functional planning sessions to ensure that the schedule is fully integrated and appropriately reviewed / challenged by all stakeholders;
- Proactively identify, analyse, and advise project management team regarding schedule risks (i.e. clashes, changes in critical path) ensuring these are appropriately reflected;
- Evaluate impacts through sensitivity analysis to identify optimum / alternative project strategies to resolve problems / issues;
- Implement regular schedule reporting regarding performance versus plan (incl. deviations);
- Own and develop schedule documentation, i.e. schedule development basis, schedule management plan, master project schedule;
- Review and steward contractors' planning and scheduling performance in compliance with contract requirements; and,
- Support project management team with schedule communication presentation to business leadership.
Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Ensure compliance with project planning and scheduling policies, procedures, and guidelines, as well as industry best practice where appropriate;
- Support any third-party analysis and benchmarking activities;
- Evaluate resource allocation and provide recommendations to maintain required progress; and,
- Support cost controllers in expenditure and value of work forecasting.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have the following key attributes:
- Expert in Oracle Primavera P6 - essential
- Competent in SAP, Microsoft Excel and planning tools
- Relevant planning / project controls / management-related certifications
- Experience in EPC delivered up-stream oil and gas industry;
- Demonstrated experience planning multiple projects and capital works activities within a brownfield operational environment
- Experience across all phases of a project within the upstream oil and gas industry i.e., from front-end / pre-FEED project phases through to executio
- Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Suite, especially MS Excel
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing
Mandatory Tickets / Quals / Certs
- Tertiary qualified in engineering, project management or other relevant upstream oil and gas qualification
How to Apply
If you have the required skills, experience, and qualifications, register your interest today! Candidate interest must be received via the online application process.
To be considered for this assignment you must have current work rights in Australia (i.e., Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligible working visa).
