AddressAbout us
Santos is a global low-cost producer of oil and gas committed to ever-cleaner energy and fuels production with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.
The company recently merged with Oil Search to create one high performing team with a diversified portfolio of high quality, long-life, low-cost assets across Australia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Alaska with significant growth optionality.
We are currently PNG’s largest single investor and most active explorer, operating all the country’s producing oil fields and holding an extensive appraisal and exploration portfolio. Our aspirations and strategies reflect our genuine commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the lives of Papua New Guineans.
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 already Australia’s biggest domestic gas supplier, a leading Asia Pacific LNG supplier and is 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.
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 strong, low-cost base business supplying oil and gas and a clear action plan to develop cleaner energy and clean fuels, Santos remains resilient, value accretive and at the leading edge of the energy transition.
About the role
Project Location – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Reporting to the Senior Manager Business Development and Local Content and based at the Port Moresby Office, this position is responsible for driving local content compliance, developing Oil Search specific local content policy, and providing guidance to operational teams on key local content focus areas during formation of contacting strategies. The role also requires driving training and localisation programs with the people and culture team while providing the short, medium, and long-term planning for the local content aspect of business development and local content function. This role is open to PNG nationals only.
Working in compliance with Santos Management System (SMS, key responsibilities of the role include though are not limited to:
- Drafting specific local content sections to input into tender documentation aligned to prevailing legislation and Oil Search specific Local Content Policy
- Tracking local content initiatives implemented by landowner owned businesses and Oil Search specific initiatives
- Tracking diversity and gender targets for the country manager team
- Utilising a mentorship and similar programs to drive excellence in operations
- Providing research papers on how similar countries like Papua New Guinea have applied local content and how Oil Search can evolve using this research
- Utilising local content subcommittees in industry bodies by Oil Search to advance its local content aspirations
- Providing a comprehensive appreciation of prevailing legislation in Papua New Guinea governing local content base line Oil Search against this required legislation
- Reviewing applicable joint venture agreements in our operating licences to identify whether we are observing our local content obligations
About you
The ideal candidate will be degree qualified in law, business management or similar with significant (5-10) years of experience in developing and Implementing Local Content Plans and Strategies within the resource industry in Papua New Guinea.
To be successful in this role you will need to be a highly effective communicator with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas, concepts, and proposals to engage team, peers, and leaders and effectively partner with operations and business teams in building effective programs and strategies. You need to have the Ability to manage and oversee projects & programs and work efficiently under pressure.
If you are actively seeking opportunities for continuous improvement and driving efficiencies and can bring team members and peers along through collaborative strategies, we would like to hear from you!
Willingness to be vaccinated or currently hold a recognised Vaccination Card.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB 10 March 2023.
