AddressAbout 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
The Port Bonython Operations Engineer is a site-based rostered, FIFO position responsible for contributing to maximising revenue, minimising losses & managing risks associated with the Port Bonython asset.
The Operations Engineer acts as the single site-based engineering representative to ensure that plant optimisation, troubleshooting, maintenance and project execution requirements are met.
Generally, to achieve this, the Operations Engineer acts in either a liaison, contributor or lead capacity, according to the subject matter and to their experience level.
Key accountabilities include:
- Plant knowledge: Understand the physical equipment and processes comprising the asset.
- Provide engineering first response (triage) and on-going support to identified plant operational / performance issues or improvement opportunities (liaison / contributor / lead capacity).
- Surveillance, fast-loop optimisation & Operational Risk Management:
- Performance testing and debottlenecking
- Apply engineering principles to identify process costs and model / implement opportunities for cost reduction, where possible.
- Work collaboratively with the site-based Asset team and contribute engineering perspectives, to agreed forums such as morning process toolbox meeting, daily Risk Based Work Selection and weekly planning meetings.
- Work collaboratively with the Production Planning, Commercial, Marketing & Trading and Process Engineering teams to provide agreed inputs into the cargo shipping and domestic LPG sales workflows.
- Understand, review and contribute to the development of operating procedures, including safety critical procedures.
- Provide on-site assistance with plant start-ups/shut-downs, troubleshooting and commissioning, as required to support maintenance and project-related events.
About You
You will be experienced in:
- Significant experience within the Energy industry, including experience in an operations-pointed Process Engineering role.
- Strong inter-personal skills, since collaboration, liaison and influence are key to success in the role; and resourcefulness to facilitate problem solving and connect individuals together to collaborate on outcomes.
- Independent living or ability to adjust to working patterns and lifestyle that the role requires
- Developed competencies in areas required to support delivery of the key responsibilities.
- You will be self-motivated and proactive, with a ‘can-do’ positive attitude.
Ideally, you will be degree qualified in Chemical/Process Engineering (preferably) and possess mandatory EHS Training ,Gas Detection, Confined Space Entry.
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 01 March 2024.
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply.
Potential Scams
There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place. You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/
