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General Information

Location:
Iagifu Ridge
Ref#:
ATR 501604

Description & Requirements

About Us
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.  

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 one of 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. 
 
About the Role
Reporting to the Safety Manager, the Health & Safety Advisor is responsible for providing the support, guidance, and advice necessary to achieve a safe work environment and developing a positive safety culture.

This is a 28/28 FIFO role based at Agogo Plant Facility.

Accountabilities for this position are:
  • Lead the implementation of HSES management systems policies, procedures, directives, and safe systems of work through the coaching and mentoring of line supervisors, general workforce. 
  • Promote and facilitate the application of various risk assessment tools in accordance with the Santos Risk Management Procedure. 
  • Provide necessary assistance to achieve timely and effective notification, reporting and investigations into incidents to identify root causes, contributing factors and develop corrective actions to address system deficiencies to prevent future recurrences.
  • Provide support to Production Operations and when necessary, Contractors in the areas of: HSES Systems development, compliance, and document bridging; HSES management planning implementation and review; incident investigation and continual improvement processes to manage risks/hazards and improve HSES Performance.
  • Demonstrate a high level of personal commitment to the “Always Safe Operations” and be a HSES Group meeting facilitator.
  • Provide ongoing assistance to develop HSES related training programs to meet approved Competency Based Training Framework Standards.
About You
  • Proficient experience in a similar HSE role in Oil and Gas or heavy industry.
  • A current PNG driving licence.
  • Solid understanding of applicable Workplace Health and Safety Legislation, Gas & Petroleum Legislation, Rules, Regulations and Guidelines.
  • Sound working knowledge of Safety Management Systems development, administration.
  • Competent in Auditing and Investigation including report compiling.
  • Competent in Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Access Database, Excel minimum)
  • Demonstrable Project Management, Incident Investigation & Risk Management Techniques
  • Excellent written and verbal communication & presentation skills/experience
  • Fluency in Tok Pisin and ability to speak or desire to learn Huli language
You must have a Certificate 4 in Work Health & Safety, or PNG equivalent. 
Ideally you would also have a Certificate 4 – Workplace Training and Assessment.
  
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system by 2nd March 2025.   

A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for PNG 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/