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General Information

Location:
Brisbane
Ref#:
ATR 486963

Description & Requirements

About 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

Join the Development team as our new Senior Mechanical Engineer where your focus will be to ensure fit for purpose design related to current and future projects. 

You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering FEL for a portfolio of EAPNG projects to improve project value enabling access a greater reserve base. Ensuring development project scope adheres to the asset Operating Philosophy in what it delivers and identifying opportunities to optimise the resource differently, implementing cost saving initiatives or improving resource recovery strategies. 

You will provide technical guidance, balancing risk and reward to improve the NPV of the projects during front-end loading (FEL) phases, whilst ensuring compliance with relevant Australian and International Standards as well as Santos Specifications/Standards and the asset Operating Philosophy.

As a Technical Authority, you will also have a key role to play in safety and functional improvements through audits, reviews, investigations, updating integrity strategies and contributing to the Mechanical (static) and Piping technical competency development.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Own Engineering input to prevent scope drift in FEED and Detailed design – helping ensure fit for purpose designs, compliance with relevant Santos, Australian and International specifications and standards.
  • Balances Risk and Reward in design – inherently safe & operable facilities at the lowest lifecycle cost. 
  • The role is accountable for delivering:
  • In-House Concept deliverables.
  • Risk identification and control in design (HAZID, HAZOP, CHAZOP, LOPA etc.).
  • FEED & Detailed Design document reviews.
  • Project specific specifications (where not covered in Santos standards).
  • Project Technical RFI and TQ responses.
  • Maintaining a fit for purpose development design catalogue improving NPV of development tranches.
  • Identify pan EAPNG asset synergies in design and equipment selection.
  • TA3 or 2 Technical authority responsibilities for Mechanical (static) and Piping disciplines.
  • Ensures implementation of and compliance to regulatory, industry and company standards and codes for Mechanical (static) and Piping disciplines. 
  • Drive a culture of safety through asset lifecycle ensuring Mechanical (static) and Piping integrity strategies follow industry best practice.  
  • Contribute to operational Mechanical (static) and Piping integrity via audits, reviews and investigations to identify safety and functional improvements.  
  • Actively mentor junior engineers and contribute to Santos Technical Competency Development. 
  • Primarily support the following EAPNG assets: Cooper Basin Onshore, Upstream Coal Seam gas, Papua New Guinea, Major Hazard Facilities on Curtis Island, Moomba and Port Bonython Plants.
  • Liaise and collaborate with Santos Principal Engineers and EDMS team:
  • Recommend updates of Santos Engineering Standards.
  • Work through deviations and waivers from Santos Standards as required.
About you

We are seeking someone with proven business optimisation experience working within a multi-disciplinary team. A demonstrated self-starter who enjoys working in a fast paced, agile environment, and is meticulous about taking their work from concept to implementation.

Essential experience required for this position includes:
  • A minimum of 12 years work experience in oil and gas or similar / allied industry as a Mechanical (static) / Piping discipline engineer.
  • A minimum of 7 years as a practicing engineer involved in the design of Oil and Gas Upstream or Processing facilities, systems and plant, in the Mechanical (static) and Piping discipline areas.
  • Familiar with relevant Australian and International standards as applicable to Oil and Gas industry.
  • Chartered Engineer and RPEQ certification required. 
Technical competencies for this position:

  • Consistent with Santos Technical Authority Level 2 (TA2) as minimum preferred.
  • Familiar with Project Management processes and practices preferred. 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

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 28th February 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/