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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.

What you’ll do:

This role will lead and manage the Pipeline and Metering teams in maintaining PNGLNG Gas Pipeline assets, ensuring compliance with safety and industry standards. You will manage contractors, oversee tool calibration, and coordinate Central Maintenance Team safety meetings.

This role will be based on site at Iagifu Ridge on 28/28 day roster.

Key accountabilities include:

• Pipeline Maintenance: Ensure all diesel generator and MLV PMs and general troubleshooting take place. Support the team to ensure the following processes are completed; HVAC troubleshooting, lighting replacement, Fire and Gas testing, valve inspection, instrumentation inspection and repair, UPS battery systems testing and replacement.
• Metering & Measurement: Ensure all preventative maintenance, calibration, and repairs on fiscal meters, meter provers, metering skids, export metering, and related E/I/mechanical systems.
• Contractor Management: Supervise embedded and external contractors, ensuring performance aligns with KPIs and Santos Life Saving Rules.
• Critical Tools & Equipment: Ensure tools and equipment calibrations are up to Ensure that the tools remain in proper working condition to support operational success.
• Team Development: Conduct regular 1-on-1 feedback sessions to assess team competency, career aspirations, and training needs.

What you’ll bring:

The ideal candidate for this role will have extensive post trade experience in the oil and gas (or similar) environment, Mechanical or Electrical Trade Certification Qualification, and basic knowledge of maintenance SAP system. Your proven ability to lead high performing teams, demonstrate excellent understanding of industry safety requirements and have experience within an electro/mechanical environment are essential, along with:

• Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Readily able to read, understand and interpret applicable drawings.
• Good communication skills within the work group and with others as required, and the ability to communicate with your team when they are working remotely.
• The ability to work closely with other maintenance teams to ensure resources are used effectively.
• Takes a holistic approach to maintaining mechanical equipment reliability and optimisation.
• Actively pursue opportunities for the team to refine technical skills by their participation in career development opportunities and targeted training when gaps have been identified.
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills.

What you’ll get:

Here, you’ll be amongst high-calibre people and get to work on industry-leading projects. We don’t shy away from solving tough problems at pace. We like it that way. You can expect to be challenged and supported; to learn and grow.

At Santos, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. This means a place that is safe; where you are valued and respected, and your contribution is recognised and appreciated. Join us, and you’ll play a role in this too.

Each of our sites offer access to specific amenities that aim to create the best possible benefits to your health, wellbeing and performance.

What you’re part of:

Everywhere you turn you will be a part of a team who are coming together to contribute to our single uniting purpose - to provide reliable and affordable energy to help create a better world for everyone And because it’s not only what you do, but how you do it, you will also contribute to improving the living standards of the communities where we operate, building enduring and respectful relationships that serve a generation. It’s about each of us, and all of us – together.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB 3^rd June 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/

To Apply

To apply, email your CV and other relevant documentation to [email protected]. Please include the Job ID "#23530" in the email's subject to ensure your application is processed.