Instrument & Control Specialist

Oil Authority; Gladstone Regional; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Employee Share Plan

Parental leave

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

ConocoPhillips Australia is seeking an Instrument & Control Specialist to join the M&R team. This role provides advanced skills in instrumentation and controls, supports maintenance strategy, troubleshooting, and defect elimination while ensuring compliance with standards and processes.

You will report to the M&R Supervisor – Reliability, collaborate across production and maintenance teams, and supervise short-term contract personnel when on site.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial instrumentation and control experience in oil & gas, petrochemical or heavy industry.
• Electrical Trade Qualification with Queensland Electrical Mechanic License.
• Experience with control valves, pneumatic actuators, and process instrumentation.
• EEHA installation/maintenance with 5+ years of practical work.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot Instrumentation and Control equipment with production and maintenance teams.
• Coach maintenance and operations on instrument and control aspects.
• Review critical function test results and develop action plans.
• Participate in Maintenance Change Requests and Deferment processes.
• Oversee inventory, budgets and spare parts for I&C equipment.
• Root cause analysis for instrument/controls defects and improvements.

Skills

Instrumentation

Control systems

SIS / SCE knowledge

PLC / DCS

Hazardous area EEHA

Education

Electrical Trade Qualification

EEHA certification

Associate degree in Electrical/Instrumentation

Tools

SAP

Job description

Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here.

Who We Are

We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization.

We’re grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it’s not just what we do – it’s how we do it – that sets us apart.

Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment

To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success.

Exciting opportunity to join the ConocoPhillips Australia M&R Team as Instrument & Control Specialist.

Position Overview

ConocoPhillips’ Australian headquarters are located in Brisbane. Our focus is supplying Australian customers with natural gas and international customers with liquefied natural gas. We do this through our 47.5 percent interest in the Australia Pacific LNG joint venture, one of the largest producers of natural gas in eastern Australia. ConocoPhillips Australia also operates the Australia Pacific LNG liquefied natural gas facility near Gladstone. We are also an exploration company, with ongoing exploration occurring in the Bowen and Surat Basin in Central Queensland and new exploration in the Otway Basin along the southern coast of Australia to identify natural gas reserves for supply to Australian customers.

About the Role

As a member of the ConocoPhillips (COP) Australia Pacific LNG Downstream (DS) Maintenance & Reliability team, this position contributes to the development of a learning organization which embraces a commitment to operational excellence through continuous improvement while achieving zero injuries or incidents and compliance to our standards and processes.

Reporting to the M&R Supervisor – Reliability, the Instrument & Control Specialist will provide advanced skills and support on the instrumentation and controls systems whilst also delivering maintenance strategy development, troubleshooting and problem analysis and Defect Elimination (DE) investigations.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support Production Operations and Maintenance teams with troubleshooting of Instrument and Control equipment. Provide technical clarifications and support risk ranking of maintenance notifications.
• Coach and mentor Maintenance and Production Operations teams on Instrument and Control aspects of their work.
• Review SIS & SCE critical function test results and develop action plans as required.
• Participate actively in Maintenance Change Request (for ongoing M&R program refinement) and Maintenance Deferment Process (to improve maintenance execution compliance).
• Audit Maintenance and Preservation of Instrumentation and Controls equipment and spare parts.
• Monitoring and maintaining costs associated with the Instrumentation and Controls M&R Program as part of the overall APLNG M&R budget.
• Review and Risk Assess PM deferrals related to Instrumentation and Controls equipment.
• Ownership of Instrumentation and Controls equipment related HAZID/IRMS items, Vulnerabilities and Unease.
• Support Defect Elimination process and facilitate Root Cause Analysis for Instrumentation and Controls systems and equipment.
• Contribute to the Management of Change process.
• Provide input to the scoping of Instrumentation and Controls equipment maintenance.
• Supervise short term contract personnel when on island performing work.

Required:

• Cultural alignment with ConocoPhillips’ SPIRIT Values.
• Minimum 10+ years of industrial instrumentation and control equipment experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical or heavy industry.
• Electrical Trade Qualification with Queensland Electrical Mechanic License
• Comprehensive experience in the maintenance and fault finding of instrumentation equipment including:
• Control valves and pneumatic actuators
• Pressure, flow, and temperature monitoring instrumentation
• Condition monitoring instrumentation (vibration)
• Fire and gas safety systems
• A comprehensive understanding and knowledge of plant control systems such as PLC, DCS and SIS.
• Formal competencies in Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Area (EEHA) - installation and maintenance, with minimum of 5+ years of practical experience.
• SAP experience or similar computer-based maintenance system.
• Knowledge of the Queensland Electrical Safety Act, associated Regulations and Codes of Practice.
• Electrical permit to work (PTW) systems, administration, and authority.
• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical or Instrumentation and Control Engineering at the associate degree level
• Management of 3rd Party Contractor Companies and Employees

Preferred:

• Supervision of work teams
• Auditing qualifications and experience
• Experience in Defect Elimination and Root Cause analysis

What We Offer

An inclusive environment of belonging where we respect one another and where our success reflects the diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives of our employees.

• A unique culture of SPIRIT – Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation, Teamwork
• A learning organisation that encourages, supports, and celebrates innovative ideas
• Continuous technical and professional development training
• Competitive remuneration, superannuation, benefits and performance-based incentives
• Private health insurance and generous Employee Share Plan
• Above industry paid parental leave

Support for all applicants

ConocoPhillips Australia encourages and welcomes applications from all members of the community. If we can make adjustments in our recruitment process to ensure we can get to know you in the best way possible, feel free to let us know so we can accommodate you.

Apply By: Oct 27, 2026

Sponsorship: We are unable to sponsor employment visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.

EEO: ConocoPhillips is an equal opportunity employer.