Lead Production Engineer – Multi-Asset Optimization

Santos; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite Gym facilities

Onsite GP services

Employee benefits

Job summary

Santos in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Production Engineer to lead tactical surface production engineering across a multi-asset portfolio, driving near-term production optimisation, debottlenecking, and surveillance for Offshore, CSG, PNG and Cooper Basin assets.

Based in Brisbane, you will coordinate across operations, reservoir, facilities and planning teams, deliver complex investigations, and push for new production efficiencies while maintaining safety and emissions targets.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in oil and gas production engineering.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical, or equivalent.
• Experience leading tactical surface production engineering programs.
• Proficiency with integrated production modelling tools (Gap/TNav).

Responsibilities

• Take carriage of projects through MOC process.
• Delivery of a series of gathering debottlenecking programs to reduce network pressure and increase production rates.
• Investigating and developing compression optimisation projects to enhance production rates.
• Maximisation of production for the asset through surveillance of satellite/flowline performance and optimisation, recommending remediation plans.
• Driving the ‘gas scavenger mindset’ within the team – Produce every molecule.
• Working collaboratively with Development, Reservoir, Operations and support functions to ensure projects are scoped and executed as per plan, and backout mitigation maximised.
• Demonstrate committed leadership qualities that align Santos Values.

Skills

Production engineering leadership

Debottlenecking program management

Multi-asset production experience

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical, or equivalent)

Tools

Gap

TNav

ValNav

SAP

Nodal Analysis

Job description

Santos in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Production Engineer to lead tactical surface production engineering across a multi-asset portfolio, driving near-term production optimisation, debottlenecking, and surveillance for Offshore, CSG, PNG and Cooper Basin assets.

Based in Brisbane, you will coordinate across operations, reservoir, facilities and planning teams, deliver complex investigations, and push for new production efficiencies while maintaining safety and emissions targets.