Project Controls Lead

Santos Ltd; City of 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 Ltd in Brisbane seeks a senior Project Controls / Capital Projects professional to lead the cost, schedule and risk governance for Midstream assets. You will drive integrated reporting, manage budgets, and oversee earned value processes, interfacing with EPC contractors and internal finance functions.

Based at our Brisbane HQ, you will implement robust change control, schedule integrity, and proactive cost forecasting, enabling timely decision making and predictable project delivery

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project controls, project services, or project management within relevant industry.
• Capital project delivery with cost control and commercial experience
• Scheduling and planning with risk, change, and contingency management experience
• Contractor and EPC interface experience
• Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6
• SAP cost control and financial interfaces, Power BI, and Excel for reporting and analytics

Responsibilities

• Leading the project controls function integrating cost, schedule, risk, change, and progress into a single source of truth
• Establishing and maintaining project budgets, control estimates, and cost baselines, including management of AFE/TIC, commitments, accruals, and cashflow
• Providing forecasting accuracy and variance analysis, and developing monthly cost reports including Latest Estimates for all projects
• Developing and assuring integrated, logic-linked schedules, reviewing contractor schedules for risk and critical path integrity
• Monitoring progress and managing schedule variance, float erosion, and recovery plans, supporting milestone assurance for annual budget timelines and stage gates
• Defining and implementing Earned Value Management (EVM) and progress rules, validating physical progress against cost and schedule claims
• Establishing robust change control processes, identifying and quantifying scope, cost, and schedule changes, and managing contingency drawdown strategies
• Reviewing contractor progress claims and schedule updates, challenging assumptions, productivity, and logic where required

Skills

Project controls

Cost control

Scheduling

Contractor interface

Primavera P6

SAP cost control

Power BI

Excel

Education

PMP qualification

Primavera P6 advanced user certification

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Primavera P6

Job description

Description & Requirements

Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one.

At Santos, we dowork that matters and always have.When you join us, so willyou.

As a global energy company, we’re committed to providing reliable and affordable energy to help create a better world for everyone.

To makeithappen, we work asOne Teamand ask ourselves, “How can we?” (Even when others say, “We can’t.”)

We’re proud of our history as pioneers, problem-solvers, and pragmatists.And aswe strive to achieve our Vision2040,we’ve got our sights set on aculturethat is focussed and disciplined to drive value, and entrepreneurial and energised to leave a positive legacy.

The difference isn’t just thinking big - it’s delivering on it too.

As part of the team, you’ll tackleone of the most complex problems of our time. It’s no easy task, but nothing rewarding ever is.

What You’ll Do

Based at our global headquarters in Brisbane, this position owns and integrates cost, schedule, risk, progress measurement, and performance reporting across all Capital & Facilities & Assets (C&FA) and Major Maintenance Events in Midstream assets. Reporting to the Senior Manager C&FA and Turnarounds within the Midstream & Energy Solutions division, you will act as a trusted adviser to Project Execution Leads on delivery performance and manage a centralised projects portfolio for Midstream.

• Leading the project controls function integrating cost, schedule, risk, change, and progress into a single source of truth
• Establishing and maintaining project budgets, control estimates, and cost baselines, including management of AFE/TIC, commitments, accruals, and cashflow
• Providing forecasting accuracy and variance analysis, and developing monthly cost reports including Latest Estimates for all projects
• Developing and assuring integrated, logic-linked schedules, reviewing contractor schedules for risk and critical path integrity
• Monitoring progress and managing schedule variance, float erosion, and recovery plans, supporting milestone assurance for annual budget timelines and stage gates
• Defining and implementing Earned Value Management (EVM) and progress rules, validating physical progress against cost and schedule claims
• Establishing robust change control processes, identifying and quantifying scope, cost, and schedule changes, and managing contingency drawdown strategies
• Reviewing contractor progress claims and schedule updates, challenging assumptions, productivity, and logic where required
• Ensuring alignment to Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA) process and strong governance to Santos Finance principles
• Ensuring compliance with Santos Management System (SMS) and Corporate Governance and Safety requirements

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience in project controls, project services, or project management within relevant industry
• Capital project delivery with cost control and commercial experience
• Scheduling and planning with risk, change, and contingency management experience
• Contractor and EPC interface experience
• Expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6
• SAP cost control and financial interfaces, Power BI, and Excel for reporting and analytics

You Will Hold

• Project Management Professional (PMP) qualification
• Primavera P6 advanced user certification or certified training

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. In Brisbane this includes Onsite Gym facilities, Onsite GP services and many more employee benefits.

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.

A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply.

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.