Project Controls Lead

Santos Limited; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Brisbane-based Santos Limited seeks a seasoned Project Controls professional to own cost, schedule, and performance reporting across Midstream assets. You will partner with Project Execution Leads, delivering trusted analyses and integrated schedules to optimise capital delivery.

You will bring Primavera P6 mastery, SAP cost controls, and strong Power BI/Excel reporting skills to ensure accurate forecasts, robust governance, and disciplined change control within SMS compliance.

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.
• SAP cost control and financial interfaces, Power BI, and Excel for reporting and analytics.
• Primavera P6 advanced user certification or certified training.

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
• 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

Skills

Project controls

Cost control

Scheduling

Contractor interface

Reporting & analytics

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP cost control

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Location:

Brisbane

Ref#:

ATR 619343

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.

Key accountabilities include:

• 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:

You will be experienced in:

• 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
• SAP cost control and financial interfaces, Power BI, and Excel for reporting and analytics

You will hold:

• Primavera P6 advanced user certification or certified training

What you’ll get:

Here, you’llbe amongst high-calibre peopleand get to work onindustry-leading projects. We don’t shy away fromsolving tough problems at pace.We like it that way. You can expect to be challenged and supported; to learn and grow.

At Santos, we’recommitted to creating a workplace whereeveryonecan 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’llplaya rolein 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.

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.