Senior Process Engineer — Oil & Gas, Brisbane

Santos; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Process Engineer opportunity with Santos in Brisbane. Provide specialist process engineering support, technical assurance and governance across Midstream & Energy Solutions assets and projects.

Lead safety-focused outcomes throughout the asset lifecycle and mentor graduates. Based in our Brisbane office, you will collaborate with operations, maintenance and engineering teams to optimise reliability and compliance in a complex oil and gas environment.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in a process engineering role supporting operations and projects in oil and gas, petrochemical or a similar industry.
• Experience in major hazard facility or refining environments (preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of relevant technical standards and the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry
• Demonstrated ability to lead and communicate effectively in a corporate engineering environment
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers at graduate or early-career level
• Eligible for RPEQ and chartered engineering status, with a Bachelor's Degree in engineering

Responsibilities

• Perform technical assessments, reviews and assurance of engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with Santos, regulatory and industry requirements
• Collaborate with process optimisation, operations and maintenance teams to identify and mitigate equipment vulnerabilities, reliability risks and obsolescence challenges
• Review and assure contractor and vendor engineering deliverables against legislative, corporate and industry standards
• Support investigations into discipline-related incidents, failures and performance issues, providing technical analysis and recommendations
• Fulfil the role of Change Advisor within the Management of Change process and provide technical guidance on proposed changes
• Ensure process safety, asset integrity and personnel safety considerations are embedded throughout project development, design and execution
• Mentor, coach and develop graduate and early-career engineers to build discipline capability
• Contribute to discipline engineering planning, forecasting and annual budget development
• Maintain compliance with the Santos Management System, Delegation of Authority and all applicable company policies and standards

Skills

Process engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

RPEQ eligible or Chartered status

Job description

Senior Process Engineer opportunity with Santos in Brisbane. Provide specialist process engineering support, technical assurance and governance across Midstream & Energy Solutions assets and projects.

Lead safety-focused outcomes throughout the asset lifecycle and mentor graduates. Based in our Brisbane office, you will collaborate with operations, maintenance and engineering teams to optimise reliability and compliance in a complex oil and gas environment.