At a Glance
- Tasks: Operate and optimise energy production remotely while ensuring safety and efficiency.
- Company: Join Santos, a global leader in energy committed to making a positive impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy onsite gym facilities, GP services, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace where every voice is valued.
- Why this job: Be part of a team tackling complex challenges and driving sustainable energy solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in control room operations and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one. At Santos, we do work that matters and always have. As a global energy company, we’re committed to providing reliable and affordable energy to help create a better world for everyone. To make it happen, we work as One Team and ask ourselves, “How can we?” We’re proud of our history as pioneers, problem-solvers, and pragmatists. As we strive to achieve our Vision2040, we’ve got our sights set on a culture that is focused and disciplined to drive value, and entrepreneurial and energised to leave a positive legacy.
What you’ll do: Based in our Brisbane office, you will work as part of a team delivering safe remote operation, optimisation, and oversight of Santos' upstream assets — maximising production value, minimising emissions, and serving as the critical interface between commercial operations, field-based teams, maintenance, and drilling & completions across the Production Cooper function. This role will see you remotely operate and optimise facilities, wells, and pipelines from a Brisbane-based control room, respond to safety and production-critical issues, validate and report production data, analyse condition monitoring equipment for early failure detection, and collaborate with Santos Energy Solutions and Commercial Operations.
Key accountabilities include:
- Safely operate assets remotely in partnership with field-based teams, in accordance with the agreed strategy to maximize production and minimise emissions.
- Understand and apply control room processes compliant with Operations Excellence (OE) standards such as shift handover, alarm management and the implementation of bridges and standing orders.
- Respond to safety or production critical issues, including daily situational awareness reporting for field-based teams.
- Validate production data, report volumes and availability.
- Analyse online condition monitoring equipment to detect early potential failures.
- Collaborate with Santos Energy Solutions and Commercial Operations to maximise value for the business.
- Operate third party producer transport agreements and communicate critical information.
- Interface with engineering teams to support delivery of improvement projects that maximise the use of remote control and control systems.
- Maintain close working relationships and a high level of communication with Maintenance, Drilling & Completions and Development teams to achieve production and maintenance goals.
What you’ll bring: You're recognised as a calm, reliable operator who thrives in high-tempo, safety-critical environments, skilled at building relationships across field, engineering, and commercial teams while maintaining rigorous operational standards. You will also be able to demonstrate the following:
- Team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with site-based personnel, commercial operations, and engineering.
- Previous experience with DCS and SCADA in a control room environment is favourable.
- Operations background in a fast-paced environment.
- Tertiary and/or relevant industry experience in a technical area including trade certificate; or Cert III PMA08 Process Plant Operation or UEG30211 Certificate III in Gas Supply Industry Operations, or Cert IV PMA08 Process Plant Technology (or PMA 40113).
- Competent in the use of IRR, SAP, Success Factors, Discover, myPlant, EHS Toolbox, P2/Apollo.
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.
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.
Production Controller in Brisbane employer: Santos
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