About Us Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.
Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.
At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.
Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia.
We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets.
Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.
For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.
Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure.
The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios.
Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.
Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus.
The Company's operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy.
Two divisions – Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids – are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy.
About the Role An excellent opportunity has arisen for a skilled Site Access & Approvals Adviser to join Santos' Land Access and Approvals team based in Brisbane.
Reporting to the Team Leader IDP & Approvals, this role involves guiding projects from concept phase through to obtaining relevant approvals ensuring compliance with relevant Acts and Regulations for all Santos Onshore Development is in place prior to commencing activities.
The role is required to have knowledge of various approvals pathways that are required to authorise Onshore Development in accordance with program schedule.
The Advisers accountabilities are broken into four key areas; approval management, schedule support, stakeholder engagement and optimisation.
The role will collaborate with a range of internal groups including Development Execution, Subsurface, Tenures, Environment, Land Access and Cultural Heritage Teams to deliver accurate approvals to the business.
Key Accountabilities: Ensure all internal and external approvals required in authorising Onshore Development works are identified and secured in accordance with program schedule and in collaboration with relevant approval teams.
Track application, submission and receipt of all approvals required for Onshore Development projects from Concept through to Site Access Approval including Land Access, Cultural Heritage, Environmental, Tenure and 3rd Party approvals.
Proactively resolve potential or actual schedule delays in securing approvals.
Work with relevant business disciplines to refine and progress required approvals.
Communicate and coordinate approvals deliverables with relevant functional teams and stakeholders.
Give and receive clear and effective communication, share knowledge within and across team and give and receive feedback as per guidelines and business requirements.
Set goals through performance and development discussions and deliver on agreed plans.
Identify and pursue areas to reduce approvals burden and costs.
Identify and implement agreed process improvements within scope of role, or change initiatives, as directed.
Ensure appropriate timeframes and understanding of approvals are included in project scheduling.
Identify and pursue areas to reduce approvals burden and costs for the business.
About You To be successful in this role, you will possess demonstrable prior experience in planning and approvals within Resource Industry.
Whilst not essential, a degree in planning, environmental science, natural resource management, or environmental engineering, or equivalent would be advantageous.
In addition, you must also be able to demonstrate the following skills/experience: Experience in approvals for Resource Industry Project management of statutory approvals for resource projects across the project life cycle Strong communication skills and ability to address and engage external stakeholders Any previous experience in the following, will be looked upon favourably: Substantial relevant post graduate experience, preferably in provision of environmental services to the petroleum and gas sector or other resource projects.
Relevant Systems knowledge Demonstrable knowledge of relevant Environmental, Cultural Heritage and Land Access legislations and policies in Queensland, NSW or South Australia.
Experience in preparing and obtaining approvals and government liaison.
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.
How to Apply Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB 17th July 2024.
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply.
Potential Scams There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address.
We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place.
You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/
