Western Australia, Australia Job Family Group: Production Engineering Upstream Worker Type: Regular Posting Start Date: September 4, **** Business Unit: Integrated Gas Experience Level: Experienced Professionals Job Description: About the role The Control of Work Lead enables safe, reliable and effective work execution by shaping how people interact with systems, risks, and procedures.
The role focuses on optimising human performance in complex operational environments, ensuring that work is understood, planned, executed, and recovered effectively.
Accountability
1. Enable Secure Work Through Systems That Work for People through the implementation of the Control of Work Improvement plan.
Ensure Control of Work systems are practical, intuitive, and usable in the field Identify and reduce error‐likely situations (complexity, time pressure, unclear boundaries) Translate procedures into frontline-relevant guidance that supports decision-making in real conditions Validate that controls are understood, not just documented
2. Anticipate and Manage Human Performance Risk Proactively identify performance traps (assumptions, confirmation bias, routine blindness) Embed pre-task conversations that surface risk, uncertainty, and blind spots Support teams to pause, question, and adapt when conditions change
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Strengthen Frontline Decision-Making Build capability in operators and supervisors to: Recognise when work is not going to plan Understand operating boundaries and limits Make defensible decisions under pressure Support the training and assessment of learners in Control of Work competencies.
Promote use of open questioning and challenge during task planning and execution Support shift leaders to create psychological safety for speaking up
4. Learn and Adapt from Normal Work Drive learning from: Everyday work (not just incidents) Workarounds and adaptations that keep the system functioning Facilitate reviews that explore "How work actually happens" vs "how it is imagined" Embed learning loops into Control of Work processes
5. Lead Through Coaching and Engagement Act as a coach and influencer, not just a technical expert Chair the Control of Work Committee Meeting with the Offshore team.
Ensure continuity amongst the Permit Office Coordinators.
Engage teams and stakeholders to: Build shared understanding of risk Align on what good looks like in execution Support leaders to reinforce: Visible safety leadership Consistent expectations in work execution Be the PermitVision owner for Prelude

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