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.

Key responsibilities

- Enable safe work through systems that work for people by implementing the Control of Work Improvement plan, ensuring systems are practical, intuitive, and usable in the field
- Identify and reduce error-likely situations such as complexity, time pressure, and unclear boundaries
- Translate procedures into frontline-relevant guidance that supports decision-making in real conditions
- Validate that controls are understood, not just documented
- Proactively identify performance traps and embed pre-task conversations that surface risk, uncertainty, and blind spots
- Support teams to pause, question, and adapt when conditions change
- Build capability in operators and supervisors to recognise when work is not going to plan and make defensible decisions under pressure
- Support the training and assessment of learners in Control of Work competencies
- Drive learning from everyday work, workarounds, and adaptations, and facilitate reviews that explore how work actually happens
- Chair the Control of Work Committee Meeting with the Offshore team and serve as the primary system expert for PermitVision

About you

- Production Technician/Operator background with exposure to complex operations
- Offshore experience preferred but not necessary
- Ability to communicate and engage different audiences
- Understanding of human performance principles
- Advanced computer proficiency skills in Microsoft Office
- Strong understanding of Permit to Work (PTW) and Safe Isolation processes
- Strong understanding of task risk assessment and hazard identification
- Strong understanding of work coordination and SIMOPS management

What we offer You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented,



committed people on one of the most key challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

- Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
- Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
- Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
- Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
- Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
- Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
- Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
- Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
- Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
- Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Note: We are keen to support versatile working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you,



please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share). We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in Australia

Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australia’s first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australia’s fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australia’s largest and most innovative natural resource developments.

Throughout this 125-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities.

Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to today’s energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.

Today, Shell’s portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.

📌 Control of Work Lead (Perth)
🏢 Shell Australia
📍 Perth