Description & Requirements

Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one.

At Santos, we do work that matters and always have. When you join us, so will you.

Description & Requirements

Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one.

At Santos, we do work that matters and always have. When you join us, so will you.

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?” (Even when others say, “We can’t.”)

We’re proud of our history as pioneers, problem-solvers, and pragmatists. And 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.

The difference isn’t just thinking big – it’s delivering on it too.

As part of the team, you’ll tackle one of the most complex problems of our time. It’s no easy task, but nothing rewarding ever is.

What You’ll Do

Based in our Brisbane office, you will work as part of a team delivering protected 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 — with opportunities to develop expertise in remote control systems, condition monitoring, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

You will navigate and coordinate real-time production decisions, operational efficiencies, and rapid incident responses in a fast-paced, 24/7 control room environment managing complex, geographically dispersed upstream assets under strict compliance frameworks.

Your strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and technical systems skills formed across process plant operations, control room environments, and upstream oil and gas industries will see you excel in managing multiple real-time operational priorities, overcome the challenge of coordinating across diverse stakeholder groups — from field crews to commercial teams — and bring disciplined control room processes (alarm management, shift handover, situational awareness) to lead to maximised production output, minimised emissions, early detection of equipment failures, and seamless coordination across operations, maintenance, and commercial functions.

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 goal

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, experienced in DCS and SCADA control room operations, production data validation and reporting, and fast-paced upstream environments — ideally holding a Cert III in Process Plant Operation or Gas Supply Industry Operations (or equivalent tertiary/trade qualifications) with proficiency in systems such as SAP, SCADA, and DCS platforms.

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 op

📌 Production Controller (Brisbane)
🏢 Santos
📍 Brisbane