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Reference ID R182503 Updated 06/25/2025
Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds
Australia
Chinchilla
N/A

What’s the role

Shell is recruiting a Dual Trade Technician to join our Upstream Maintenance team, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor the successful candidate will be responsible for providing critical technical support for ongoing maintenance of electrical and instrument equipment. Your responsibilities will include planning and executing preventative and corrective maintenance, as well as expertly troubleshooting and fault-finding across our Upstream Facilities.

Core Accountabilities:

  • Diversity in Shell means valuing all the ways we differ because they create individual perspectives and unique contributions. Inclusion at Shell means having a safe, positive and caring environment in which our differences are understood, embraced and valued by the people we work with. The successful candidate will role model D&I behaviors and create an environment where different views and perspectives are valued.

  • Ensure all HSSE risk assessments and operational processes are properly and rigorously used.

  • Lead with example with a deep strong commitment to our values, code of conduct, safety and the environment.

  • Apply our standards with rigor, and intervene when they are compromised.

  • Coach teams and team members to utilize their strengths and potential to deliver the business goals.

  • Demonstrate front line face to face visible leadership.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for the following:

  • Maintain all Fiscal, Custody and Allocation Metering Systems across all QGC assets to the required accuracy. Specifically, Preventative and Corrective Maintenance work instructions for validations are completed in line with the Upstream measurement scheme requirements.

  • Inspect, test, adjust and repair metering equipment to satisfy appropriate governing standards.

  • Utilize and support day-to-day operation of critical IT systems for Metering maintenance and assurance; specifically Beamex CMX, Kelton FloCalc, Kelton Meter Manager, OSI Soft Pi, and proprietary instrument software packages.

  • Maintain and execute defined PM and CM scopes including but not limited to:

    • HV Motors & associated equipment 6.6kv 33kv 132kv switch yards specific HV skill sets

    • Critical function testing on various safety critical systems including fire and gas, SIS controllers, line of sight detectors, valve controllers, etc.

    • Install, maintain and commission field instrumentation including Level measurement, flow, pressure

    • Hazardous Area visual and detailed inspections

    • Fault finding complex electrical and instrumentation systems

    • LV / HV Switchgear

    • Lighting

    • Maintain and troubleshoot compressed instrument air systems

    • Field Instrument Install, commission, and maintain field instruments for level, flow, and pressure measurement

What you bring

We are looking for professionals with the following:

  • Significant experience in QMI – Highly desirable

  • Cert III in Electro Technology, Cert III in Instrumentation

  • Current Electrical License, Current EEHA Certification, CPR/LVR Certificate

  • HV Switching Certification and demonstrated experience

  • Technical Expertise: Extensive experience with gas analyzers, gas chromatographs, and various gas detection systems, including commissioning, maintenance, and fault finding.

  • Electrical and Instrumentation Skills: Proficient in maintaining and troubleshooting electrical and instrument equipment, including high voltage systems, ABB drives, and various controllers (ABB 800Xa SIS, Allen Bradley PLCs).

  • Safety and Compliance: Knowledgeable in Permit to Work (PTW) systems, safety monitoring systems, and hazardous area protocols.

  • System Knowledge: Skilled in using CMMS systems, P&IDs, Cause and Effect matrices, and multiple communication protocols (Ethernet IP, Modbus, Profinet).

  • Communication and Problem-Solving: Strong communication skills and adept at detailed fault finding on complex electrical and instrumentation systems.

APPLICATION PERIOD WILL RUN UNTIL JULY 10.

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 important 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.

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.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

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 124-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.