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Reference ID R171266 Updated 02/04/2025
Production Engineering Upstream
Australia, Australia
Chinchilla, Kumbarilla
N/A

What’s the role

The Gas Plant Operator is a key role in our QGC Asset based in Chinchilla and Ruby Jo. In this role you will be responsible for safe and efficient gas processing, through the control of compression facilities and associated plant and equipment. You will provide frontline plant surveillance and defect recognition while maintaining a strong focus on ensuring safe production.

What you’ll be doing

Some of the key deliverables and responsibilities of this role are:

  • Monitor baseline maintenance of compression stations, to ensure the high availability of the compressor sets and associated plant and equipment, as well as effective metering and pressure regulation.

  • Monitor baseline performance of water network to ensure legislative compliance and availability.

  • Complete area surveillance and rectify (to level of competence) and/or report safety, environmental, maintenance and production issues, ensuring that all identified defects are appropriately documented in the relevant registers and databases.

  • Participate in condition monitoring and predictive maintenance programs, ensuring compliance to manufacturer’s guidelines.

  • Conduct careful observation of maintenance agreements and warranties.

  • Maintain operational support for emergency response equipment as required.

  • *15/13 roster - 12 hour days

What you bring

The candidate we are therefore seeking for this position, will have/be:

  • Certificate III in Process Plant Operations.

  • Permit Issuing competency.

  • Demonstrated experience in gas plant, refinery or petrochemical operations.

  • Experience in instrumentation controls.

  • Experience in high pressure gas operations.

  • Experience in basic workplace reporting.

  • Knowledgeable in risk assessment and evaluation.

  • Knowledge of water network operations.

  • Proficient in MS Office applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

  • Experience in SAP and Maximo is desirable.

  • A strong desire to progress to leadership roles (specifically operations lead).

Application period will run until FEBRUARY 18, 2025.

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.

Note: We are keen to support flexible 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.

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 Talent Community Australia>

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 122-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 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.