Queensland, Australia

Job Family Group:

Production Engineering Upstream

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

April 7, 2025

Business unit:

Integrated Gas and Upstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

The Excavation Lead Authorised Person (AP) and Field Execution Supervisor will be required to supervise third party excavation and haulage contractors, SHELL QGC staff and support other AP`s and Competent Person.

This role will be responsible for reviewing and approving of excavation permits, excavation supervision, execution of gathering campaign work, support PM/CM work, and field execution management.

What you’ll be doing

As lead AP, you will oversee and support other AP`s across the QGC business, providing leadership and guidance from their significant experience in this field.

The Lead AP shall Implement the QGC Excavation procedure and ensure the contractor has the following in place before they start any excavation:

All required QGC Permits and supporting 3rd party documentation (BYDA), etc are valid for the work being planned.
Marked the route or location of buried assets such as cables, live lines, pipelines, or other hazardous infrastructure.
Confirmed and positively identified the location of underground and overhead infrastructure before starting work.
Apply the specified Procedures for soil testing and classification.
Inspect Excavations and Shoring, including areas adjacent to the Excavation, for signs of ground instability, before each shift and before resuming work after adverse weather conditions.

Responsibilities will also include

Refer to the Subject Matter Expert for Excavation in case of unforeseen conditions or problems with the planned work.
Refer to the TA2 Pipelines and Gathering for technical support or approval for activities like, heavy vehicle crossings, Emergency Response, complex excavations, integrity issues identified during excavation or anything outside of business-as-usual work scopes.
Liaison with Maintenance Excellence OMC’s, schedulers, and contractors to manage project work fronts.
Liaison with Wellsite Supervisor, Leads and Operators to ensure work fronts are communicated.
Fulfill the role of Lead AP Excavation for all Gathering & Transmission excavation work.
Review and approve excavation certificate & risk assessment.
Align with Control of works team and Contractors for permit reviews/audits.
Attend to site for quality assurance and auditing purposes to ensure excavation activities are proceeding in accordance with Procedural conditions.
Sign off on Confined Space Identification Risk Assessment.
Review of timesheets supplied by 3rd party contractors to ensure claims are accurate based on supervision of their work scopes.

What you bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

Significant experience within the oil & gas industry and working in excavating live assets.
Competency in Squeeze off and hot tap, HDPE welding, flange management and N2 purging & testing. Knowledge in LPD & HPV excavation, installation, repairs and maintenance.
Demonstrated experience with commitment to safety. Demonstrated experience working within a HSSE Management Control Framework.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of excavation plant including associated equipment. Live gas/water pipeline excavation supervision and technical support.
Expertise in identifying, locating, protecting, and installing underground services using open excavation techniques.
Experience in excavation work activities, permit reviewing, and confined space risk assessments.
Proven track record in managing contractors, resolving issues, and influencing positive outcomes in challenging conditions.
Strong communication, management, supervisory, and computer skills; sound knowledge of soil types, excavation controls, and pipeline asset integrity.
Driven, results-oriented, with a positive attitude towards optimizing work and safety, and achieving improvements in all facets of the role.

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 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.

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