Senior Maintenance Engineer
About Us
Senex is world-class supplier of affordable, reliable, and secure energy – committed to delivering essential energy for life.
We’re proudly local with operations located near Wandoan and Roma in Queensland’s Surat Basin.
The energy we proudly provide is essential to our modern lives and for the thriving communities we serve.
As a critical energy provider to Australia’s manufacturing industry, supporting thousands of workers who make essential goods – from bricks to plasterboard to glass bottles.
Senex is proud to play our part in the global energy transformation, delivering essential energy for the journey to a cleaner energy future.
Our Head Office is in Brisbane, and we also have offices close to our producing assets in Roma and Wandoan, Queensland.
Our Culture
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered to genuinely make a difference.
Our roles are broad with diverse accountabilities which provides for interesting and challenging work as well as great opportunities for professional and personal development.
We offer a high-performance work environment where employees are encouraged to continuously improve the way we do things in the pursuit of fit for purpose practices and solutions that are efficient, effective and sustainable.
We value integrity and collaboration and are committed to strong delivery and performance for our teammates, our customers, and the communities in which we operate.
The Opportunity
The Senior Maintenance Engineer is a key member of the Operations team responsible for ensuring assets within Senex’s Surat Basin operations are maintained to compliance with all relevant Legislative and Senex requirements.
The role provides technical support and advanced troubleshooting techniques to frontline operations and is responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, reliable and profitable operation of Senex’s assets.
The key accountabilities of the position include:
- Maintenance of the Senex operational static and rotating equipment, water infrastructure and irrigation systems ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective performance
- Developing specifications, procedures and training as required to support the wells, gathering, compression, water and surface equipment
- Monitoring performance and relationships with engineering and labour providers for maintenance
- Support efforts for operations with troubleshooting, rectification, surveillance and training for equipment.
- Participate in reviews and audits of installed static and rotating equipment and systems to ensure installations meet relevant legislation and code requirements.
- Ensure process safety critical systems are maintained and managed
- Write scopes-of-work and management of maintenance contracts
- Assist in managing and controlling work crews during shutdowns/project works
- Conduct/support failure investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Assist Management of Change activities in the field
- Ensure engineering documentation and information is maintained up to date
- Ensuring the CMMS records are accurate and up to date
- Ensuring critical equipment maintenance levels and spares requirements to maximise reliability
The incumbent will require the following qualifications, skills and competencies:
- Bachelor Degree, preferred background Mechanical or Process/Chemical Engineering;
- Minimum 10 years post graduate experience in Mechanical or Process/Chemical Engineering in an operational environment (Preferably CSG upstream)
- Understanding and application of asset integrity maintenance strategies to typical CSG equipment and associated infrastructure
- Proven experience of field equipment (Gas Engine Generators, Pumps, Valves, PSV’s, Vessels, Piping tanks) selection, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Proven project engineering delivery
- Experience in commissioning of new/modified plant and interface with design and vendor representatives.
- Must have a valid car driving license.
- Ability to travel to site on a regular basis.
What’s in it for you?
- Attractive, market competitive remuneration package
- An inclusive team of industry experts who promote collaboration and innovation
- Celebrated success stories with ‘Living the Senex Values’ Awards
- A range of health and wellness benefits
- A learning platform housing over 100,000 resources
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
Applications
All applications should include a cover letter which addresses your suitability for the position, along with a current resume. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia in order to be considered for this position.
Applications Close: 11.30pm, Monday 3rd March 2025
At Senex our people have opportunities to learn and grow, along with a range of great employee benefits. We encourage and promote diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
To find out more about our company and discover some of the other reasons why you should apply for this role, visit our corporate website at: www.senexenergy.com.au