Senior Advanced Analytics Engineer – – 48478

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Santos

About Us

Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.

Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.

At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.

Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets. Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.

For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.

Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure. 

The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios. Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.

Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus. The Company’s operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy. Two divisions – Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids – are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy.

 

About the Role

Based at our global headquarters in Adelaide, we are seeking a Senior Advanced Analytics Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced analytical solutions across the organisation. In this high-impact role, you will leverage data engineering, machine learning, and statistical techniques to extract actionable insights from large, complex datasets, enabling better decision-making, innovation, and competitive advantage.

As a Senior Advanced Analytics Engineer, you will take the helm of large digital projects, providing technical direction, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the delivery of high-quality analytical solutions. Your work will directly contribute to improving business efficiency, driving cost reduction, and introducing new technologies.

Key accountabilities include:  

  • Design and develop scalable analytics and digital solutions for customers across all departments, spearheading large-scale digital projects to deliver actionable insights.
  • Provide technical guidance to the team and organization, ensuring the application of software engineering best practices for analytics code, data engineering models, and automation.
  • Work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating a customer-focused mindset and fostering collaboration with technical experts and field staff.
  • Drive innovation through the introduction of new technologies and methods, constantly improving analytical capabilities and solving business problems.
  • Extract insights from large, complex datasets, providing business-critical intelligence for decision-making and continuous improvement.
  • Lead large digital projects, providing expert technical advice and guidance to internal teams and external partners, ensuring timely and successful delivery.

About you

  • Proven hands on experience in analytics or a related field, with prior knowledge of software development experience in Python.
  • Proven track record of leading large digital projects in complex environments.
  • Strong skills in data science, statistical methods, machine learning, and optimization algorithms. Experience working with large volumes of data and translating insights into clear, actionable business intelligence.
  • Proficient in SQL development (preferably Snowflake and dbt), cloud technologies (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker), and data visualization tools (PowerBI, Spotfire).
  • Experience with HTML, JavaScript, and a solid understanding of IT methodologies such as Agile Development and CI/CD.
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to lead teams, work with external contractors, and manage delivery timelines and expectations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of working collaboratively with engineers. 
  • Effective communicator with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for a broad range of stakeholders.

Ideally, you will be degree qualified in master/bachelor’s degree in computer science, and or relevant field in mathematics, engineering or a related field. 

Supporting a Diverse Workforce 

Santos acknowledges that we operate on the traditional lands of Aboriginal people. We recognise the traditional rights to maintain the culture, identities, traditions, and customs on their country. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our ongoing success.  

 

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.  

Australian Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander jobseekers are strongly encouraged to apply. 

 

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB Friday the 13th of December 2024.

 

A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply.

Potential Scams

There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place.  You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is 

https://recruitment.santos.com/

To apply for this job please visit recruitment.santos.com.