Operations Excellence Specialist
Ampol
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Alexandria • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide independent oversight, challenge, and assurance of operational risk, safety, and process management practices across the Energy Solutions business and programs.
- Ensure risk and safety controls are effective, business processes are compliant, and that continuous improvement initiatives strengthen resilience, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Develop and maintain operational excellence frameworks, standards, and policies aligned to risk and safety requirements, including an Annual OE Plan.
- Monitor the effectiveness of first line operational controls for risk and safety and review incident investigations, and risk assessments.
- Develop a structured and regular approach to OE reporting across Energy Solutions.
- Develop a systematic approach to co-ordinating the delivery of OE related tasks.
- Support uplift of risk and safety capability through training, guidance, and knowledge sharing.
- Promote a culture of operational discipline, continuous improvement, and proactive risk management.
- Facilitate root cause analysis and promote lessons learned across the business.
- Analyse trends from incidents, audits, and risk assessments to recommend systemic improvements.
- Act as a trusted advisor and challenger to the first line, providing independent input on risk and safety decisions.
- Collaborate with business units to embed operational excellence principles.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of risk management frameworks and the three lines of defence model.
- Demonstrated expertise in safety management systems, incident investigation, and regulatory compliance.
- Ability to conduct assurance activities (audits, process reviews, risk assessments) and report findings clearly.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify systemic risks and recommend practical improvements.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge.
- Tertiary qualification in project management, business management, engineering or related discipline or demonstrated equivalent knowledge.
Benefits
- Our total remuneration is competitive.
- Car allowance.
- Company performance incentive.
- Employee share offers.
- 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars.
- Support for up to 3 months remote international working (conditional to 5 days paid leave for every 30 days of remote work).
- Internal recognition platform amplifying achievements.
- Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
- Baby Care Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.
- Novated Lease options are available.
- Employee Share Scheme.
- Up to 6 weeks annual leave and additional Wellbeing leave days.
- One paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
risk management frameworkssafety management systemsincident investigationregulatory complianceassurance activitiesauditsprocess reviewsrisk assessmentsanalytical skillsproject management
Soft skills
stakeholder engagementfacilitation skillsinfluencing skillsconstructive challengecontinuous improvementoperational disciplinecollaborationtrainingguidanceknowledge sharing