Engineering Manager

• Location: Sydney or Brisbane (Sydney preferred) 
• Join the Distribution Leadership Team & lead the Engineering function 
• Strategic Asset management & Project management 

About Ampol: 

Ampol has been proudly fuelling Australia since 1900, from humble beginnings, through 120 years of growth and change. We are the operational heart of the business, responsible for the refinement and distribution of petrol and petroleum products. Our operations span the country and working with us will provide you with the opportunity to meet a diverse team of experts who help make Ampol the energy supply chain leader it is today.  

This purpose reflects our commitment to delivering value for our customers and our people now, through safe, reliable, and competitive operations. As we look to the future, we will continue to innovate through new energy and fuel solutions to deliver on powering better journeys, today and tomorrow.  

About the role: 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Distribution Leadership team and lead the engineering function in developing and implementing strategies that enhance asset integrity, reliability and profitability. 

You will play a key role driving efficiency and performance throughout the development, execution and governance of major Capital Projects. In addition, providing technical guidance and collaborating with the Distribution Leadership Team to optimize interfaces.  

You will oversee up to 8 direct reports and 80 indirect reports, with a strong focus on fostering a positive culture and driving continuous improvement. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Drive safety culture and provide engineering support to meet OEMS, reliability and process safety objectives. 
• Collaborate across the Distribution business to implement the engineering strategy and business plan. 
• Develop long term asset and reliability strategies using a Value Based Engineering approach. 
• Develop 5-year Capital Plans aligned with asset management strategies 
• Execute major projects safety, apply engineering risk management and ensure optimal asset integrity and reliability. 
• Build and sustain technical and leadership capability within the Engineering Function. 

About you:

You are a natural leader with a continuous improvement mindset and a strong focus on embedding a positive culture. You are self-driven and highly committed; you bring a strong work ethic to everything you do. 

Your diverse communication and strong stakeholder management, combined with your strategic project management and asset management experience, enable you to excel in this role and deliver positive business outcomes. 

You are passionate about problem-solving, with a deep commitment to safety and efficiency. 

Key skills and experience: 

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering. 
• People leadership, ability to motivate and influence a team to achieve results. 
• Proven experience in operations, maintenance, reliability or technical leadership role in Major Hazard Facilities. 
• Proven success in execution of Capital Projects. 
• Demonstrate experience in delivering value engineering practices. 
• Knowledge of risk engineering & risk management concepts. 
• Flexibility to travel. 

Our benefits: 

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars!  
• We are flexible.  Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value.  
• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.  
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.  
• Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth)  
• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.  
• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available.  
• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme  
• Leave Options – We offer wellbeing leave and leave purchasing   
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.    

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol. 

Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today. Applications close 17th March 2025.