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Business/Functional Purpose

Through its merger with Oil Search, Santos acquired and assumed operatorship over a world-class portfolio of oil leases on the Alaskan North Slope, USA.

Santos' focus on Alaska is the advancement of our Pikka Phase 1 project, which includes a single drill site, an oil processing facility, and other infrastructure to support production of 80,000 barrels of oil per day.

Pikka has been identified as being among the top quartile of oil and gas development projects for greenhouse gas emissions performance. Pikka is poised to play an important role in the energy transition and is aligned with our company goal of managing climate change risk. The project is on track to be ready for first oil in 2026.

The Pikka Unit is one of the largest conventional oil discoveries made in the United States in the last 30 years, and the Pikka Phase 1 Project is the most significant development on Alaska's North Slope in more than 20 years.

The permitted Pikka development project includes two additional drill sites. The Alaska assets also include discoveries made from both the Mitquq, Stirrup and Quokka exploration wells. These opportunities combine to offer a clear path to growth in Alaska that will include ongoing construction, seasonal exploration and appraisal work, as well as production and shipping operations.

Position Purpose

The Crisis, Emergency Response and Security coordinator is the subject matter expert and coordinator for the provision of crisis and emergency services planning, security oversight and training and coordination at Alaska locations. The position is responsible for emergency response contractor support and training (including CEIM and ICS) and support during emergencies and drills.

Accountability and Responsibilities

Core

• Promote and lead in the implementation of Santos Management System policies, Standards and procedures, including Safety, health, environment, process, people and planning
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and Santos Management System (SMS) standards related to crisis and emergency response.
• Maintain relationships with corporate crisis and emergency management staff.

Planning, Training, Readiness

• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of crisis, emergency, and oil spill response plans, procedures and systems for AK RBU including North Slope, maritime, and Anchorage office-based operations. Support business continuity planning and response.
• Provide training for Santos Alaska and contractor personnel aligned with the ICS framework, regulatory requirements and corporate standards.
• Maintain and test emergency response equipment, facilities and communication systems to ensure readiness.
• Represent Santos at the Alaska Clean Seas Operations Review Team, North Slope peer companies and other external emergency response organizations.
• Develop emergency response preparedness budget for all AK RBU activities.
• Contribute incident and emergency response content to risk assessments and business continuity planning.

Incidents, Emergencies, and Exercises

• Coordinate ICS and emergency response drills and training for oil spill, business continuity, site evacuation (Anchorage). Maintain emergency management systems.
• Support incident management teams during actual emergencies, providing leadership, coordination and technical support.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records, reports and documentation of drills, exercises, incidents and lessons learned.

Security

• Develop, implement and maintain physical security strategies, standards and procedures across all Santos facilities, operational sites and corporate offices.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering and project teams to integrate security requirements into asset design, construction and decommissioning phases.
• Ensure security risks are documented, owned, monitored and reviewed on a regular basis.
• Budget development and contract representative for the delivery of security services.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Formal qualifications

• Degree and/or certification in emergency response, business continuity or similar.
• Experience in Incident command systems

Experience

• 5+ years' experience in Emergency response management
• North Slope oil and gas experience and working knowledge of Arctic environments.
• Direct experience working in Alaska (North Slope).
• Experience developing and implementing management and compliance programs.

Skills / technical competencies

• Leadership & management
• Crisis and emergency response experience
• Oil spill prevention and response
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Auditing
• Workplace training
• Remote environment
• Program planning, budgeting and performance monitoring
• Management of personnel and team building