At Ampol, we believe in the Power of Us - the extraordinary power of people to connect, act, and make a difference.
As a leading energy company operating across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and from the United States, our work spans fuel supply, energy solutions, convenience retail, infrastructure, trading and shipping. Every role at Ampol plays a part in something bigger - powering progress for our customers, communities, and people.
Your career here is yours to shape. We back our people with real opportunities, the tools to grow, and a culture that rewards ownership and initiative. Whether you’re deepening your expertise or taking on something new, we’ll support you to power a career that works for you.
We’re building a workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued - because when people are free to be themselves, powerful things happen.
About Infrastructure
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
Reporting to the Process Safety Risk Manager, you will provide technical leadership and specialist expertise in process safety and risk engineering to proactively manage process safety risks, enhance operational integrity, and ensure regulatory compliance across Ampol's Distribution assets, including Major Hazard Facilities.
The role leads and supports key process safety and risk management activities, including risk identification and assessment, project delivery and assurance, management of change, incident investigation and learning, and process safety performance monitoring. This role can be based in Brisbane or Sydney (preferred), other locations may be considered.
Responsibilities:
Provide day-to-day process safety support to Distribution operations, including management of change, facilitation of risk assessments, incident classification and investigation, periodic reviews of control effectiveness, performance monitoring and reporting.
Embed effective operational risk management across Distribution by ensuring all known and emerging risks are appropriately assessed, recorded, escalated and reviewed, and that critical controls and risk treatment actions are effectively managed.
Strengthen operational integrity by reviewing process safety information, safe operating limits and engineering, maintenance and operational practices, and implementing improvements that support safe and reliable operations.
Qualification & Experience
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and develop practical solutions to complex or ambiguous challenges, supported by strong facilitation, communication, collaboration and influencing skills.
Demonstrated capability in process safety risk identification and analysis, including facilitation of hazard identification studies, consequence modelling, bowtie analysis, LOPA, SFAIRP analysis, Fire Safety Studies and Quantitative Risk Assessment.
Demonstrated capability in operational integrity, including preserving design intent, maintaining safe operating limits and supporting the engineering, maintenance and operational practices that underpin safe and reliable operations.
Experience applying and improving process safety management practices across the asset lifecycle, including regulatory compliance, process safety information, projects and management of change, operational readiness, incident investigation and lessons learned, performance monitoring and assurance.
We know great candidates do not always meet every requirement. If this role interests you and your experience broadly aligns, we would welcome your application.
Our Benefits
Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today. Applications close on 02 September 2026
