Reporting to the Asset Manager, you will:

• Ensure all Operational activities that support maintenance are planned and executed such as shutting down operating units, hydrocarbon freeing, Lock Out Tag Out, control of safe work and starting up operating plant. As Production Specialist, you will be responsible for Operations input to development both plant upgrades and organisational changes, together with successful commissioning and implementation of these changes.
• Use your technical skills to troubleshoot operational problems, investigate process plant incidents, identify and develop opportunities to improve process plant and organisational effectiveness.

Safety Leadership:

• Actively encourage and promote a culture where HSSE is the number one priority for employees and contractors
• Ensure that operational and asset risks are appropriately assessed.
• Ensure critical safety processes and protocols are applied, including permitting, isolations, management of change, safety critical overrides etc. 
• Provide assurance associated with critical safety processes and procedures. 
• Ensure compliance with quality control standards and process safety regulations.

Operations:

• Create, maintain and ensure accessibility and training of unambiguous procedures for start-up, normal operation, abnormal situations and emergencies. 
• Create, maintain and ensure completion of operator checklists. 
• Review alarm rates regularly and identify bad actors that require remediation. Coordinate resolution with support from Process Engineers and Maintenance teams.
• Maintain oversight of process chemical stocks and consumption, ensuring availability when required.

Asset Management:

• Plan and execute all operational activities that support broader asset management strategies – i.e. maintenance, projects, and turnaround events.             
• This includes scope development, shutdown of operating units, hydrocarbon freeing, chemical cleaning and decontamination, isolations, control of safe work and commissioning and start up operating plant start-up and shutdowns, commissioning and / or preparing for maintenance and turnaround events.
• Maintain HSSE critical equipment list for area of responsibility.
• Ensure integrity operating windows are defined for all static and rotating equipment, with support from Integrity and Reliability teams.
• Prepare and assist with plant changes under management of change procedures, and/or project activity. 

Collaboration and Problem Solving:

• Coordinate and collaborate with teams across the refinery to address challenges and implement improvements, including operations, maintenance, engineering, technology, and supply chain teams. 
• Apply technical skills to troubleshoot operational problems and investigate process plant incidents.
• Identify and develop opportunities to improve process plant and resolve production issues. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve organisational effectiveness and enhance team engagement.
• Train and mentor production team members on best practices and new technologies.

This is a day-shift role, Monday to Friday.

Oaks Hotels, Resorts and Suites is excited to expand its housekeeping team and is now hiring for several casual positions!

We’re seeking dedicated and detail-oriented individuals who take pride in their work and are committed to providing an exceptional guest experience. If you’re energetic, have a keen eye for detail, and thrive in a team-oriented environment, we’d love to have you on board!

About the Role:

• Maintain high standards by thoroughly cleaning guest rooms, including making beds with precision, vacuuming floors, and cleaning bathrooms to ensure a pristine environment.
• Complete cleaning tasks efficiently within the hours allocated by the company.
• Utilise specialised cleaning equipment and products, provided by us, with full training to ensure effective and safe use.
• Build strong, professional relationships with fellow staff members, guests, and contractor personnel to support a positive and productive work environment.

Hourly Rates (excluding super)

Monday - Friday: $31.23 per hour 

Saturday: $37.47per hour 

Sunday: $43.72 per hour

This role ensures coordination for essential engineering support to frontline staff maintaining the plant and responding to day-to-day equipment failures. Including: 

• Development of major equipment overhaul scopes.
• Development and implementation of tracking and assurance activities to ensure effectiveness of tactical strategies.
• Reliability improvement of rotating and other mechanically driven equipment and electrical assets.
• Delivery of technical support, including vendor liaison, to minimise the impact of equipment downtime.
• Liaise with key Operations stakeholders to provide Engineering support to mitigate risks to the delivery of the business plan.
• Ensure asset-related failures are investigated and learnings shared and implemented.

Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery employs around 700 people and supplies over 50 percent of Victoria’s and 10 percent of Australia’s fuel.

The refinery can process up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day, manufacturing petrol, diesel, LPG, jet fuel, avgas, bitumen, specialty solvents for a wide range of industries.  We now have a great opportunity for a Mechanical Asset Engineer to join the team.

In this role you will collaborate across our Maintenance, Operations and Asset teams to ensure compliance of our equipment in line with Australian, Industry and Site Standards, Procedures, and Government Regulations.  You will directly ensure compliance of static mechanical equipment (pressure vessel, exchangers, piping etc.,) to ensure safe and efficient engineering solutions are maintained in a cost-effective manner to allow our License to Operate.

You will be key in engaging and collaborating with stakeholders across the refinery, providing maintenance, operating, and engineering advice, participating, and contributing to site shut down / turn around activities.

This position is integral to the participation in reliability investigations including root cause analysis and support efforts to improve efficiency of the maintenance process, ensuring work is prioritised to support plant reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Asset Manager, you will provide subject matter expertise (SME) to:

• Ensure all activities are conducted and managed in accordance with agreed Health, Safety and Environment practices and procedures.
• Manage the development and execution of the 14-day area maintenance plan.
• Assists in the development of the Area annual PM plan.
• Ensure compliance to established planning and scheduling procedures.
• Develop and coordinate the execution of minor shutdowns and major equipment overhauls.
• Coordinate and provide technical support for Major Turnarounds events.
• Support Area Maintenance Manager in the development and implementation of improvement initiatives, including business plans, KPI’s, budget development and cost tracking.
• Provide leadership and technical support for trade teams.
• Be the point of contact for technical issues of area assets including cost/benefit decisions on repair methods.
• Develop and implement plant changes in accordance with ‘Management of Change’ procedures.
• Provide planning, coordination and technical support for external vendors and contractors for equipment replacement or rectification.
• Stay current with regulations, industry standards, and technology and industry developments.