Vacation Program - Technical (Engineering & Geoscience) null

Who We Are

Santos is a global energy company committed to increasingly cleaner energy and fuels production, with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.

At Santos, our commitment is to be a global leader in the transition to cleaner energy and clean fuels, by helping the world decarbonise to reach net-zero emissions in an affordable and sustainable way.

Santos is one of Australia’s biggest domestic gas suppliers and a leading LNG supplier in the Asia Pacific region. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas in a more sustainable way through decarbonising projects, including the Moomba CCS Project, while we all transition to cleaner fuels.

As customer demand evolves, Santos will grow and develop its cleaner energy and clean fuels, including hydrogen through carbon capture and storage, nature-based offsets, energy efficiency and use of renewables in its operations.

In 2022, to deliver the transition and our new Purpose and Vision, Santos announced a restructure of the business into two divisions, Upstream Gas and Liquids and Santos Energy Solutions. Santos Energy Solutions, a new business building on the Energy Solutions team set up in 2017 is the next step in our plans to build our transition business, including our decarbonisation and carbon management services business, on our path to a cleaner energy future.

The Vacation Program

Santos offers 12 weeks’ vacation employment to students who are currently in their penultimate year of undergraduate study. 

• Offered November through February each year
• Provides hands on experience through challenging project work, working alongside subject matter experts
• Gives students the chance to determine their interest in the industry, and Santos an opportunity to assess student potential for the following year’s graduate positions.
• At the conclusion of the program, you will deliver a presentation on your project to various stakeholders within the business and receive structured performance feedback from your Project Leader.

Projects are based in our Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth locations, some projects require students to visit our site locations during placement. In most cases, students are generally employed into projects in their home locations.  In the instance that projects are allocated in an alternate location to the applicant’s home location, Santos will provide appropriate support to those students for the duration of the program in the project location. 

What are we looking for?

We are eager to hear from applicants who are willing to strive for high quality results working in a dynamic and challenging environment and be flexible in their work location. 

Applicants will be in their penultimate year of one of the following disciplines:

• Petroleum Engineering
• Mechanical/Mechatronic/Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Geoscience, Geophysics & Petroleum Geoscience

The Recruitment Process

Applications will close 14 May* and should include a Resume and Academic Transcript. Shortlisted applicants are then invited to complete online assessments followed with a video interview. If we feel you may be a good fit, we want to meet you. Interviews form an important part of the recruitment process and are structured and consistent, providing each candidate an opportunity to demonstrate the required qualities and attributes to succeed in the program. Interviews are structured and consistent allowing all candidates the same opportunity to demonstrate the required attributes. 

*Applications may close earlier if roles are filled.