Preparing for a job at Santos
Preparing for Santos means showing you can help an Adelaide-based gas and oil producer run assets across Australia and Papua New Guinea while it builds carbon capture capability.
What Santos is known for
Being one of Australia's largest independent producers of natural gas, LNG and oil.
Assets that include the Cooper Basin, PNG LNG, GLNG and Barossa.
Developing carbon capture and storage, including the Moomba project, plus interests in Alaska and Timor-Leste.
What tends to matter at Santos
The capabilities that shape most roles here, and how to get ready for each.
Onshore and offshore operations
Santos runs both inland basin operations and offshore gas, each with distinct demands.
How to prepare: Prepare examples relevant to the asset type you are targeting, such as remote onshore field work or offshore facility reliability.
Carbon capture know-how
Carbon capture and storage is a growing part of the company's activity.
How to prepare: Learn the basics of how captured carbon is compressed, transported and stored, and how your skills could support such projects.
Partner and community relationships
Work in Papua New Guinea and remote Australian regions depends on strong local relationships.
How to prepare: Bring a story about building trust with a community, landholder, partner or remote team and working through differences respectfully.
Cost-conscious delivery
An independent producer needs projects and operations that stay disciplined on cost and schedule.
How to prepare: Prepare an example of finding a more efficient way to deliver work without compromising safety.
The MinTraq readiness lens for Santos
MinTraq measures readiness in four areas. Here is how each one applies at Santos.
Strong engineering, geoscience, commercial or environmental fundamentals, applied to gas, LNG and carbon storage, are the core requirement.
Expect situations around remote operations, safety decisions and balancing stakeholder needs in different countries.
Leaders are likely to be judged on running safe, efficient operations across dispersed sites and guiding teams through new energy projects.
Remote monitoring, automation and data analytics are well suited to dispersed fields, so practical digital skills add value in many roles.
Same company, different preparation
Preparing for Santos is not one thing. What you need to show depends on the role you want.
Field operations and maintenance
Preparation centres on safe production, equipment reliability and working effectively on remote rosters and sites.
Prepare for this role →Subsurface and carbon storage
The focus shifts to reservoir understanding, well performance and assessing formations for long-term carbon storage.
Prepare for this role →Commercial and stakeholder roles
Here the emphasis is on gas marketing, partnerships, approvals and community relations across Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Prepare for this role →How MinTraq builds your Santos preparation
- 1Choose your target roleTell us the role you want at Santos, and your current experience.
- 2Take a calibrated assessmentFunctional knowledge, situational judgement, leadership where relevant, and AI readiness, weighted for Santos and that role.
- 3See your gap analysisA clear view of your strongest areas and the gaps that matter most, not a generic score.
- 4Close the gapsLearning pathways built from your own gaps, not a one-size-fits-all course list.
- 5Rehearse with MiraPractise interviews with Mira, our interview practice partner, prepared for Santos and your role.
Santos at a glance
Common questions about preparing for Santos
What should I learn about Santos before applying?
Understand its main assets, the difference between onshore basin and offshore LNG operations, and its work on carbon capture, then link your experience to the area you are targeting.
Are carbon capture skills useful at Santos?
Yes, carbon capture and storage is an active area, so knowledge of subsurface storage, compression or environmental approvals can strengthen your preparation.
How can MinTraq help me prepare for Santos?
MinTraq builds a preparation journey around Santos and the role you want. It measures your readiness, shows the gaps that matter most for that role, recommends learning for those gaps and lets you rehearse interviews with Mira, MinTraq's interview practice partner.
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