The Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate in Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) is seeking a motivated professional to lead its regulatory services for petroleum and fuel gas pipelines.

Would you like to use your expert technical knowledge and experience to drive and shape the safety and health regulation of petroleum and fuel gas pipelines in Queensland?

Are you keen to be a leader in fuel gas pipeline infrastructure safety as it adapts to emerging industries for transporting hydrogen and other related fuels ensuring worker and community safety?

Can you meet the challenge of working with a broad spectrum of government and industry professionals to create and inform a responsive regulatory framework while contributing to a program that builds knowledge and capability within the Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate?

Job details

The Principal Inspector, Pipelines, has a pivotal leadership role within the Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate at RSHQ. As a member of the Inspectorate's Leadership Team, you will demonstrate safety and health leadership for petroleum and fuel gas pipeline operations including gathering pipelines, transmission pipelines, distribution pipelines, and distribution systems.

To do this you will be a motivated professional with demonstrated engineering expertise and experience in pipeline operations, petroleum and fuel gas safety and health management, production, storage, transport and utilisations. Understanding, or a capacity to rapidly acquire an understanding, of recent legislative changes to extend the regulatory framework for petroleum and fuel gas pipelines to hydrogen, hydrogen blends and hydrogen carriers will be highly regarded.

Appointed as an inspector under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (the Act), you will have experience with shift work, on call or after-hours roster arrangements.

In the role you will be called upon to interpret, apply, and provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders on the application of legislation, relevant Australian standards, policies, and procedures relating to petroleum and fuel gas pipeline operations.

A tertiary qualification (bachelor's degree or higher) in engineering and RPEQ or CP Eng competency or equivalent is required for this position.

As the Principal Inspector, Pipelines you will lead the Inspectorate's strategic delivery of risk-based regulatory services to monitor and enforce provisions of the Act relating to safety and health for petroleum and fuel gas pipelines.

Key accountabilities include:

• Leading and coordinating audits, inspections, safety alerts and investigation activities to ensure corrective measures are implemented
• Monitoring and reporting on industry trends, emerging technologies and developments in safety management systems to improve safety outcomes and reduce harm
• Responding to high level enquiries from members of the public, industry, internal and external clients and analyse, recommend and/or determine appropriate action and follow through to ensure all client enquiries are satisfactorily dealt with within timeframes.
• Liaising and coordinating timely provision of professional and specialist advice and information to industry and government including representation of RSHQ at standards committees, industry bodies and conferences as required.

The role description will outline any qualifications, licences and specific requirements of the role. If you are interested in this job we encourage you to read the attached role description and talk to the contact officer.

• Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies (identical or similar).
• Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• Prior to appointment, current and previous public sector employees are required to disclose any history of serious disciplinary action in accordance with section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• All employees are required to disclose any interest/s that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with the discharge of their duties in accordance with section 182 of the Public Sector Act 2022.

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Further information

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Documents

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• RSHQ573740 Principal Inspector Pipelines (48856) - RD (PDF, 1.19MB)
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