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WorkPac secures Santos maintenance contract

29/06/2019BY: Tracey Mesken

​The WorkPac Group, a leading provider of workforce management, project management, training and technology solutions, today announced that it is the successful bidder for a Santos blue collar personnel services contract in the Cooper Basin.

The contract, providing employment services of maintenance staff in the field and at the Moomba plant, has a duration of three years.

As a frontrunner in the delivery of career options and employment opportunities throughout South Australia, WorkPac's core business is the sourcing, selection, recruitment, mobilisation and management of people to the resources, construction, industrial and healthcare sectors.

Business Centre Manager for WorkPac Adelaide, Mr Trian Misso said, “We are excited to grow our relationship with Santos. We are honoured to be working with one of the leading independent oil and gas producers in the Asia-Pacific region, supplying the energy to homes, businesses and major industries across Australia and Asia.”

“As a specialist supply partner with proven capability and experience in optimising productivity and mitigating risk we look forward to supporting Santos’ operations.”

“For WorkPac, who are already regarded in the Adelaide market as a leading supplier of temporary, contract and permanent staff, it is an opportunity to for us to extend our regional contribution into the Cooper Basin. It also offers our large database of South Australian workers further growth and employment opportunities.”

About Santos in the Cooper Basin

The Cooper Basin contains approximately 150 gas fields and 90 oil fields currently on production. These fields contain approximately 700 producing gas wells and more than 360 producing oil wells which feed into production facilities at Moomba in South Australia and Ballera in Queensland through approximately 5,600 kilometres of pipelines and flowlines via 15 major satellite facilities incorporating field boost compression (65 satellite compressors, 15 nodal compressors).

The Moomba facility also incorporates substantial underground storage for processed sales gas and ethane.

About WorkPac

WorkPac is Australia’s largest privately-owned human capital solutions provider. The Company delivers temporary and permanent people solutions to the mining, construction, engineering, manufacturing and healthcare industries. WorkPac operates in over 35 offices across Australia, predominantly in regional and rural locations and employs over 350 full-time staff. Through its specialised divisions WorkPac provides whole-of-business solutions for clients who require multi-disciplined and experienced staff across all blue collar and white collar role disciplines. Find out more at www.workpac.com