About Us

APA is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We own and/or manage and operate a diverse, $22 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets. Consistent with our purpose to strengthen communities through responsible energy, we deliver approximately half of the nation’s gas usage and connect Victoria with South Australia, Tasmania with Victoria and New South Wales with Queensland through our investments in electricity transmission assets. We are also one of the largest owners and operators of renewable power generation assets in Australia, with wind and solar projects across the country.

We employ more than 2,200 people across Australia and know that they are the key to our success. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture, where all our people feel safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

The Opportunity

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Spatial Services Analyst to join us in our Network Services team in Eagle Farm QLD, Kidman Park SA or Thomastown VIC on a Permanent Fulltime basis. The Spatial Services team provides spatial information services and digital asset management services to support Network Services in the delivery of key business initiative and works program the program across Australia.

Reporting to the Manager of Spatial Services, you will play a key role in contributing to delivering geospatial products, services and solutions to our internal and external customers that supports their delivery of crucial asset-based business initiatives and work programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform spatial analysis and report on findings to support improvements to our physical and digital asset infrastructure.
• Integrate information captured from a variety of methods and data formats including field sketches and mobile devices into corporate data structures.
• Maintain an increasing range of data, in volume and formats, required to be captured by the business.
• Create and generate maps and report using a variety of digital technology including GE Smallword, esri ArcGIS and AutoCAD.
• Develop GIS mobile / web applications and support the business users of these solutions.

Your background

• Tertiary qualification in Geography (GIS, Surveying, IT or related field) and/or substantial relevant demonstrated industry experience in lieu of tertiary qualification.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of GIS software and technology in an operational environment or a utility industry such as Gas or Energy.
• Strong knowledge and skills in data analytics, digital visualisation, web-based mobile mapping and map production.
• Knowledge of GE Smallworld products is preferred or other industry standard GIS software including esri and AutoCAD.
• Understanding of geospatial data including georeference systems, datums, map projections, data types, data quality, surveying & GPS capture and metadata.
• Sound analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail.

About the Team

Technology underpins everything we do at APA from helping connect millions of Australians to essential energy sources every day to achieving our net zero ambition - and the capability for our people to make this happen.

To help APA power ahead, the Spatial Services teams is focused on enhancing APAs geospatial technology offering, providing innovative and progressive solutions - enabling APA to be world class in energy solutions.

This is an exciting time for the team. We need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact – change makers and risk takers.

Working at APA

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety and sustainability of our people, community and environment is our focus. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

APA provides you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, work–life balance and wellbeing programs. APA also have an inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

Sound like your kind of career? We’d love to hear from you.

Role closes Sunday 14th May 2023. Role Reference number 4031.

PD is available on request by emailing recruitment@apa.com.au quoting reference number above.