The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Project Engineer – Mechanical to join us in our Engineering and Planning team in Brisbane, QLD on 14 month Max Term Contract.

Reporting to the Lead Project Engineer, you will play a vital role in offering technical support, under general supervision, for the design and engineering services of mechanical and piping engineering projects, including fixed and mobile plants, piping systems, pumps, and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance of all mechanical and pipeline engineering projects with statutory, regulatory requirements, as well as company policies and procedures.
• Guaranteeing that pipeline engineering projects are completed within the specified time frame and budget.
• Developing both preliminary and detailed designs for mechanical and pipeline engineering projects while ensuring alignment with the project scope, including all conditions and parameters.
• Preparing documentation related to standards, procedures, safe working practices, and monitoring protocols for work on or around pipeline engineering projects.
• Collaborating with engineers and draftspersons from other departments to ensure pipeline project objectives are achieved.
• Supporting pipeline engineering and infrastructure commissioning activities.
• Assisting in the creation of the pipeline engineering budget and addressing any discrepancies from the planned budget.

Your background

• Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices, including pipeline engineering, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and company policies.
• Ability to manage pipeline engineering projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
• Proven experience in developing project scopes of work.
• Skilled in preparing documentation for standards, procedures, safe working practices, and monitoring protocols related to pipeline engineering projects.
• Effective collaboration skills for liaising with engineers and draftspersons from other departments to achieve pipeline project objectives.
• Capable of supporting mechanical engineering tasks within project frameworks.

Working at APA

At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

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

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

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

Role closes Sunday, 27 April 2025. Role Reference Number JR2374

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.