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 currently have an opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineering Officer to join our Engineering and Technical Solutions team on a permanent full-time basis, ideally based in NSW. Candidates located in Brisbane or Melbourne will also be considered.

Reporting to the Team Lead Pipelines (East), you will play a key role in supporting and partnering with state-based Project Managers, providing technical leadership and coordination to enable the safe and effective delivery of projects across the portfolio. This role has a strong field-facing and delivery focus, with regular time spent on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical and delivery support across all phases of the project lifecycle, from concept through to construction, commissioning, handover and close-out
• Coordinate and manage technical activities to ensure project outcomes are delivered in line with approved scope, standards, safety, and schedule requirements
• Act as a key technical interface between project teams, contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Support Project Managers with planning, execution, and resolution of technical, commercial, and delivery issues
• Lead and oversee construction, commissioning, handover, and close-out activities in the field
• Provide on-site leadership to contractors and field teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of works
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, with a strong focus on productivity, cost reduction, and value creation through insourcing opportunities
• Build and maintain collaborative, productive working relationships with internal teams, contractors, and customers

Your Background

• Bachelor of Engineering or relevant technical/trade background (highly regarded), with project management experience ideally in asset delivery or brownfields environments
• Demonstrated experience delivering brownfields pipeline projects, including excavation, repairs, and modifications
• Strong field experience with proven field leadership capabilities
• Background in oil & gas, power generation, or similar asset-intensive environments, including design, construction, and commissioning
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively within a team
• Strong communication skills, with confidence engaging a broad range of stakeholders
• Willingness to spend extended periods in the field, including remote project work when required (NSW-based candidates with local asset familiarity preferred)

About the Team

Infrastructure Projects is a passionate, multi-disciplinary design and delivery team spanning engineering and project management. The team delivers projects across APA’s asset base, including natural gas transmission, power generation, renewables, and electricity transmission. These projects play a critical role in ensuring APA’s assets continue to meet customer, community, and regulatory expectations, supporting APA’s vision to be world-class.

If you’re looking to play a senior, hands-on role in the energy industry—where you spend real time in the field, take ownership of delivery, and actively contribute to cost reduction and smarter ways of working—this is the role for you.

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.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.