Senior Technical Officer - Electrical and Instrumentation

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 Senior Technical Officer - Electrical & Instrumentation to join us in our Operations & Maintenance based in Brooklyn or Dandenong, VIC on a full time permanent basis.

Reporting to the Regional Manager Central, you will play a key role in carrying out preventive and breakdown maintenance to fixed and mobile plant.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspecting work area and plant for hazards, damage, and defects.
• Examining drawings or specifications to determine work methods, sequence of activities, or manufacture of components.
• Following procedures and instructions on preventative maintenance
• Diagnosing Faults or Breakdowns and undertaking repairs or component changeouts as required
• Being a part of an On-Call roster
• Willingness to travel/drive to various sites/locations in both regional and metropolitan.

Your background

Essential:

• Licenced "A" grade Electrician
• Victorian drivers licence

Desirable

• Instrumentation and control certificate IV.
• Electrical equipment in Hazardous Area qualification/experience
• Gas turbine experience/Type B Gas Appliance Licence

About the Team

The Operations & Maintenance team exist to safely operate APA Transmission assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner to enable APA to achieve its business strategy and goals, extract maximum value from its assets, and deliver value for its customers.

To help APA Securing Australia's Energy Future, the Operations teams focus is on Our People, Operational Excellence and Creating Value. We are also making great strides towards achieving our net zero ambition, 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.

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 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 27th April 2025. Role Reference number JR2454.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.