Access and Approvals (Native Title and Heritage) Lead

About the role

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 an Access and Approvals (Native Title and Heritage) Lead to join us in our Access & Approvals team in Perth on a full-time permanent basis. Reporting to the Manager Native Title and Heritage, you will play a key role to support the development and operations of APA Group's projects and assets by contributing technical expertise on Native Title and heritage matters. This role works closely with Traditional Owners, government agencies, and internal project teams to ensure activities comply with Native Title and heritage legislation, uphold cultural obligations, and foster respectful, long‑term relationships with First Nations stakeholders. The Access, Approvals and Geospatial Solutions; Infrastructure Delivery West team is committed to building strong relationships, securing land access and project approvals and fostering positive community outcomes across all stages of project development. We support the delivery of energy infrastructure projects within Western Australia by providing expert services in land access, regulatory planning and approvals. We provide end-to-end land access, environmental, and planning support for all new development projects. Our services span across gas transmission, gas-fired power generation, future fuels, renewable energy, and power transmission infrastructure. Working at APA At APA, we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we'll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life. We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best. We are APA At APA, we're taking on one of Australia's greatest challenges: the energy transition. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play. We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of 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 focused a

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain respectful, collaborative relationships with Native Title groups.
• Review project plans and proposed activities to ensure Native Title and heritage considerations are identified and integrated early.
• Ensure engagement processes align with cultural protocols, community expectations, and company values.
• Provide guidance on native title and heritage requirements, including statutory approval obligations for new projects.
• Identify, schedule, and manage all aspects of native title and heritage workstreams for key projects.
• Overseeing specialist consultants, along with supporting power generation and business development roles by providing advice on feasibility, schedule, and cost of potential projects.
• Develop projects to achieve customer and corporate objectives.
• Support Energy Solutions by providing advice on feasibility, schedule, and cost of potential projects across varied business units.
• Your background
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (such as Archaeology, Planning, Environmental Science, Legal, Sustainability, Construction etc).
• Extensive experience in Indigenous relationships, Indigenous engagement and agreement making.
• Extensive experience (typically 5+ years) in a similar lead role within renewables, infrastructure, civil construction or power projects sector.
• The ability and willingness to travel to both local and remote project sites.
• Sound analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, along with strong attention to detail.
• Able to work both independently and part of a cross functional team.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with capacity to influence and negotiate.
• Ability to manage a range of competing priorities and projects to meet deadlines.
• High level conceptual, analytical, and interpretive skills.

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