Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

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 a Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer to join us in our Engineering & Technical Solutions - Operations team in Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth on a Permanent Full Time Basis. Reporting to the Manager Engineering Design, you will play a key role in providing technical leadership and engineering expertise across a range of projects. Leveraging your advanced engineering knowledge, you will support project delivery, solve complex technical challenges, and develop high-quality, fit-for-purpose solutions while guiding and mentoring others within the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate engineering design activities, ensuring high-quality outcomes are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
• Provide technical leadership and specialist advice within the engineering discipline, supporting teams to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Review and assure the quality of engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with relevant standards, governance requirements, and best practices.
• Contribute to concept development and early-stage project planning by providing practical and innovative engineering input.
• Support resource planning and workload management, including coordinating specialist expertise and external design partners where required.
• About You
• Degree-qualified engineer with experience delivering engineering design solutions within infrastructure, utilities, energy, resources, or a similar technical environment.
• Strong technical expertise with the ability to solve complex engineering challenges and provide guidance to project teams and stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple projects and collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
• Sound understanding of engineering governance, quality assurance processes, and project delivery frameworks.
• Strong organisational, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Working at APA
• At APA, we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.
• 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 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 on Sunday, 12 July 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4567
• APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
• We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.

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