Senior Rotating Engineer

Description:

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 Rotating Equipment Engineer to join our Engineering and Planning team in Brisbane.

Reporting to the Team Lead Rotating, you will play a key role in providing engineering services to the Operations and Maintenance teams and stakeholders in the east coast gas transmission system. Services include working proactively to manage changes, to deliver reliability improvements in line with the asset management framework, while supporting reactive maintenance/repair as a priority. While primarily office based the position will involve some site travel to engage directly with O&M team members and for familiarisation with equipment/issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide front-line operational technical support for rotating equipment assets. This includes being available for rostered after-hours support.
• Review and manage operational engineering requests, prioritising and executing them based on risk, criticality and cost-benefit.
• Facilitate completion of incident investigations/root cause analysis (RCA) and realistic actions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage changes to rotating equipment, facilitate obsolescence management, drawing updates, and change management as needed.
• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of industry best practice maintenance strategies for rotating equipment.
• Foster strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.
• Develop and improve of condition monitoring practices enabling prediction of future failures for key equipment types (compressor, engines, generators, pumps, etc.), and preventative maintenance optimisation.

About You

• Hold a tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience in gas transmission/production, power generation, or other heavy industries is highly regarded, but we welcome candidates with relevant experience in related fields.
• Experience working with rotating equipment preferably including turbines, compressors, and pumps.
• Proficient in incident investigation/RCA and reporting.
• Experience with facilitating risk assessments and risk management processes.
• Have a track record of delivering business improvement outcomes in maintenance, and reliability.
• Strong team player with a commitment to applying expertise while continuously developing skills in a collaborative environment.

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.