Senior Engineer - Power

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 Engineer - Power to join us in our Infrastructure Delivery – Infrastructure Engineering team Perth, WA on a Permanent Full Time opportunity.

Reporting to the Manager, Power Engineering West, you will play a key role in delivering complex engineering solutions, providing specialist technical expertise, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving innovation and continuous improvement in engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex power engineering projects, with a focus on primary electrical systems and high-voltage transmission infrastructure.
• Provide specialist technical expertise in the design, development and implementation of primary electrical engineering solutions, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake technical reviews, engineering assessments and complex problem-solving to deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective transmission solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, project managers and key stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in engineering practices, providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.

 

Your background

 

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with significant experience in power engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in primary electrical engineering and high-voltage transmission systems, including substations and associated infrastructure.
• Strong technical knowledge of primary plant equipment, electrical design principles, transmission networks and relevant Australian standards.
• Proven ability to lead complex engineering projects, resolve technical challenges and deliver high-quality engineering solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

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.​

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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, 15 November 2026. Role Reference Number: JR5179

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.