Intermediate Electrical and Instrumentation Design Engineer

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 for an Intermediate Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Design Engineer to join our Engineering & Technical Solutions team on a permanent, full-time basis, based in Perth, Brisbane or Melbourne.

Reporting to the Lead E&I Engineer, you will produce and check E&I design deliverables under the direction of senior engineers, deepening your technical capability across electrical power, instrumentation and control, and hazardous area design.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver E&I design across APA’s gas transmission assets, including pipelines, compressor stations, meter and regulator stations, and associated facilities, working within a multidisciplinary team on projects from concept and detailed design through to construction support.
• Produce electrical design deliverables, including single-line diagrams, cable sizing and schedules, load lists, earthing and lightning protection, and equipment specifications.
• Develop instrumentation and control deliverables, including instrument datasheets and indices, P&ID mark-ups, loop and wiring diagrams, and cause & effect matrices.
• Carry out hazardous area classification and Ex equipment selection to the AS/NZS IEC 60079 series, consistent with APA’s gas facility requirements.
• Prepare engineering calculations, technical specifications and material take-offs, and support the review and squad checking of design outputs
•  Contribute to design reviews, HAZOP/LOPA and safety-in-design workshops and incorporate outcomes into design deliverables.
• Liaise with drafters, other disciplines, vendors and site personnel to resolve design queries and ensure constructible, compliant outcomes.

Your background

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical, Electronic, Instrumentation or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Extensive experience in E&I design, ideally within oil & gas, energy, utilities or heavy industrial sectors.
• Sound working knowledge of relevant standards, including AS/NZS 3000, AS/NZS 3008 and the AS/NZS IEC 60079 (hazardous areas) series.
• Demonstrated ability to produce and check E&I design deliverables with limited supervision.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD.
• Experience with gas transmission or pipeline facilities (compressor and meter/regulator stations) and familiarity with AS 2885 (desirable).
• Exposure to functional safety (IEC 61508 / 61511) and SIL assessment (desirable).
• Chartered status (CPEng) and NER registration; RPEQ registration — or eligibility to obtain it — is required to deliver professional engineering work in Queensland.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-engagement skills, with a collaborative approach within 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 Tuesday, 18 August 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4761

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.