Head of Environment & Heritage

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 Head of Environment & Heritage to join our People, Safety and Culture team in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office on a permanent full-time basis. 

Reporting to the General Manager HSEH, you will lead the Environment and Heritage (E&H) function across APA, shaping the enterprise approach and enabling the business to deliver its environmental and cultural heritage obligations. 

This is a strategic leadership role with a strong focus on business partnering, influencing Executives and senior leaders to drive accountability, informed decision making and consistent performance across a complex national asset base. 

You will provide clear enterprise leadership across environment and cultural heritage, ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations while supporting the business to operate responsibly and maintain constructive relationships with Traditional Owners. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and develop a team of Environment & Heritage Business Partners  

• Partner with and influence Executives and their leadership teams to drive alignment and outcomes in a complex environment  

• Deliver the HSEH Strategy, with a focus on E&H initiatives across the business  

• Strengthen governance and assurance frameworks at an enterprise level  

• Oversee line 2 assurance, investigations and performance reporting  

• Support Executive and Board forums, contributing insights and influencing direction on E&H performance and disclosures 

Your Background

• Experience in senior environment, sustainability or ESG leadership roles 

• Strong capability in governance, assurance and enterprise frameworks 

• Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders in complex environments 

• Collaborative leadership style, with a focus on enabling teams and building capability 

• Sound judgement and sensitivity across cultural heritage and Indigenous engagement 

• Comfortable operating in evolving environments, with the ability to build alignment and momentum over time 

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 Wednesday, 15 July 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4647

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.