AddressAbout Us
APA is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We own and/or manage and operate a diverse, $22 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets. Consistent with our purpose to strengthen communities through responsible energy, we deliver approximately half of the nation's gas usage and connect Victoria with South Australia, Tasmania with Victoria and New South Wales with Queensland through our investments in electricity transmission assets. We are also one of the largest owners and operators of renewable power generation assets in Australia, with wind and solar projects across the country.
We employ more than 2,200 people across Australia and know that they are the key to our success. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture, where all our people feel safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.
The Opportunity
We now have an exciting opportunity available for an early career IE Engineer to join our Engineering and Planning team in Brisbane, QLD on a full-time 15 month fixed term basis. Learn more about working for APA at Working at APA
Reporting to the Team Lead Facilities Engineering Instrumentation and Electrical, you will play a key role in providing maintenance support and supporting reliability initiatives that drives operational excellence across APA facilities in transmission and midstream. This position will be assigned a region of responsibility to support by leveraging knowledge within the Facilities Engineering team and broader organisation. This includes generating improvement opportunities for new projects and providing operations engineering input to existing projects in this region.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver improved operational and maintenance support for APA above ground assets centred on Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering.
- The team's technical areas of work include control systems hardware, software and logic, instrumentation, electrical, remote support, hazardous areas, control valves, pressure regulation, HAZOP/CHAZOP, SIL, PI historian, and communications. Equipment includes pressure vessels, metering, gas filtration and separation, centrifugal (turbine) and reciprocating compression, power generation, utility gas/air systems, heaters, PLC/RTU's, LV electrical distribution and protection, and other related items associated with APA's gas transmission pipeline systems.
- Regular site travel and on call duty required.
- Collaboration with other Engineering disciplines and APA departments expected.
- Provide input on implementing Asset Management principles; specifically, reliability and maintenance strategies.
About You
- Tertiary qualification in Electrical, Mechatronics Engineering or similar admitting to corporate membership of the Institute of Engineers, Australia or equivalent experience (Required)
- Experience in hydrocarbon operations environment and gas transmission electrical, control and instrumentation engineering (required)
- Working knowledge of Australian and international electrical codes and standards (Required).
- Good interpersonal skills and capable of relating to all levels of staff & management.
- Self-motivated with strong investigation and fault analysis skills.
- Demonstrated experience in proactive site support and maintenance cultures within owner operating companies
- Background in mature Asset Management business processes for owner operators; specifically, criticality, RCM and RBI is beneficial.
Sound like your kind of career? We'd love to hear from you.
APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety and sustainability of our people, community and environment is our focus. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.
APA Group focuses to provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, work-life balance and wellbeing programs.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.
Role closes 10th of March 2024 Role Reference number 5746.
PD is available on request by emailing recruitment@apa.com.au
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