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 a Renewables & Transmission Performance Optimisation Analyst to join us in our Engineering & Planning team Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne or Sydney on a Permanent full-time basis.
Reporting to the Power Performance Optimisation Manager, you will play a key role in the optimisation of APA's Power Generation Assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimise the performance of APA power generation assets, extracting maximum value to meet the nameplate capacity of the assets
- Support in achieving APA's emissions reduction targets by running APA Power assets in the most efficient way possible
- Manage generation lifecycle costs though creation, maintenance and socialisation of operational plans aligned with business strategic imperatives
- Incorporate evidence-based analysis and creative problem-solving into effective advice so that plant operators may achieve optimum financial performance of power generation systems
- Create, maintain, and automate datasets and reports to effectively communicate plant performance to leadership and decision makers
Your background
- Demonstrated expertise with merit order dispatch, financial analysis of energy systems, and/or maintenance of energy market models
- Experience in development and execution of system optimisation strategies
- An expert data-user, incorporating a variety of sources and types of data into your solutions
- Experience interpreting contracts
- Proven collaboration and influencing capability, applied across diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders
About the Team
At APA, our Power Systems Engineering Team is responsible for ensuring reliable and efficient operations of our assets. We achieve this through a combination of innovative strategies, cutting-edge technologies, and expert knowledge.
Our team is comprised of highly skilled engineers who work tirelessly to ensure that our power generation and transmission facilities are operating at peak performance. From maintenance strategy to outage management, we strive to optimise every aspect of our operations to ensure APA's assets keep up with expectations of customers, the community and APA's vision to be world class.
Working at APA
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 provides you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, work-life balance and wellbeing programs. APA also have an inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.
Sound like your kind of career? We'd love to hear from you.
Role closes Sunday 31st of March. Role Reference number 5903.
PD is available on request by emailing recruitment@apa.com.au quoting reference number above
