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SalaryAbout 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 Role
We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Technical Training Coach to join our Operations Learning and Development team in our Eagle Farm, QLD office with the opportunity to work nationally as the business requires. The Training Operations team is responsible for the BAU training and competency development activities, plus apprenticeship coordination.
Reporting to the Training Manager Operations, you will play a key role in ensuring the technical competence of all technicians, controllers, trade-based roles and support roles as well as the technical competence of engineers and other technical professionals.
Key Responsibilities
- Use your operational and technical expertise to coach, mentor and deliver learning solutions in gas pipeline and distribution operations.
- Provide the APA frontline workforce with training and assessment activities, including in-field coaching to develop their capability.
- Coordinate external training providers to deliver technical training as required.
- Utilise LMS for analysing, recording, reporting the APA workforce technical competency information, ensuring all training and assessment records are maintained, in partnership with Training Coordination team.
- Support the infield operational coaches and trainers, who are embedded within the workforce, to provide a consistent and high quality training system.
- Work with Learning Specialists the development of new programs and methodologies and review of current programs.
- Substantial experience in working with gas industry operations
- Experience working with, managing and coaching in a Permit To Work system
- Experience in supporting the development of others through coaching, mentoring and/or training delivery.
- Ability to determine skill requirements for technical roles, assess individual technicians' capability and develop individual training plans.
- TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (preferred or commitment to obtain).
- Trade based qualification (preferred).
- MS Office and Learning Management Systems (LMS) experience.
- Ability to travel to remote locations to provide training as required.
The capability of our workforce to operate and maintain our assets is critical to ensuring we deliver energy to millions of customers throughout Australia.
The Training Operations team drives the coordination and delivery of our wide range of learning solutions to upskill and maintain the technical and compliance based competencies of our frontline employees and contractors.
You will join an experienced team based across the country to deliver this important remit.
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 4th February 2024. Role Reference number 5553.
PD is available on request by emailing quoting reference number above.
