Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel - Energy Solutions and Delivery

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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 have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Legal Counsel - Energy Solutions and Delivery to join the APA Legal, Governance & Regulatory team in Brisbane (preferred), and will consider Sydney, Melbourne or Perth, on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Group Counsel - Energy Solutions & Delivery, the primary objective of this position is to effectively partner with APA's business to provide pragmatic and strategic legal advice and services enabling delivery of Major Projects for the APA Group within APA's risk appetite.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery of effective, timely, commercial and pragmatic legal advice in relation to Energy Projects (on the whole of project basis) and associated general commercial advisory and dispute resolution, including, a wide range of project documents required for any greenfield or brownfield major energy (gas, electricity, hydrogen etc) or renewable energy projects
• Joint venture / bidding agreements, and other documentation for early-stage development projects such as HOAs, MOUs, LOIs and term sheets
• General and ancillary commercial contracts for all business units, such as recoverable works agreements
• High level regulatory matters, including gas inquiries and ring-fencing issues
• Management of legal risk in relation to major projects and commercial areas across the APA business
• Assist the Group Counsel in the design, implementation and governance of standards and processes to drive efficiency in the use of legal services, including self-service tools and guidance materials

Your background

• Admitted to practice as a Legal Practitioner in Australia with a current practising certificate
• Strong and extensive hands-on experience advising on major projects (whole of projects, front and back end) across a wide range of project documents, including regulatory experience, with exposure to construction law / construction contracts
• Excellent contract interpretation, drafting and associated dispute resolution experience
• Advanced knowledge of major projects gained from law firm training, preferably coupled with in-house experience, with demonstrated subject matter expertise in this area
• Technical skills to drive strategy and work as 'trusted advisor' to the business unsupervised and comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change
• Strong communication and influencing skills, collaborative and the ability to work with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders

About The Team

The Legal, Governance & Regulatory function exists to support APA to manage legal risk through the delivery of independent, commercially orientated, cost effective, high quality and timely legal advice and services. We have a strong culture of continuous improvement and working towards Net Zero with the introduction of renewable green gas into the Gas Networks. We need people who are courageous, nimble and ready to make a positive impact.

Working at APA

At APA we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We'll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind 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 centric 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 of our people, community and environment are 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 and during employment.

Role closes Friday, 5 September 2025. Role Reference Number JR3129

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Utilities

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