Planning Engineer

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 Planning Engineer to join the APA Networks team in Thomastown VIC, on a permanent fulltime basis.

Reporting directly to the Team Leader Asset Planning, you provide engineering expertise for the development of asset management strategies for the gas distribution network.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a wide range of asset strategies balancing Cost, Risk and Performance
• Monitor existing network performance, maintain network capacity models to identify gas supply risks to existing customers & lead emergency load management.
• Develop and optimise network augmentation designs and business cases for organic growth and major customer changes in conjunction with the commercial and energy transition departments
• Provide capacity assessment and engineering support of new biogas and hydrogen projects
• Asset management plans, input into capital expenditure plans and pressure surveillance strategies, as well as, develop gas network asset lifecycle strategies aimed at optimising asset value and reducing costs
• Mains replacement programme of works, develop replacement strategies and optimise mains replacement designs

Your background

• Tertiary engineering qualifications with quality post graduate experience.
• Gas industry and asset management of gas assets an advantage
• Detailed knowledge of gas network, pipelines and associated infrastructure design construction and maintenance policies, procedures and practices is preferred
• Working knowledge of gas hydraulic modelling packages for steady state and transient flow modelling preferred
• Experience with developing and utilising utility-based asset management systems, processes and tools is desirable
• Experience with analysis of data and information management is desirable

About the Team

Networks manages and operates local distribution networks and transmission pipelines that deliver gas to around 1.4 million households and businesses across Australia.

This is an exciting time for the Networks team, we are growing and expanding with many new projects, including biogas and hydrogen. Also, 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 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 Monday, 1 September, 2025. Role Reference number JR3085.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.