Native Title Lead

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 now have an exciting opportunity available for a Native Title Lead to join our Access and Approvals team in Perth on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Access and Approvals Manager, you will build, manage, and maintain trusting, respectful and productive relationships with traditional owners, have a good moral compass and act with integrity, negotiating native title agreements and providing advice in relation to native title for new development projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide extensive guidance on the native title requirements for new projects.
• Identify, schedule and manage all aspects of the native title workstreams for key projects
• Overseeing specialist consultants, along with supporting power generation and business development roles by providing advice on feasibility, schedule, and cost of potential projects
• Assess strategies and feasibility for land access options required for development projects
• Develop projects to achieve customer and corporate objectives

Your background 

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (such as Archaeology, Planning, Environmental Science, Legal, Sustainability, Construction etc).
• Extensive experience in Indigenous relationships, Indigenous engagement and agreement making.
• Extensive experience in a similar lead role within the renewables, infrastructure, construction or power projects sector
• The ability and willing to travel to remote project sites
• Sound analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, along with strong attention to detail

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 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.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.