Head of Real Estate

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 for a Head of Property & Fleet Services to join our Procurement and Real Estate team in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane office on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the General Manager Procurement & Real Estate, you will be responsible for shaping APA's property and fleet strategy at a national scale, ensuring we derive maximum value from completed and upcoming workplace transformations, while re-imagining the office experience for our people.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of APA's property transformation agenda, deriving value from completed On the Move projects and overseeing upcoming programs.

• Shape APA's Office Experience, ensuring workplaces foster collaboration, engagement, and high performance.

• Drive commercial outcomes through portfolio optimisation, leasing strategies, asset management, and vendor partnerships.

• Champion continuous improvement to enhance property and fleet performance, governance, and cost efficiency.

• Provide strategic advice to executives on property, leasing, facilities, and fleet matters to support enterprise priorities.

• Build capability and leadership within the Property & Fleet team, positioning the function as a trusted, commercially minded business partner.

• Monitor market trends, legislation, and external opportunities to inform APA's strategy and asset management approach.

Your background

• Senior leadership experience in Property & Fleet within a large, complex organisation.

• Commercial acumen with the ability to derive measurable value from property and fleet strategies.

• Experience driving continuous improvement and cultural uplift across systems, processes, and teams.

• Proven track record of leading workplace transformation projects (builds, relocations, or consolidations).

• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with the ability to influence at executive level.

• A forward-looking mindset, with interest in workplace experience, employee engagement, and sustainability.

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.