Senior Power Reliability 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 currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Power Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering and Planning team based in Brisbane, QLD, Perth, WA or Melbourne, VIC on a Permanent Full-Time basis.

Reporting to the Head of Power Engineering, you will play a critical national role in improving the performance and reliability of APA's Power Generation assets across both Eastern and Western Australia. This position provides specialist engineering leadership in reliability and failure analysis, working closely with Site Asset Engineers to drive performance improvement and reduce operational risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the divisional Subject Matter Expert for Reliability Engineering across APA's Power Operations, including thermal generation, renewables, and HVDC transmission assets nationwide.
• Lead the development and implementation of APA Power's asset reliability framework, delivering customer-focused, value-driven initiatives to enhance operational performance.
• Conduct and oversee timely Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and reporting of operational incidents, ensuring consistent and effective resolution.
• Establish core reliability systems, KPIs, and data-driven tools (e.g. Maximo, PowerApps, PowerBI) to support continuous improvement and empower operations teams.
• Drive reliability improvements by embedding Asset Management principles and maintenance strategies tailored to Power Generation assets.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration through regular reliability cadences, RCA investigations, and continuous engagement with operational teams.

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering with eligibility for Engineers Australia membership (CPEng/NER) or equivalent experience.
• Extensive operational engineering experience in the Energy and Power sector, with a solid understanding of industrial reliability best practices.
• Proven ability to lead and influence both technical and non-technical teams to deliver targeted business and reliability outcomes.
• Skilled in applying reliability methodologies including RCA, RCM, FMEA, condition monitoring, and predictive analytics.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based work selection and decision-making frameworks.
• Willing and able to spend time on-site to build relationships, understand plant operations, and proactively identify emerging reliability issues.

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 Sunday 2nd November. Role Reference number JR2838.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.