Engineering Manager - Gas Powered Generation (Brisbane)

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. 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 Engineering Manager – Gas Powered Generation (GPG) to join us in our Infrastructure Engineering team in Brisbane, QLD or Sydney, NSW on a Permanent Full-Time basis.

Reporting to the Head of GPG Engineering Solutions, you will play a key role in leading the engineering lifecycle across your assigned portfolio, ensuring GPG projects are developed and delivered to achieve fit-for-purpose technical solutions that meet APA and customer requirements. You will provide technical leadership to drive quality, compliance and alignment with project objectives, while mentoring and supporting the development of the engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead technical input into origination and early-stage development, including opportunity screening, site selection, concept definition, and technology assessment for gas-powered generation projects.
- Provide engineering leadership across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and FEED through to review of detailed design (contractor-led), construction support, commissioning, and operational integration.
- Lead the technical aspects of key supply and construct agreements, ensuring optimal technical and commercial outcomes across design, engineering, equipment selection, construction interfaces, and connection scopes.
- Manage engineering interfaces and oversee deliverables from consultants, Owners’ Engineers (OE), OEMs, vendors, and contractors within complex multi-contract project environments.
- Prepare, review and oversee engineering documentation including specifications, datasheets, technical reports, drawings and design deliverables.
- Support commercial and project development activities through technical input into business cases, contract negotiations, risk assessments, and vendor evaluations.

Your background

- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, enabling eligibility for corporate membership with Engineers Australia or equivalent professional body.
- Demonstrated experience across early-stage development, design and delivery of gas-fired power generation projects, ideally within an Owners’ Engineer, EPC, or infrastructure delivery environment.
- Strong technical judgement, with the ability to balance risk, cost, performance and schedule considerations.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering activities across complex infrastructure or energy projects.
- Working knowledge of Australian Standards, applicable international standards, and relevant environmental, health, and safety legislation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical, operational, and commercial teams.
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ), or eligibility to obtain registration within 12 months.

Working at APA

At APA, we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.

We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we’ll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.

We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.

We are APA

At APA, we’re taking on one of Australia’s greatest challenges: the energy transition. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of 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 focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, cutting-edge, 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.

Role closes on Thursday, 4 June 2026. Role Reference Number: JR3814

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

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