IOC Project 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 now have an exciting opportunity available for an IOC Project Engineer to join us in our Market Services team in Brisbane, QLD on a Permanent Full Time Contract.

Reporting to the Head of the Integrated Operations Control Room (IOC), you will ensure IOC requirements and operational impacts are identified, considered and addressed throughout new projects, enabling a smooth and successful transition into IOC.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Project Delivery teams to ensure IOC requirements are considered early and embedded across design, construction, commissioning and handover activities.
• Support the smooth transition of new or modified assets into IOC operations, ensuring they are safe, reliable and ready for day-to-day operational management.
• Act as a key link between project teams and operational stakeholders, helping to bridge gaps and ensure alignment throughout the transition process.
• Contribute operational insight during design reviews, acceptance testing and commissioning to ensure assets are practical, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Partner with project teams to identify and manage risks, ensuring operational impacts are understood and appropriately mitigated.
• Prepare and deliver training and ensure appropriate knowledge transfer from project teams to the IOC team.
• Help develop and refine integration processes to support ongoing continuous improvement and reduce commissioning delays.

Your Background

• Experience in operations, commissioning, asset integration or project transition within infrastructure, energy or a similar operational environment.
• A strong safety mindset, with the ability to balance big-picture thinking with operational detail.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence and tailor messaging to a range of stakeholders.
• Confidence working in complex environments, applying sound judgement and taking accountability for outcomes.
• Experience supporting or leading change, helping teams transition smoothly through new ways of working.
• Experience working within regulated environments, with a solid understanding of compliance, operational standards and continuous improvement practices.

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.​

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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, 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.