Senior Technical Officer - Mechanical

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 Senior Technical Officer - Mechanical to join us in our Operations & Maintenance team in Warnambool, VIC on a full time permanent basis.

Reporting to the Team Leader Asset Operations SEAGas VIC, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation, maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement of the high-pressure Gas pipeline assets, in order to meet customer requirements across SEAGas assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine mechanical maintenance and support plant upgrades, including equipment inspections, reliability checks, installation and commissioning of new or modified equipment in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
• Prepare, co-ordinate, and implement plans for the installation or modification of equipment to enhance operational effectiveness and meet customer requirements.
• Ensure compliance with standards, including liaising with engineers and other relevant personnel, reviewing plans/designs, and making recommendations on equipment modifications, designs, and specifications.
• Monitor equipment performance, analyse and interpret operational data to maintain asset integrity, optimise system efficiency, and promptly diagnose and rectify faults to ensure reliable operation.
• Perform site overhauls on meter and compressor station equipment, identifying abnormal conditions and resolving complex mechanical faults.
• Ensure reliable mechanical operations across multiple sites in South West Victoria, with a valid driver’s licence and participation in a 1-in-4 on-call roster.

Your background

• Extensive experience in mechanical maintenance, overhauls, and fault finding on rotating and static plant equipment, with a Mechanical Engineering Certificate III or equivalent.
• Strong technical knowledge of compressors, pumps, valves, regulators, actuators, gearboxes, and associated mechanical systems.
• Proven ability to analyse historical and operational data to diagnose faults, perform complex diagnostics, precision alignment, vibration analysis, and condition-based maintenance.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, P&IDs, and manufacturer specifications to support equipment reliability and performance improvements.
• Experience supervising maintenance tasks, coordinating contractors, and contributing to plant upgrades while maintaining a strong safety and compliance focus.
• Previous experience in gas pipeline infrastructure (MPR and compressor stations) is desirable but not essential, depending on overall mechanical maintenance experience.

About the Team

Example: The Operations & Maintenance team exist to safely operate APA Power, Transmission, Midstream and Network assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner to enable APA to achieve its business strategy and goals, extract maximum value from its assets, and deliver value for its customers.

To help APA Securing Australia’s Energy Future, the Operations teams focus is on Our People, Operational Excellence and Creating Value. We are also making great strides towards achieving our net zero ambition, enabling APA to be world class in energy solutions. 

This is an exciting time for the team, we need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact.

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.