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 Head of Construction Planning & Commissioning to join our Infrastructure Delivery team in our Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne office on a permanent full-time basis.
Reporting to the General Manager Project Delivery, you will play a key role in leading portfolio-wide construction planning, project controls and commissioning across APA’s capital growth projects. This role is critical to ensuring projects are delivered safely, reliably and on time – with a strong focus on commissioning readiness, operational integration and successful asset handover.
You will drive schedule discipline, commissioning readiness and delivery performance across a complex portfolio of infrastructure growth projects, while strengthening capability and embedding best practice across planning and commissioning functions.
Key Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership of construction planning and commissioning across APA’s growth projects portfolio, ensuring reliable, on-time delivery and seamless handover of assets into Operations.
Establish and govern integrated planning frameworks, including Primavera P6 programs, benchmarking and performance reporting to drive schedule discipline and delivery certainty.
Lead the development of advanced project controls capability, including design progress monitoring, earned value management and schedule risk analysis across all capital projects.
Partner with senior leaders across Energy Solutions, Project Delivery, Engineering, Commercial, Access and Approvals and Operations to optimise delivery outcomes, manage critical path performance and mitigate risk.
Build and lead a high-performing planning and commissioning function, embedding consistency, capability uplift and best practice across a multi-project portfolio, working in a matrix style environment.
Oversee end-to-end commissioning strategy and execution, ensuring operational readiness, safety, quality assurance and early integration with Operations.
Your Background
Extensive experience leading construction planning, project controls and commissioning across large, complex capital programs within energy, infrastructure or major project environments including long linear / logistically complex projects.
Demonstrated ability to operate across a portfolio of concurrent projects, establishing integrated planning approaches and driving delivery performance.
Deep technical expertise in Primavera P6 and advanced project controls, including schedule optimisation, earned value management and schedule risk analysis.
Proven leadership capability in building and leading high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, driving capability uplift and consistent delivery standards.
Strong commercial and delivery acumen, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and influence decision-making at a senior level.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to lead and influence across matrix organisations and multiple stakeholder groups, partnering with senior leaders across development, delivery, engineering, commercial and operations functions.
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.
Role closes Monday, 13 April 2026. Role Reference Number JR4101
APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.
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