Access and Approvals Lead

APA Group is seeking an Access and Approvals Lead for their Infrastructure Delivery team in Brisbane, QLD. This full-time role involves obtaining land access and regulatory approvals for renewable energy projects across Queensland, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory. Candidates should have qualifications in environmental science or related fields and experience in managing land access for renewable energy projects. APA Group promotes a safe, inclusive workplace with flexible working arrangements.
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 Access and Approvals Lead to join our Infrastructure Delivery team in Brisbane, QLD to help lead the delivery of renewable energy and power projects on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Access and Approvals Manager, you will play a key role in obtaining land access and regulatory approvals for renewable energy and power projects in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

Key Responsibilities
• Identify and obtain regulatory approvals to enable projects to be developed and constructed
• Acquire land to deliver projects
• Appoint and manage external consultants through the preparation of scope and deliverables for packages of work where required and manage their performance
• Provide input into contracts and scopes of work
• Provide regular business updates on progress, schedule and budget management
• Be the point of contact within a project for all land access, environment, planning, cultural heritage and native title approvals for both internal and external stakeholders

Your background
• Qualification in environmental science, planning, project management or other relevant area of study
• Significant experience in delivering land access and approvals for projects with experience in renewable energy/power projects
• Demonstrated experience in managing consultants (performance and budget)
• Demonstrated experience in preparing budgets and schedules for land access and approvals for renewable energy and power projects

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 employee 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 Wednesday, 19 March 2025. Role Reference Number JR2241

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.