OT Network Engineer – Power – West

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is simple: to strengthen communities through responsible energy.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for an OT Network Engineer – Power - West to join our OT Systems team in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide office on a permanent full-time basis. This role covers primarily the Power assets in the West and includes occasional travel to APA Power assets. As needed, secondary support coverage will also include Power assets in the East, and Gas assets with managed site local area networks.

Reporting to directly to the Value Stream Manager, Energy Technology Systems & Data and indirectly to the Manager Power Systems Engineering – West you will be is responsible for performing off-site and onsite OT Networks service management practices. This includes OT networks infrastructure management, change management, incident management, monitoring and even management, service configuration management, service level management, availability management, problem management, service continuity management, lifecycle management and continual improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and fault rectification of technical issues related to OT networking equipment and services.
• Manage and support Local Area Network (LAN) systems across all OT networks, including switch/router configurations and troubleshooting LAN via tools like Wireshark. Ensure asset management and configuration is documented in ServiceNow CMDB and other approved systems.
• Maintain and report on OT network diagrams, documentation, and performance metrics, ensuring accountability and operational transparency.
• Perform technical assurance for designs and implementation, ensuring OT network BAU and project changes meet the standards and compliance before handover.
• Manage vendor relationships and engage with internal stakeholders to align OT network strategies with APA's organisational goals.
• Facilitate training sessions and stay updated on OT network engineering trends to enhance team skills and network performance.

Your background

• Extensive experience in OT network design, operation, maintenance, service, and support in the Energy industry.
• Operational knowledge of networking systems and software covering both LAN and Wide Area Network (WAN) systems.
• Knowledge of various OT systems, including SCADA, PLC, RTU, DCS, HMI, with a good understanding of power plants, substations, microgrids, and common protocols such as MODBUS, DNP3, IEC61850, and network devices/architectures.
• Exceptional troubleshooting skills and strong communication skills, effective in high-pressure, multi-priority settings.
• Tertiary Engineering degree with eligibility for Engineers Australia membership

About the Team

Technology underpins everything we do at APA from helping connect millions of Australians to essential energy sources every day to achieving our net zero ambition - and the capability for our people to make this happen.

To help APA power ahead, the Energy Technology Systems & Data team is focused on enhancing APAs technology offering, providing innovative and progressive technology - 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 - change makers and risk takers.

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 2900 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 $27 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia.
And we own over 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to families and industry 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 their businesses offering reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia's energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers.
We prioritise sustainable outcomes so that APA, our people, customers, and communities can thrive - now and in the future.

Join our team and be part of Australia's energy transition!

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 Saturday 20 July 2024. Role Reference number JR886.

PD is available on request by emailing [email protected] quoting reference number above.