Head of Health & Safety – Infrastructure Delivery and Energy Solutions

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.

Reporting to the General Manager Health, Safety, Environment and Heritage, this is a senior leadership opportunity to shape health and safety performance across APA’s growing Infrastructure Delivery and Energy Solutions portfolios. You will influence major project delivery, strengthen contractor safety governance and partner with senior leaders to ensure health and safety is embedded in key business and investment decisions.

 

As a senior member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Heritage leadership team, you will play a key role in governing contractor health and safety across the broader business, with a strong focus on supporting the safe delivery of major projects. The role can be based in Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne and will involve interstate travel to project sites.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Lead, coach and support a team of HSEH Business Partners, building capability and partnering with the business to strengthen Health and Safety performance and drive continuous improvement.

• Oversee contractor Health and Safety governance across the project lifecycle, from prequalification and selection through to worker management, assurance and offboarding.

• Partner with senior and executive leaders, providing practical advice, coaching and an on-site presence to support WHS due diligence and effective management of Health and Safety risks.

• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of our HSEH Strategy and Management System, helping ensure our approach continues to evolve with the needs of the business.

• Provide strong oversight of assurance, investigations and reporting, ensuring lessons are shared, risks are effectively managed and high standards are maintained across the business.

 

Your background

 

• You will bring significant Health and Safety experience within major construction or project delivery environments, ideally gained within a Tier 1 contractor or similarly complex construction environment.

• You will have a strong understanding of relevant Health and Safety legislation and regulatory requirements, with experience interpreting legislation and applying it practically across projects and contractor environments.

• You will bring experience working with major contractors, delivery partners and senior project stakeholders, with client-side experience or an understanding of both the contractor and client perspective highly regarded.

• You will have the confidence and credibility to build strong relationships while holding people accountable, providing clear advice, constructively challenging where needed and being comfortable having difficult conversations.

• You will bring strong leadership experience with the ability to lead and develop a team, take the lead on complex HSEH matters and strengthen assurance, systems and ways of working across a growing project portfolio.

 

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.

Role closes on Sunday, 18 October 2026. Role Reference Number: JR5077

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.