Who are we?

Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company that brings ideas to life to create a better future for people and the planet. 

We are the only Australian company on the Fortune 2021 Change the World List. In 2020, we were named Australasia’s Most Innovative Company by the Australian Financial Review (AFR), and the only engineering firm in the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2021. We recently won the Engineers Australia Most Popular Engineering and Resources Employer award at the GradConnection Top 100 awards in 2022.

Hardwired in our DNA are engineering, design and the deep need to leave a legacy. We believe humanity depends on engineering; and we recognise we have a broader stewardship role to play. As we continually strive for a life in balance, Aurecon clients will be ready for the future and engineered for life.

What makes us unconventional?

We’re living in a time of unprecedented change – much more than we’ve ever seen and anticipated before. Climate change, COVID-19, economic, social, technological changes, to name a few. To face these, we’re looking for unconventional thinkers and dedicated doers who feel deeply passionate about co-creating solutions for a sustainable, liveable future.

Like the Woodside Building for Technology & Design, made using world-leading energy efficient building design to become the largest educational building in the world to achieve Passive House certification, and featured at the COP26 UN Climate Conference in 2021.

Or the award-winning Project Gilghi – a portable, solar-powered water treatment system housed in a shipping container – that can filter 250 kilolitres of potable water per day for rural or isolated indigenous communities.

Join us to co-create a better future, in which people and the planet can flourish. Start your career journey with us! Together, we’ll be unstoppable. Apply today.

Start your career journey with us! As an Aurecon graduate, you will work in a collaborative environment where you can pursue your passions, design your own pathway, and fast track your career.

Collaborate with diverse and inclusive teams across geographies and markets, apply your skills to re-imagine engineering and design a better future, and work alongside industry leading professionals, mentors, and peers.

Learning opportunities for graduates

Join a programme developed specifically for graduates to give you the head-start needed to become a professional who is passionate about creating innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

Throughout the two-year programme, you will develop a strong foundation of relevant skills and experience to ensure a successful start to your career at Aurecon.

We deliver our learning through formal, interactive, and informal learning experiences:

• Develop strong communication skills, build your personal brand, and broaden your network at Aurecon
• Understand the attributes of high-performing teams and develop your ability to collaborate with others for successful outcomes
• Learn how to communicate with impact and how to use design thinking methodology to produce superior business and client outcomes
• Examine future career pathways and options (including becoming a registered/chartered professional)
• Develop your resilience to change and your ability to communicate across all levels of our organisation

Expand your horizons:

At Aurecon, we empower our graduates to build and expand on their technical excellence and other critical Blueprint Skills whilst learning more about the full service offering we provide to our clients.

Our graduate rotations are designed to support graduates to connect and amplify their technical development across multiple projects, teams, and disciplines. By expanding on skills and developing a wide base of experiences, we are enabling greater mobility of talent across our business, providing greater service excellence for our clients and career opportunities for our people.

Your first graduate rotation is mandatory and takes place six months from your start date. Our team will support you in finding a team or discipline that aligns with your skillset and interests. After the first rotation, you will have the choice to move to other teams or service groups every six months until you complete our two-year graduate programme.

Co-create a better future as an Aurecon graduate

Our 2-year programme helps you develop a strong foundation of relevant skills and experience through formal, interactive, and informal learning experiences. You’ll work in different teams through our graduate rotations, experience our inclusive culture, discover our hybrid ways of working, make an impact on community-shaping projects, and build connections to set you up for the future.

The graduate programme will help you:

• Develop strong communication skills, build your personal brand, and broaden your network at Aurecon
• Understand the attributes of high-performing teams and develop your ability to collaborate with others for successful outcomes
• Learn how to communicate with impact and how to use design thinking methodology to produce superior business and client outcomes
• Examine future career pathways and options (including becoming a registered/chartered professional)
• Develop your resilience to change and your ability to communicate across all levels of our organisation

What do we look for in our graduates?

We’re looking for unconventional thinkers and dedicated doers who feel deeply passionate about co-creating solutions for a sustainable, liveable future. 

Our teams

Our multidisciplinary Aurecon Teams are set up to support the diverse range of clients and markets we work with. Each team provides exciting career possibilities and offers you the chance to learn from the best in the business to deliver complex, meaningful, and innovative projects across the world.

The table below indicates how your degree is best matched for work in specific teams.

Explore our teams and services:

• Buildings
• Energy
• Manufacturing
• Resources
• Land Infrastructure
• Transport
• Water
• Advisory
• Digital

Express your interest here
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Key Dates

Applications Open: 22 Feb 2023
Applications Close: 10 April 2023

Co-create a better future as an Aurecon summer intern 

Choosing a career path as an undergraduate can be challenging. It’s hard to know which path to follow until you’ve had some practical work experience - and that’s okay! This is what Aurecon’s Internship programme is for.

Over your university summer break, you’ll get the opportunity to collaborate and work with our diverse and inclusive teams, be immersed in real-life projects, and work out the career that’s right for you. Experience a series of activities tailored for students including: 

• Onboarding and training sessions
• Networking events with fellow interns and executives in the business
• Limelight events for professional and personal development
• Learning courses and training in Aurecon U and LinkedIn Learning

Our teams

Our multidisciplinary Aurecon Teams are set up to support the diverse range of clients and markets we work with. Each team provides exciting career possibilities and offers you the chance to learn from the best in the business to deliver complex, meaningful, and innovative projects across the world.

The table below indicates how your degree is best matched for work in specific teams.

Explore our teams and services:

• Buildings
• Energy
• Manufacturing
• Resources
• Land Infrastructure
• Transport
• Water
• Advisory
• Digital

Apply now

Applications for our internship programme for 2023/4 will open in July 2023. We will review your application once it is received, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible so you can quickly start your recruitment journey with us. 

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Key Dates

Applications Open: TBC July 2023
Applications Close: TBC August 2023

Perks & Benefits

We have a whole range of awesome benefits to support our people, their families, and our local communities. Here’s a few you might be interested in: cultural public holiday swap, free confidential access to counselling services, mentoring support, paid parental leave, paid volunteering day, working holiday arrangements, discounted health insurance and a range of exclusive corporate discounts.

Feel free to reach out to our recruitment team to see what benefits are available to you based on your location and programme.

Charlotte Yeo

Job Title: Student Civil Engineer
University Attended: UNSW
Degree qualification: Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)
Year of graduation: 2022

When Charlotte Yeo first started out as an intern at Aurecon, she was unsure which career path to take. But time in the Roads team helped uncover her passion and paved the way for her career as a graduate. 

1. How did you end up studying engineering?
   I was born into a ‘maths and science-oriented’ family, so I kind of knew when I was younger that my future career was most likely going to be related in that field. I never thought that I would be into engineering because I was more interested in physics when I was in high school. It wasn’t until I won the Engineers Australia Year 10 prize at my school when I started wondering about what it would mean to be an engineer. 
   I attended an all-girls school that didn’t have an engineering subject, so I took design and technology as an elective course. This is where I discovered my passion for designing solutions for complex problems that have a positive impact. After my major work for design and technology in Year 12 was nominated to be in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, I became 100% certain that I wanted to become an engineer. 
2. What was your internship at Aurecon like? 
   The Internship Programme at Aurecon was such a rewarding experience that enabled me to grow as an engineer and as an individual. 
   I joined the Roads team in our Sydney office, which was an area of engineering that I didn’t have much experience in at university. The majority of my time was spent working on one of the milestones of the Great Western Highway Tunnel’s concept design, where I worked with another engineer in our team to design the active transport corridor and directional signage for the project.
   Despite my lack of experience in this area, I am really grateful that I became a part of this project because it gave me a taste of different engineering disciplines. This helped me understand which path I wanted to pursue after studying, and it’s now safe to say that my heart is in roads engineering.
   Once the Internship Programme finished, I continued to work 2 to 3 days a week at Aurecon while still attending university. After I complete my degree at the end of 2022, I am excited to continue working with Aurecon’s Roads team, but this time as part of the Graduate Programme!
3. What were the highlights of your internship?
   I want to say the whole internship was a highlight as I loved it so much! I loved working on the Great Western Highway Tunnel because I didn’t expect that I would be able to work on such an important and critical project as an intern. 
   I also thoroughly enjoyed the innovation challenge which all the interns across Australia and New Zealand participated in and learned a lot about Aurecon’s innovation tools. We were placed into groups of five and had to create a solution for Aurecon to help employees reduce waste at home, office, or a third space. As part of the challenge, we presented our ideas to fellow interns, our line managers and even members of the senior leadership team including managing directors.
   And lastly, the people were also a highlight. I felt so supported by my manager and other colleagues whom I worked and became friends with. I felt really valued and like I had something I could offer. 
4. What were the biggest challenges you faced during your internship and how did you overcome them?
   Unfortunately, a COVID-19 lockdown occurred during my internship. This meant that two months of my three-month internship were completed online, which, at times, made learning from others more difficult. I learned how valuable coming to the office was so we can learn from experienced engineers. 
   To overcome this, I learned to harness my communication skills so I could work well with my colleagues and clarify if I needed further information to understand context around tasks.
5. What’s one lesson you learned from your internship that you didn’t learn at university?
   The material I learned from uni was a great foundational basis of knowledge, but working as a design engineer was so different, as everything links to the real world. I learned a lot of technical engineering skills and essential CAD software while also developing relationships with clients. 
6. What advice can you give to students and future interns?
   Never be afraid to have a go at things and ask for help! Not knowing something isn’t a weakness but an opportunity to grow. People aren’t there to give you a grade like at university, they genuinely want to see you grow and develop. 

We reached out to the current group of Graduates in the Aurecon Grad Programme from their varying degree disciplines and within different rotations, to ask them some burning questions, as requested by students.  Thank you to the Aurecon Grads for their time and effort.  Let’s see what they have to say! 

Hayden D'Addona
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons.)

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon, Transmission & Distribution Team - Energy

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Aurecon, Transmission & Distribution Team - Energy    Best career move to date. Team culture, technical expertise amongst the team and the variety of exciting projects in the pipeline.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

My position was what I expected and more. I have enjoyed the challenging tasks and the tasks that have pushed me to learn more outside of work to fully understand new concepts and skills.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

Longest day would be a 12 hour day when I had to fly to site in Central Queensland, attend a workshop and then fly back in the one day. I have not had to work Saturdays thankfully!

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

My work varies day to day depending of the project I am on, however, consists of activities such as engineering studies (AC cable sizing, insulation coordination, HV protection studies), deliverable management and markups and review of circuitry schematics.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

Energex Protection Studies, various Energy Queensland substation design projects, BMA Asset Management and Condition Monitoring Assessment, RTA Weipa Power Augmentation Project, Square Kilometer Array Power System Study

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

PSCAD, Microstation, CDEGs, Microsoft Office tools, Bluebeam/ Adobe, Paladin Designbase, ETAP.

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

I get strong support from my work in all areas whether it be technically from technical directors/ seniors, from team leaders to pursue extracurricular opportunities  or from the company in general, looking out for your health and wellbeing.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Communication and initiative - don't be scared to ask many questions and take initiative to complete the next step before you go back and ask more questions. Read ahead in your spare time and grow your skillset outside of work hours.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Limelight is an internal early professionals committee where you get to network and meet other young professionals in the business and participate in many fun events throughout the year.

Rudy
University of Technology Sydney
B Engineering (Hons - Mechatronics) B Creative Intelligence & Innovation

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon Group PTY LTD - Infrastructure: Rail and Mass Transit - Signalling

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

The first 6 months have been challenging, especially working on projects at home due to the recent lockdown in Sydney. The learning curve was steep, though thanks to the regular virtual support from my line manager, seniors and fellow graduates, I was able to understand and practise my role as if I was in the office sitting amongst them. That is what I have enjoyed about my team, the indifferent work culture and support regardless of being virtual or not. Aurecon's work environment greatly supports new graduates in all manners.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

I personally did not have any expectations of my position. I was simply exhilarated and anxious to learn what the new position entailed. In saying that, the role I was placed in is everything I hoped for in a graduate role. From learning new skills to working with peers from varying disciplines to overall support received from Aurecon and my team, all these new experiences have been immensely surprising and exciting.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

The longest day I have had to work is 9.5 hours for a project submission. It can be challenging to say the least, though you are on the same boat as the rest of the project team. It is a collective and collaborative effort. I have not had to work Saturdays.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Report writing, document reviews, comments responses, circuit sketches and markups, coordination conversations with project team members rushing to meet the deadline and the notorious email adventures.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

I have worked on a TfNSW TAP project in a regional area, bidding project, construction design and coordination project and a digital project.

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Aurecon has a database of systems in place to help individuals and teams complete day-to-day and project deliverables. From a Rail perspective, systems such as MS Teams, ProjectWise, AutoCAD Civil, MicroStation, 12d, BIM, Revit, Navisworks, Bluebeam and many more are utilised daily.

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Aurecon places great importance on Health and Safety of its employees providing mental health and wellbeing services and professional assistance services accommodating to all employees' needs.

My line manager also checked-in/checks-in every week to make sure I am well and provide any help if needed.

I feel reassured of my decision to be a graduate at Aurecon.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

From my perspective, early in the Graduate Program, effective communication/collaborative and technical skills are needed to succeed in any position/role. Knowing my position is technical-based, I did expect this would be the case and I have not had to expect anything different. Once you build a firm base, you can then pursue other skills and goals.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Yes Flex (flexible working hours and locations) has been the most praised perk, for me. Accommodating many employees and their personal needs whilst allowing them to work simultaneously feels like almost like an ineffable treasure. Along with physical and mental health perks, Aurecon covers all round perks for every employees' needs.

Deepak
University of Auckland
Master of Engineering Studies in Construction Management 
and Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

I'm working as a Civil Drafter in Aurecon

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

It was really amazing and I loved working over here. I was working in different projects and I'm having really nice team to support and acknowledge the work which I'm doing.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

As I approached for the Civil Drafter role it doesn't affect my expectation for the position. But, in future I would like to get into design field.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

Obviously everyone had to work atleast one long day during the deadline. But, that doesn't matter for me as I love the job which I'm doing. And No, I hadn't worked on Saturdays

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Creating drawings and sketches as required

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

• Northern Pathway Project.
• Te Ha Noa Project.
• Drury Station.

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

AutoCAD Civil 3D

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Any guidance if I'm struggling somewhere

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Laptop, flexible working place and hours

Ainsley
University of Queensland
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Bachelors + Masters)

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon, Industrial (Resources & Manufacturing)

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Slow, only working on one project. Finding opportunities in other teams and projects was most enjoyable.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

Better than expected in the sense that I have been allowed to chase and try opportunities in areas I would actually like to work in, which is why I joined the company.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

18. No Saturdays.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Engineering design - mostly things that can be automated or managed by better software than we have. Strategy planning is awesome and involves lots of reading, outside the box thinking and collaboration.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

Shiploader expansion. Cross overfill protection report for petrol stations and terminals. Creating a decarbonisation vision for emerging decarbonisation and green hubs such as Gladstone, Hunter Region and Illawara-Shoalhaven Region.

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

ProjectWise, OneDrive, Sharepoint, MS Teams, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio, Outlook, PowerCAD

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

My line manager is quite good, not too involved, not uninvolved, just right. Our team lead is fantastic, she is very supportive. Both try to find us interesting work that focuses around our strengths. Our service group leader is fairly involved. We have flextime and WFH which is fantastic.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

In my engineering role, not really sure. In strategy roles I am pursuing, communication skills including listening, ability to challenge assumptions, be well read and engaged.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

These should be standard and not perks at all companies: flextime, WFH (and push towards online instead of paper so you can work anywhere at anytime), mental health and wellbeing sessions. Other specific company initiatives include health checks, breastfeeding room, kids' play room, barista, up-to-date high-capacity nespresso machine with pods provided, organics + recycling + paper towel + general waste bins, breakfast bar, free fruit, weekly free smoothies and barista made coffee, great cycling/trip facilities include fresh towels, heaps of space for bikes and a clothes drying cupboard so you can ride home with dry clothes. We have open plan hot desking with lockers, there are many types of desks and quiet spaces as well as collaboration spaces, to use whenever and however.

Brayden Cebulski
University of South Australia
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)(Honours)

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon, Adelaide Transport, Civil Engineer

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

First 6 months was a steep learning curve. I have enjoyed being able to tackle problems head on and be trusted by colleagues to produce a high standard of work

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

The position was as expected

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

14hours. No weekend work

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

• I am currently design managing a project for Defence.
• I undertake markups of designs, drainage and road design

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

• PW2PA (DIT)
• PDS (Defence)
• Schools Projects and various building jobs

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

• Drains
• 12D
• OpenRoads
• Blubeam
• AutoCAD
• MUSIC

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Very supportive senior engineers that are willing to assist in work and learning

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Problem solving, be willing to work hard and learn

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Flex time

Candy
The University of Western Australia
Master of Professional Engineering (Civil Engineering)

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon - Integrated Transport and Mobility Team

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Lots of learning from a friendly and encouraging team

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

Excel and coding skills are more important that I expected

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

• 12 hours for a few tough deadlines 
• I was never asked to work on Saturday but I chose to on a few occasion to be better prepared for the upcoming week.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

• Traffic Data analysis and processing
• Traffic Modelling 
• Swept Path and Traffic Engineering
• Reporting
• Workshops and meetings

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

BORR, Eastlink WA, Kwinana Smart Freeway

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Microsoft

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

• Coaching and mentoring from senior engineers

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Data analytical skills - 50% as expected

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

10/10 organisation culture

Matthew

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon - Industrial Mechanical

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

First 6 months were very engaging, I gained exposure in process and asset management divisions. I enjoy tackling difficult problems for clients in a team.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

A little slower than I expected, but the position was compatible with my skillset and the firm's culture is excellent.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

No Saturday's longest day so far has been around 11hrs.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Design of bulk materials handling machines (conveyors), technical reports, procurement, stress analysis, and team management

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

The 8x expansion project at Dalrymple Bay. Asset performance benchmarking for Newmont Australia.  Various smaller projects in process and piping.

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Microsoft Suite, Inventor, Bentley IMS, CAD applications,  Bluebeam, Auto pipe

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Design engineering, chartership, technical skills, leadership

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Strong interpersonal skills, good communication, autonomous working ability, technical ability. These skills are as I expected.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Perks are showers with bike racks, free pool membership and free food.

Juan Daniel Cardona
Western Sydney University
Civil Engineering

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon, Water Team

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Very different being on the side of Construction. I am enjoying it a lot more. I have more of a balance in life.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

It has been challenging but that is what keeps the work exciting

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

not in my current position. But in the past I have done Saturdays and Sundays and 12 plus hours.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Drawing reviews in all disciplines of construction, not only civil/geotech but Electrical and Mechanical. Liaising with contractors, stakeholders and team meetings to see where each of our packages are up to.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

I've been on various projects;

• North West Rail Link
• North Rapid Transit
• WestConnex New M5 (now named M8)
• Quay Quarter Tower at Circular Quay
• Sydney Airport Upgrades Main runway 
• ProMac (Sydney Water)

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

currently using Ineight and a various internal programs and systems

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

We do get a lot of work, mainly check ins due to the remote working conditions in the last few months. But we do get all the support you in need, in such as having an extra screen for you home office.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Communication is the number 1 skill. Without it I can't do my job.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

the main one is the ability to work from home and the flexible working hours.

Jesse Neville
University of Auckland
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil and Environmental)

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon, Structural for Energy and Industrial sector

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

My first six months were quite the learning experience, getting used to how the company operated, industry standards that weren't obvious from university and gaining a better understanding of the processes behind forming designs and the reasoning for certain decisions.

I really enjoyed the company culture, friendliness of work colleagues and opportunity that I have to better my understanding in my field to be a better engineer.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

My position was as I expected it, although I still had a large amount of knowledge to grow into from university.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

The longest day I worked was around 11 hours due to a tight deadline at the time. I haven't had to work weekends at all.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

I usually work to assist the mechanical team in designing structural supports for their chemical pipework. This involves checking the capacity of the members supporting the pipes, the connections and the foundation for the supports.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

• Many pipe support projects over NZ and AUS
• Tie downs for Temporary accommodation,
• Preparing PS1 and PS4s,
• Site visits,
• Preparing technical specifications,
• Bund wall designs.

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

MathCAD, Excel, Staad

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

My manager supports me whenever I have a problem, giving sound advice or recommending a better person to talk with who can help me further. However,  sometimes whenever I have a very technical question, I find it difficult to arrive at a complete explanation.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Preparation, time management, communication, understanding of work context and theory.

They are about what I thought I would need.

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Flexible work hours, ability to work from home when needed, competitive pay, support for professional growth.

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

I have enjoyed learning new things and meeting people from different backgrounds.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

Yes, my position was I expected it to be.

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

So far I have not had to work Saturdays. I always have  a task list at the start of the day which helps me complete my tasks at the end of the day.

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

I do project estimates, scheduling, liaising with clients, meetings and report writing.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

QAL FEED Projects

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Bluebeam, AutoCAd, ProjectWise.

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

I get moral support from my company and my line manager.

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Teamwork, resilience, CAD, piping skills

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Great work-life balance.

Samir
UNSW
Mechatronics Engineering / Mathematics

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon - Asset Management & Performance

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Great! A chance to learn a fair bit of business consulting mixed with technical analytics through Excel, it was great being able to use my strengths to bring value to my clients, especially given that my clients were of similar backgrounds to me in the Systems and IT space

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

Main surprise was really just seeing how well the worlds of engineering and consulting really combine, and how it really helps with proposing business solutions for our clients which tackle more engineering focused asset problems

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

Probably 9 to 9 for some manual analysis of some very unclean data (but it was by choice and the company was flexible. I have not had to work any Saturdays

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Excel Data Analysis, lots of VLOOKUPs between multiple spreadsheets.

Along with this, I would consult a range of SMEs on the Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and ITS side for an understanding of transport assets and use their knowledge to assist  with data cleansing for their current asset management systems.

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

Assisted with Asset Class Plans for Sydney Water

Designed a series of routes as part of a Signs Upgrade program by TfNSW

Was the primary consultant for Aurecon in the Asset Maintenance and Operations Planning for Transurban

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Excel, Maximo, RedEye. For my roads design work in my previous rotation, I used AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu, a bit of 12D, and also a bit of Python for a side project on automation

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Expertise on how projects used to be handled in the past. A lot of review from my managers on the work I do, with areas of improvement. I get to sit into a lot of meetings with stakeholders, and have even lead some with the support of my managers

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Be inquisitive. Ask as many questions as you can to cover all bases and understand the full scope of the problem that your clients have. After you have uncovered the problem, you can either consult your superiors with your findings so that you can work together to come up with the best solutions for your clients. Or you may have the chance to come up with something on your own that is favourably looked at by your clients and superiors

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Flexible working hours, some discount purchases at supported stores like JB-Hifi, Free online learning platform like Linkedin Learning. A nice amount of annual leave, as well as sick leave and even long-service leave.

Andrew
RMIT University
Bachelor of Construction Management

Can you let us know what company you are working for and which area of the business you work in or which rotation you are currently in? 

Aurecon,  Advisory, Program Management, Graduate, working in the Parks Victoria program

What was the first 6 months like?  What have you really enjoyed? 

Somewhat overwhelming but everyone was very nice and supportive.

Was your position with the Aurecon Grad Programme as you expected it to be? Did anything take you by surprise?

It was a lot more hands on than I was expecting, since I expected to be a project assistant for my first 2 years. However they started giving me one project to run as a Project Manager within the first 3 months. So quite surprising

Everyone is keen on maintaining work/life balance, with that in mind what is the longest day you have put it and have you worked weekends at all?

13 hours and yes I have worked Saturdays (however its not mandated i did so to catch up on work)

On a day to day basis, what do you work on?

Program Administration, where  I collate the information from various other PMs about their projects into single unified reports

Have you worked on any projects at Aurecon?

Small scale construction and refurbishment projects

What systems do you use for your role in the graduate programme?

Microsoft Project, Word, Excel

What sort of support are you provided at Aurecon?

Some help when asked for, but with everyone being busy it can sometimes be a sink or swim experience

What skills do you think you need to succeed in your role and do they differ from what you envisioned?

Time Management and organisational skills, communication and computer skills. As expected

What are the best perks or benefits at Aurecon?

Friendly atmosphere, no office drama or politics. Allows for a lot of lateral movement and different areas within the company you can explore. There are lots of opportunities for Site visits to various places around Victoria, that can be e very interesting and/or beautiful locations.

Hayden D’Addona

Degree qualification: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours)

University Attended: University of Queensland

5.30am

Good morning! I am up bright and early to get to my 6am Fitstop class. This is my typical morning routine two to three times per week, and it helps to clear my head and get ready for a day’s work.

7:30am

Back from the gym, dressed and refuelled, I jump on the train to head into the Brisbane Aurecon office. I usually use my 30-minute commute to listen to some music (typically mix it up between Luke Coombs and The 1975) and get up to date on the latest sports news. 

8:10am

After a short walk from the train station, I arrive at Aurecon’s Brisbane office on 25 King St. Something you might not know about this office is that it is entirely made from timber, with 25 King St being the tallest engineered-timber building in Australia. The engineered timber has a lower carbon footprint than traditional building materials and is sourced from certified sustainably managed forests.

I make my way up to the Energy team home zone and find my desk for the day – Aurecon has a hot-desking arrangement, so you can choose where you sit each day. If I’m not in the office, I like to make the most out of Aurecon’s flexible working policy and work from home whenever I need. 

8.30am

I start each day by checking in on our Microsoft Teams Energy page, letting the team know if I am working from home or the office – an action that our team completes to align with our Energy team charter. I follow this up by checking my emails, reviewing my calendar (to check if I have any meetings) and writing down a list of to-dos for the day ahead. 

9.00am

This time of the morning is typically coffee o’clock in my team and for those in the office, we like to venture out to our local coffee shop called Nikau on King St.

9.15am

My main objective today is to begin modelling an earth grid for a high voltage substation. I had been briefed by a senior engineer the day earlier and made notes on what I was required to do; so today I am ready to jump straight into building the model in a software called CDEGS.

Once I have completed my modelling and the design complies with the applicable standards, I will create a PDF sketch of the design and pass it onto our electrical designers who will produce a drawing in AutoCAD, which includes specific details such as material type and quantities. While the designers are producing the detailed drawing, I will begin compiling a report explaining how I achieved a compliant earth grid design.

11.00am

It is now time to join my first meeting for the day. I dial into a Microsoft Teams call with one of our senior engineers to discuss detailed circuitry design drawings for a high voltage switchboard that are due to be sent to our client as Issue for Construction. I had prepared a list of notes prior to this catch-up to be as productive and efficient during our meeting. Our meeting involves reviewing mark-ups I had completed on existing schematic drawings and cross checking my design to site photos to ensure the changes suggested would be physically constructable on site.

Having worked on this project for close to a year, I have seen the project develop from the initial kick off meeting with the client through to the issue of the construction drawings. I have developed both my technical and communication skills, asking senior engineers technical questions to get a greater understanding of how a design on a drawing will look and work in the field. In the coming weeks, I will have the opportunity of going on site and seeing my design being constructed and commissioned! Personally, I feel a great sense of accomplishment to be able to see my design come to life and satisfy our client’s needs.

12.00pm

It’s midday, which means only one thing… lunch time! Aurecon’s flexible working policy means you can take lunch whenever you like. I head to the lunch area where I join emerging professionals (EPs) from my team and others who I have met through Aurecon’s Limelight committee. Occasionally my team likes to head out for a team lunch, allowing us to step away from the desk and catch up in a more informal setting.

2.00pm

We have our one-hour technical session, an extracurricular activity my team’s Technical Director organises for EPs. During these sessions, we typically gather in one of Aurecon’s meeting rooms or dial in through Microsoft Teams. Using the whiteboard and other online resources, our Technical Director works through technical examples on different areas in power engineering that are relevant to past or present projects. These sessions allow me to upskill in areas which I do not usually work in and is a great avenue for knowledge sharing.  

3.00pm

Today, I had planned the monthly QLD Limelight committee meeting, a committee I am Chair of for the financial year of 2022/23. Limelight is Aurecon’s emerging professional network, where the aim is to support EPs by shaping opportunities for career development, client engagement and connection with our wider Aurecon community. An emerging professional within Aurecon is typically classed as an individual with 0 to 5 years of experience. Limelight is a fantastic avenue for emerging professionals to network with employees across the entire business and gain a deeper understanding of the work we do.

In the meeting, the committee and I look at different initiatives and events to support our emerging professionals’ career development and overall experience while starting their careers at Aurecon. Events include lunch-and-learn discussions, mentoring programmes, board games (Pictionary, Scrabble, Bananagrams and more) and BBQ nights where EPs can network with senior Aurecon staff. Being a part of Limelight provides Aurecon’s emerging professionals the opportunity to network with other professionals and gain exposure to broader areas of the business that I may not usually get in my day-to-day role as an engineer.

5.00pm

And just like that, the day is over! I like to review my to-do list before heading home and make notes for items I did not complete as a starting point for tomorrow.

However, my day is not quite over. I rush home to head out to cricket training, a sport I have played since I was eight years old. Cricket is my post work activity two nights a week from September to March.

7.00pm

Finally I am home – a little later than usual as it is cricket season. My partner and I prepare dinner together, and I begin to switch off from the day and relax with an episode of our current Netflix series, The Crown.

Hopefully you’ve gained valuable insight into a day in the life of an electrical engineer in the Energy team in Brisbane. Hope to see you around in Aurecon soon!

Corporate Social Responsibility

In the work we do, we have the real potential to make an impact on society. We have the ability to bring ideas to life – to turn ideas into something real – something beneficial for everyone.

Aurecon and its people embrace the philosophy of giving back to the community by encouraging proactive involvement in the company's multiple corporate social investment initiatives and voluntary programmes.

We understand each community's needs are unique, so our programmes encompass different aims – from empowering the young to become successful, active citizens, through to financial assistance for food and shelter.  

Our profession enables our people to contribute in the most practical and effective ways by providing input into community development and infrastructure in needy areas around the globe. Many of our employees are also giving back’ on a personal level in their local communities, which is something we encourage and support as an organisation.

Aurecon's Bridge Building Competition: A 'real-world' engineering experience

From small beginnings in classrooms across Australia and New Zealand, to designing tomorrow’s greatest pieces of infrastructure, the Aurecon Bridge Building Competition offers secondary school students ‘real-world’ experience of what they can look forward to as future engineering students and professionals.

Aurecon believes that the engineering, science and technology industries must work together and lead efforts to make STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths subjects) more accessible and appealing to young students. The Aurecon Bridge Building Competition encourages students to unlock their potential by engaging with STEM early.

Melbourne finals of the 2018 Aurecon Bridge Building Competition

Indigenous Engineers of the Future

The Aurecon Perth and Sydney offices have partnered with Engineering Aid Australia to support the facilitation of Indigenous Engineering Summer Schools. The Summer Schools, run by Curtin University in Perth and Sydney University, engage indigenous Australian high school students in engineering as a potential career.

The programme supports commitments in Aurecon Australia’s Reconciliation Action Plan and allows us to network and connect with young Indigenous people and encourage a career in engineering. We also get to showcase our digital and innovation initiatives during the networking sessions. For example, in Sydney we used the Virtual Reality sets to give the students a tour of the Barangaroo reserve. 

Aurecon is committed to increasing opportunities for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples and this is one very direct way for us to do that. It is great to talk to year 10 students about what engineering is all about and to encourage them to enter our industry. It gives the students insight into the possible career path they could have within the industry. For Aurecon, it supports our path to diversity of thought and representing the communities in which we operate, by ensuring Indigenous Australians are represented in our organisation.

Students at the Perth networking session

Partnering with Engineers Without Borders 

Aurecon continues a corporate partnership with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a not-for-profit organisation that connects, educates and empowers people through humanitarian engineering. EWB provides opportunities for corporate partners to contribute skills and expertise to poverty alleviation projects and community development, and to participate in initiatives that lead sector-wide change and innovation. Aurecon staff are also involved in mentoring the next generation of engineers and non-engineers by participating in the EWB Challenge, fundraising activities, and knowledge-sharing events through the EWB-Aurecon partnership.

Responsible Environmental Footprints

We strive to manage our environmental footprints in a responsible way.

At Aurecon, we use an environmental management system which is certified to ISO 14001 across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. We support the precautionary approach as envisaged by Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. 

Irrespective of our certification status, we understand the undertakings made in our Environmental Policy are international commitments. We look beyond compliance to minimising our greenhouse gas emissions, energy and water consumption and our waste and to take everyone at Aurecon along on this journey.

For most of our offices, we calculate the carbon footprint on a regular basis and communicate the results. To have sound and accurate carbon emission data, an independent external provider verifies our inventory report according to ISO 14064-1:2006, covering Scope 1, Scope 2 and limited categories of Scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

Net Zero by 2025

Our business is one source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so we are taking responsibility and implementing appropriate measures to reduce the impact we have on the world. We have made a commitment to become net zero carbon in our operations by 2025. The move to decarbonise our business and transition our services comes in anticipation of a 100 percent net zero emissions future.

As part of our plan to decarbonise our own business and make the biggest difference, we aim to actively reduce direct emissions from owned or controlled sources (Scope 1); the generation of purchased energy (Scope 2); and all other indirect emissions from Aurecon activities we do not own or control, such as activities associated with business travel, procurement, waste and water. We will achieve our targets through risk-based decisions, balancing investment in emissions reduction measures versus offsets. Over time we anticipate the need for offsets will reduce.

But how do we make Aurecon’s impact bigger? The answer lies in our projects. This is where we can take our knowledge and skills to scale. As engineers and advisors, we can re-imagine the way things work. We can find better design solutions which will save our clients and our planet significant effluents and emissions. We can listen to project stakeholders and find solutions which maximise social value beyond the immediate technical solution. There is always a better way. We want to find it with our clients and stakeholders.

Mental health recognition

We believe that engagement is the key to improving health and safety.

The health and safety of employees covers both physical as well as mental health. In 2015 Aurecon launched the Mind Matters programme in Australia and New Zealand to improve awareness of mental ill-health and in turn help to reduce mental health stigma. As of 2018 the programme now operates internationally. In December 2020, we have been accredited with Mental Healthy First Aid Australia (MHFA)’s highest honour of the Gold Level Mental Health First Aid as a Skilled Workplace – a program that recognises workplaces for their commitment to Mental Health First Aid training and actions.

By remembering the true reason as to why health and safety is important, Aurecon employees are proactive in keeping themselves and their colleagues safe. The concept ‘Because people depend on you’ is more than a slogan, it is a call to action that empowers our employees to take time to do their work safely and stop any unsafe acts or work. We take our humanistic approach to health and safety to our clients and joint ventures, including our culture as well as our tools, knowledge and competency.

Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of Aurecon’s Bringing ideas to life

At Aurecon, people are at the heart of everything we do – the people we work with and the people we design for – and we love our differences.

We want everyone to know that Aurecon is a place where they belong, where they feel connected, where they can develop and have equal access to opportunities.

We have prioritised diversity, equity, and inclusion in our organisational strategy. Having leaders who believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is an important human rights and business issue, is driving change in our culture. Through inclusive language and behaviours, we are creating a culture that:

• Makes everyone feel they can bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential inclusive of all cultures, abilities, ages, ethnicities, religious beliefs, sex, genders, gender identities and sexual orientations
• Rejects harassment, bullying, discrimination, and stereotypes and actively supports difference, builds connections, and provides psychological and cultural safety, where people can be themselves and express contrary opinions without negative consequences

Our focus is on leadership, policies, language and behaviour, and targets. That is how we reach our diversity and inclusion commitments. Through collaborative ways of working, and the actions and words of our leaders and our people, we bring our policies – which are explicitly inclusive – to life.

At Aurecon, we believe that by embracing cultural diversity and inclusion, we drive innovation with a cross cultural, cross gender, cross disciplinary workforce. Innovation thrives in inclusive cultures where leaders support diverse teams. This means we accept applications from all backgrounds, including international students for our graduate programme.

At Aurecon, we are committed to creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and Māori in New Zealand, as highlighted in our Reconciliation Action Plan and through our partnerships with Iwi.

Design to innovate sessions are one way in which we are ‘turning the dial’ on diversity and inclusion to celebrate cultural diversity. Aurecon utilises employees’ diverse perspectives through design thinking sessions to co-create better design outcomes for our clients. The sessions are crucial to enabling Aurecon to be more innovative.

Aurecon is dedicated to improving the significant under-representation of LGBTI+ members in STEM. 

Three initiatives that support LGBTI+ inclusion are:

Aurecon Pride

We established Aurecon Pride – our network for leaders and employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex and other members of the community (LGBTI+) – in 2014.

The Aurecon Pride action plan for Australia and New Zealand focusses activity to increase LGBTI+ inclusion and aims to:

• Create a safe and inclusive environment where people can be their true selves
• Increase staff engagement in a work environment that is respectful and inclusive of individual difference
• Mitigate harassment, bullying, and discrimination risks, be compliant, and promote a genuine duty of care to our people
• Build the Aurecon brand, enhancing our reputation and communicating our commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Become an employer of choice in competitive markets by attracting, retaining and engaging the top talent

LGBTI+ in STEM

Aurecon is playing a broader role in addressing the significant under-representation of LGBTI+ members in STEM. We are doing this by co-founding:

• LGBT+ in STEM – a New Zealand professional networking group and support platform for LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) individuals aimed at improving the visibility of LGBTI in workplaces
• InterEngineer in Australia for LGBTI+ individuals and allies working in the engineering sector

In January 2019, Aurecon became the first consulting engineer in New Zealand to be Rainbow Tick certified. We continue to maintain our accreditation in 2023.

The Rainbow Tick is a quality improvement cycle designed to make an organisation a safe, welcoming, and inclusive place for people of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation.

InterEngineer

In November 2020, Aurecon, along with engineering peak body Engineers Australia, led the establishment of InterEngineer, a network of representatives from 10 organisations in the engineering sector.

InterEngineer’s mission is to bring together the LGBTQIA+ community across the engineering profession. With the aim of increasing visibility and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ people and groups currently in the industry and providing a conduit to engage with students, remote/regional populations and other underrepresented communities.

Our commitment to LGBTI+ inclusion has seen us awarded with:

• Bronze Employer in Pride in Diversity’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) in 2022.
• Highly Commended in the Partners Life Emerging Award category at the 2019 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards.

Aurecon is a place where our people feel valued, can contribute without fear of discrimination or retaliation, and have equal access to opportunities.

Aurecon is playing a part in bridging the disability and accessibility gap by currently undertaking a 12-month review with JobAccess (Australian Government) to increase our performance as an accessible employer for people with disability. Our intent is to eliminate discrimination in an active way and remove barriers to employment in order to create a positive experience of work for people with disability/ies. 

Aurecon offers adjustments to candidates with a disability/ies to help them fully participate in the recruitment process and perform their role once offered a position. 

Aurecon will ensure that candidates with a disability/ies have equal access to opportunities to perform their best during the application process. Aurecon focuses on strengths, skills and potential, regardless of disability or any other form of diversity or difference.

Gender equality means removing barriers and creating incentives to enable equal participation and opportunity in all aspects of life for every person of every gender. 

We aim to improve gender representation in our workforce and leadership, and to play our part in progressing gender equality. We do this for each Aurecon employee, for Aurecon, for our clients and for the communities in which we live, work and play.

Our focus is mostly on professional roles, technical roles, and leadership positions.

Aurecon holds an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). We use this citation ― received for our commitment to promoting gender equality in Australian workplaces ― as a framework for our gender equality strategy. While this is a journey, we continue to make progress on our goal to disrupt gendered expectations and norms and seek genuine choice and opportunity for all employees.

Aurecon Australia and New Zealand initiatives to support gender equality

• Developing an inclusive culture that rejects all gender norms and stereotypes
• Sexual harassment and discrimination prevention and grievance processes and procedures
• Ascend, Aurecon's leadership program for women
• Pay equity Ambassador and pay parity audits
• Family and domestic violence guidelines and support for victims
• Parental workplace practices including Parental leave and a superannuation booster for paid as well as unpaid parental leave
• Female representation target of 40% by 2022, 50% of graduate intake and incremental uplift at levels 7-10 (operations), specific to regions and informed by current unit representation, attrition, growth and market opportunity. See below for further information on targets
• Inclusive leadership training for line managers
• Champions of Change participation organisation
• Champions of Change Panel Pledge commitment

Aurecon deeply respects and acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia and New Zealand.

Our commitment is to create sustainable and meaningful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and Māori and Pasifika in New Zealand.

We demonstrate our commitment in the following ways:

Indigenous inclusion in Australia

In Australia we drive progress through the Reconciliation Action Plan, where we bring ideas to life in the following areas:

• Creating meaningful career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Indigenous work experience students, cadets, interns, and grads join Aurecon each year.
• Connecting Aurecon’s people, clients, and community partners to, and raising awareness of, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through training, storytelling and celebrating periods of recognition such as National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.
• Collaborating on sustainable procurement partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned enterprises, based on trust, mutual respect, and a shared passion to support social outcomes through economic returns. Aurecon is a member of Supply Nation.
• Undertaking Engineers without Borders projects in Indigenous communities

Partnerships and scholarships

• Since 2013, Aurecon has been partnering with University Technology Sydney to develop future Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders through the Galuwa Engineering and IT Experience. A week-long program held by University of Technology Sydney for Indigenous high school students to discover the opportunities that studying engineering or information technology can provide.
• The partnership with University Technology Sydney includes delivery of a three-year Galuwa Indigenous Scholarship. The scholarship provides financial support, mentoring, paid work placements, and pastoral care support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students seeking support to successfully complete an engineering degree.
• Partnering with Engineering Aid Australia, University of Sydney, and Curtin University, to implement the Indigenous Australian Engineering School (IAES) programme
• Partnering with MADALAH, which includes making available a scholarship to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students wishing to further their education in a tertiary setting within engineering

Indigenous inclusion in New Zealand

In New Zealand, we drive progress through our partnerships with Iwi. Aurecon has a strong commitment to building relationships with Māori and acknowledging the role the local Iwi play in each area.

To demonstrate this commitment, Aurecon has established individual Memorandums of Understanding with Ngai Tahu in the South Island, Waikato-Tainui in the Central North Island and Ngāti Whātua in Auckland. Aurecon has co-designed initiatives with various Iwi to improve work and life outcomes for Māori. These range from revenue-generating projects to initiatives focused on corporate social responsibility and placements for young Māori in our New Zealand offices, as a pathway to work and career development in the engineering sector.

In August 2019, Aurecon became a TupuToa Support level partner. TupuToa is an innovative internship programme creating pathways for Māori and Pasifika students into careers in the corporate and professional sectors.

Through this partnership, Aurecon also honours its promise in the Ngāti Whātua Memorandum of Understanding of growing Māori and Pasifika business leaders, whilst looking to contribute locally to Aurecon's Australia and New Zealand strategy for diversity and inclusion. The aim is to grow and support partcipants so they can bring their whole selves to work, adding value to our workplace simply through their unique cultural lenses that they bring.

Aurecon New Zealand's inclusion strategy has a specific focus on developing Māori cultural awareness. We have a role to play in preserving Tikanga Māori and Te Reo (Māori language) and our strategy acknowledges this.

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1.      When do applications open? 

Applications for our Graduate Programme 2024 opens between 22 February and 10 April 2023. Be the first to know by expressing your interest here.  

2.      How long is the Aurecon graduate programme? 

Our graduate development programme is two years long, although some of our graduates move into other roles across the business before this time.

3.      When do graduates start? 

Most of our graduates start in February. However, if you’re graduating early or have availability to start sooner, please discuss with our recruitment team.

4.      What are the working arrangements like?  

We provide the opportunity for everyone, in any role, to consider how, when and where they work. Our goal is to support you in making choices that work for you, your family, your team, and your clients. We support hybrid/flexible ways of working, so you can discuss your working preferences with your line manager.

5.      What do the day-to-day working hours look like? 

Your working week is 38 hours, which equates to about 7.6 working hours per day. Along with our flexible working policy, your start and finish times can be tailored towards what’s best for you.

6.      What can I expect from the graduate programme? 

Our programme is developed to give you the head-start needed to become a professional who is ready for the future. We've added future ready learning objectives, collaboration across our regions, and a global view on how our graduates can develop and grow with our business.

We have a structured two-year programme of learning and development, that covers soft skills and supports technical learning across a range of fields. You’ll work on self-paced learning in AureconU, guided learning sessions to hear from experts and leaders, and benefit from sensemaking sessions with your peers. You’ll be sharing your learning journey with people across our entire organisation at all levels, across different geographies, as we believe that diversity makes for better learning.

7.      Can I change teams during the programme?

Yes, we provide graduate rotations so you can experience working on different project teams and in different disciplines. These opportunities help you to build and expand on your technical skills while learning more about our full-service offering.

Your first rotation will be six months in duration, and you’ll be supported to move into another team or complementary discipline, with rotations determined by the business growth plans and your skillset and interests. For the rest of the programme, rotations are offered but are optional. 

8.      If I apply early, does that improve my chances?

We encourage you to apply as soon as applications open. Our recruitment team reviews applications each week so this can help progress your application faster. 

9.      Do we hire international students? 

Yes, we welcome all international students to apply. We offer fixed term contracts in line with current visa conditions.

10.   What kind of projects will I work on?  

You’ll be immersed in real-life projects, learning to apply theory from university, meeting peers and mentors within your team and building connections to set you up for the future. You can find out more about our projects here. 

11.   What kind of graduates does Aurecon hire?

The graduates we hire each year depends on the needs across our business. As a design, engineering, and advisory company, we offer a diverse range of services across the world. We have a range of multidisciplinary teams that you can be a part of. 

Each team provides exciting career possibilities and the opportunity to work with internationally recognised experts — meaning you get to work with and learn from the best in the business whilst delivering complex and innovative projects in a collaborative peer group spread globally. The opportunities table on this page shows how your area of study is best matched for work in our teams.

12.   When will I hear back from Aurecon after submitting my application?

Due to the large number of applications we receive, our recruitment team review them weekly. We treat every application with the attention it deserves. Our team will be in touch as soon as we can – thanks for your patience during this time.

13.   What’s the dress code at Aurecon? 

We embrace people being their authentic selves in our diverse and inclusive workplace, whilst remaining presentable and professional in appearance. We don’t have specific guidelines – some people prefer to dress more formal, others more casual.

14.   Will I have a buddy once I start? 

Along with your line manager and team, you’ll be assigned a buddy in your office location who will help you during your first few months at Aurecon. They will share their experience and knowledge to help get you familiar with the new environment. You’ll also be connected with our Limelight committee (our internal network of emerging professionals – including interns and grads) who are the driving force behind many social activities in each office.

15.   What kind of benefits does Aurecon provide? 

We have a whole range of awesome benefits to support our people, their families, and our local communities. Here’s a few you might be interested in: cultural public holiday swap, free confidential access to counselling services, mentoring support, paid parental leave, paid volunteering day, working holiday arrangements, discounted health insurance and a range of exclusive corporate discounts.

1.      When do applications open? 

Applications for our 2023/4 summer intern programme will open in July 2023. Be the first to know by expressing your interest here.  

2.       How long is the Aurecon internship? 

Our internship is 12 weeks long and runs from mid-November to mid-February, with two weeks off over the Christmas and New Year period. If the start and end dates don’t align to your university exam schedule, we can work around that.

3.      Is the internship paid? 

Yes! All our interns get paid a competitive hourly rate. 

4.      What can I expect from the Aurecon internship?

Our Intern Programme consists of a series of events including onboarding and training sessions, development, and networking events. You’ll spend your time working with your Line Manager, immersing in real-life projects, learning to apply the theory from university, meeting peers and mentors within your team and building connections for your future.

5.      If I apply early, does that improve my chances?

We encourage you to apply as soon as applications open. Our recruitment team reviews applications each week so this can help progress your application faster.

6.      Do we hire international students? 

Yes, we welcome all international students to apply. We offer fixed term contracts in line with current visa conditions.  

7.      What kind of projects will I work on?  

You’ll be immersed in real-life projects, learning to apply theory from university, meeting peers and mentors within your team and building connections to set you up for the future. 

8.      What kind of interns does Aurecon hire?

The interns we hire each year depends on the needs across our business. As a design, engineering and advisory company, we offer a diverse range of services across the globe. We have a range of multidisciplinary and teams that you can be a part of. 

Each team provides exciting career possibilities and the opportunity to work with internationally recognised experts — meaning you get to work with and learn from the best in the business whilst delivering complex and innovative projects in a collaborative peer group spread across the world.

The opportunities table on this page shows how your area of study is best matched for work in our teams.

9.      When will I hear back from Aurecon after submitting my application?

Due to the large number of applications we receive, our recruitment team review them weekly. We treat every application with the attention it deserves. Our team will be in touch as soon as we can – thanks for your patience during this time.

10.   Will I have a buddy once I start? 

Along with your line manager and team, you’ll be assigned a buddy in your office location who will help you during your first few months at Aurecon. They’ll share their experience and knowledge to help get you familiar with the new environment. You’ll also be connected with our Limelight committee (our internal network of emerging professionals – including interns and grads) who are the driving force behind many social activities in each office.

11.   What’s the dress code at Aurecon? 

We embrace people being their authentic selves in our diverse and inclusive workplace, whilst remaining presentable and professional in appearance. We don’t have specific guidelines – some people prefer to dress more formal, others more casual.