As one of the world’s largest toll road developers and operators, our business is to get people where they want to go as quickly and safely as possible. Transurban’s toll roads connect key industry, freight, employment and community centres and keep cities moving safely and efficiently. 

Our purpose is to strengthen communities through transport, and you can see this in action across all our activities, including:

• our 24/7 traffic control room operators helping keep our roads safe
• our transport planners forecasting likely future congestion hot spots
• our technology experts creating better ways to manage tolling accounts
• our community engagement teams that help reduce construction and road work impacts around our projects.

We’re here to make a difference, and we make meaningful differences in how people travel every single day.

Working at Transurban is different: it’s a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions—building and operating safer, smarter and more sustainable roads—to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down. 

As a Transurban Graduate, you’ll experience a first-class program where your contribution matters – right from day one. You’ll be encouraged to share your ideas and utilise your expertise to create better ways of working, building, and doing. For our current and past graduates, our program highlights always include the opportunities available to work across different parts of the business, while being given the chance to make a real impact, contribute in meaningful ways and take responsibility and ownership for your decisions.

You’ll be supported by buddies and mentors and have access to senior leaders and technical specialists, all alongside a program of formal learning to strengthen your leadership skills.

Every year, we invite a number of bright, incredibly curious individuals to join our tailored graduate development program. Across our Engineering, Technology, and Corporate Finance teams, your work, skills and experience will shape futures – starting with your own.

Program Information

At Transurban we offer permanent Graduate positions that:

• kick-start your career with an 18-month rotational program
• consist of three varied six-month rotations 
• is strongly supported by mentors, buddies and managers
• Bespoke development program to enhance your skills and capabilities 

What you need

• A Bachelor’s degree with a Credit Average
• A desire to make a difference – to help ‘strengthen communities through transport’
• Plenty of bright ideas
• A curious mind and a collaborative way of working
• Strong learning agility and the desire to grow your career
• The ability to work autonomously, coupled with a thirst for learning from others and independently

What’s unique about a Transurban Graduate position?

We don’t do ‘one-size-fits-all’. We take a small number of graduates, understand their interests, experiences, strengths, and aspirations. We invest heavily in targeted development so we can provide you with a depth and breadth of experience that will build a great foundation for a meaningful and challenging career.

We might be influencing the future of road travel globally, but compared to other top ASX listed companies, our smaller team of around 2000 people means that it doesn’t matter what part of Transurban you join, you can expect exposure and access to our senior leadership team and leading industry experts. You’ll also find our size allows a sense of connectivity, belonging and agility that embraces switched-on, motivated people, and the diversity of their thinking and ideas. It is what gives us our competitive edge and is key to our continuous innovation.

Does this sound like what drives you?

Graduate Program

Based out of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, our two-year rotational program consists of three six-month rotations within a core discipline. For 2023, these include Engineering, Technology and Corporate Finance/Treasury (VIC only). You can expect rotations to be varied in order to provide breadth across the organisation, while maximising your opportunities to develop critical skills and a deep understanding of the business. 

Engineering graduates, you’ll rotate through areas such as Project Delivery, Asset Engineering, Operations and Maintenance or Development. You could be working on projects that supports the asset life cycle model (ALCM) for the pavements on our roads, jet fan refurbishment at the Lane Cove Tunnel, or the Burnley Tunnel lighting improvement project – making tunnel driving a safer and more engaging experience. 

Finance graduates, you’ll rotate through areas such as Corporate Finance, Treasury, Performance and Planning and Investor Relations. You could be working on projects supporting Transurban’s growth pipeline (like the recent acquisition of the WestConnex motorway) or learn more about how we showcase our business and build strong relationships with investors.

Technology graduates, you’ll rotate through areas such as Data and Analytics, Cybersecurity, Project Management, Digital, Cloud or Automation. You could be working on projects that involve using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, alongside our data, to create personalised experiences for our customers. Or work hand in hand with our Digital teams on the design and software development for Transurban’s Mobile Applications.

Our graduates arrive ready to collaborate and complement our teams. They share their unique ideas to help us build our competitive edge, and do all this with an eye on our vision - to strengthen communities through transport.

You will have a relevant Bachelor’s degree with a Credit average – but we’re more interested in who you are than what your scores were. Life at Transurban is fast paced – bring bright ideas, a hunger to learn and a curious and flexible way of working and thinking.

We are looking for people who will collaborate with and complement our team, and share their unique ideas to build on our competitive edge as we work towards our vision of connecting communities through transport.

Streams and locations:

We are recruiting graduates across our Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices and are seeking applications from the following streams:

Engineering: 

• Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Mechatronics or Electrical) 
• Science (Engineering Science, Computer and Software Systems)  

Technology:

• Technology (Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Computer Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Development) or;

Corporate Finance:

• Commerce, Finance, Accounting or Economics  

The Application Process and Key Dates: Applications open on the 19 April 2023. 

• Step 1: Apply by midnight 7 May 2023 via this link
• Step 2: Online psychometric testing 8-11 May 2023
• Step 3: Video screening 12-15 May 2023
• Step 4: Final interviews and reference checks – From 25 May 2023
• Step 5: Offers made – from June 2023

Please note: you must be available to commence in January/February 2023

• Our graduate programs are based in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. You must be located in/or willing to relocate to Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane and be willing to cover the costs of your travel to attend Assessment Centres and interviews.
• You must be willing to undertake a National Police Check.

Interns

We run four different internship schemes for bright students who are hungry to learn and grow with us. Some are designed to develop diverse mindsets, while others are technically focused.

Females Excelling in Engineering and Technology (FEET)

This mentoring program is offered to women studying towards an engineering or technology degree. Over 100 students have experienced life inside Transurban through the program, and many have gone onto gain employment at Transurban. 

Industry-based learning and university partnerships

We partner with several universities to offer work placements to their best and brightest students. Check in with your university to see if there is a partnership involved. 

MITI Program

Run in partnership with Monash University, the MITI Program brings teams of four students into Transurban. These multi-disciplinary teams have 12 weeks over the summer to solve a real-life business problem.

Learn about life as a TU Grad from our graduate alumni, as they share experiences from their rotations and time in the program.

Ben (Finance Graduate, 2022) shares his experience with the recruitment process and starting out in the program.

Chiu-San (Technology Graduate, 2022) shares what attracted him Transurban, his experience with the recruitment process and what has been most surprising about working at Transurban.

 
Katie (Engineering Graduate, 2020) explains a little about the opportunities, rotations, support and flexibility in the program.

Tiffany (Technology Graduate, 2019) shares what it’s like to transition into a permanent role at Transurban after the program.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: We believe in equality and creating an environment where everyone feels they belong. We treat our employees, contractors, suppliers and communities with fairness, consideration and respect, regardless of their gender, cultural background, religious beliefs, sexuality or personal circumstances. To demonstrate our commitment and prioritisation of diversity in our organisation, Transurban has been recognised as one of the top 20 companies globally for gender equality and is certified as a Work 180 Endorsed Employer for Women and achieved WGEA Employer of Choice status for the past nine years. Read more about Transurban’s commitment to gender equality.

Commitment to First Nations people: We strongly encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We ensure reasonable adjustments are made to our recruitment, onboarding, and work practices to provide the most appropriate experience. Transurban is proud to commit to our Third Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in our shared journey towards reconciliation with our First Nations Peoples. Read more about our Commitment to First Nations People.

Community and Sustainability: Our strong link to communities is visible from our sites and offices. You will tangibly see the impact you are making and know you’re part of something bigger. We are vigilant about managing and monitoring our impacts on local communities, and work with communities to create local benefits. In FY22, we committed more than $4 million toward social investment programs, reinforcing our purpose “to strengthen communities through transport”. Read more information on how we are giving back to communities.

Commitment to the Environment: Transurban has committed to net zero Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2050, which extends our existing 2030 GHG emissions reduction targets. We’re redesigning the materials and methods we use, with the goal of transforming our environmental impacts and bringing them ever closer to net zero. Read on for some examples, or view our ESG Data Summary page for more details on how we’re performing in meeting our environmental targets.

At Transurban we’re all about ideas, innovation and leading the industry. Flexible and agile ways of working are just the way we do business. We know flexibility encourages a diversity of ideas and approaches and supports everyone at Transurban to be at their best, at work and at home.

By providing top-notch technology and a range of formal and informal working arrangements and different types of leave, we make sure everyone can take advantage of flexible working arrangements when they need or want to.

We want our people to bring their whole selves to work, we are building on our inclusion focus to unlock the value of our ‘difference’ in our teams – their diverse backgrounds, skills, experiences and cultures.

We have been recognised worldwide as a company committed to gender diversity. We’re serious about gender diversity and have been recognised for our commitment. Some of our many successes include half of our Executive team being female, and being recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) for the last 4 years*.  We have many initiatives in place to make sure we continue to progress towards gender equality including mentoring and leadership programs, as well as our annual pay equity review.

* Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)