Premium Graduate Placements
We have placements open now and are immediately looking for eligible graduates and students to commence Engineering internships.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney and 4 other locations
Premium Graduate Placements
We have placements open now and are immediately looking for eligible graduates and students to commence internships.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney and 4 other locations
CareerDC
The internships, which are practical work-placement programs designed to provide you with professional experience in an area related to your field of study or the career you are working towards.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 5 other locations
Chevron Australia
The Chevron Vacation Program provides 12-weeks of paid vacation employment, giving students the opportunity to participate in our industry-leading oil and gas projects while acquiring practical skills relevant to your field of study.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Perth
Chevron Australia
The Chevron Vacation Program provides 12-weeks of paid vacation employment, giving students the opportunity to participate in our industry-leading oil and gas projects while acquiring practical skills relevant to your field of study.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Perth
Readygrad
Calling all students and graduates: Readygrad’s Engineering Professional Internship Program is open for applicants!
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney and 2 other locations
Australian Internships
Australian Internships is the industry leader for providing work experience opportunities to young professionals in Australia. If you are a student or recent graduate looking for on-the-job training an internship can be a great option for you!
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 7 other locations
Australian Internships
Australian Internships is the industry leader for providing work experience opportunities to young professionals in Australia. If you are a student or recent graduate looking for on-the-job training an internship can be a great option for you!
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 7 other locations
Optiver
Are you a penultimate or pre-penultimate year student with a passion for modelling and/or data driven statistical problem solving? Do you like challenges and want to kick start your career at one of Australia’s “Top Graduate Employers”?
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
accepts international
Yes
Optiver
Are you a penultimate or pre-penultimate year student with a passion for data driven problem solving? Do you like challenges and want to kick start your career at one of Australia’s “Top Graduate Employers”? Do you want to work in an informal, collaborative and dynamic environment?
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
accepts international
Yes
Deloitte
Interested in a career within the Tech Consulting space? Looking to develop your skills with real business problems? Now’s your chance with our Deloitte Tech Consulting Virtual Internship.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
All Location
Santos
Are you looking for a Vacation Program that provides hands on experience through challenging project work?
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Brisbane and 2 other locations
VACANCIES
Multiple
John Holland
At John Holland we deliver people-centred solutions to complex challenges and opportunities.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney and 4 other locations
Citadel | Citadel Securities
Software Engineers at Citadel Securities create next generation software solutions that help produce systems that power our investment research, trading, risk management, and funding & settlement systems.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
Citadel | Citadel Securities
Quantitative Researchers at Citadel Securities apply advanced statistical techniques to complex data sets to model markets, test hypotheses, and create proprietary trading algorithms.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
Jane Street
We are big believers in functional programming, using OCaml, a statically-typed functional programming language, as our primary development language.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Hong Kong and 2 other locations
Teach For Australia
Every day, teachers are leading in classrooms, making real gains in students’ education while enacting positive change in their schools and communities. Learn how to be an effective leader and change-maker, the way Teach For Australia’s teachers do, through our Virtual Experience Programs.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 14 other locations
IBM
Completing an Internship at IBM will give you practical, on-the-job experience. You get great exposure to a global corporate environment working in a team of friendly professionals.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra
Credit Suisse
Join the IBCM team in Sydney or Melbourne this Summer to start your investment banking career with us!
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Melbourne
Credit Suisse
Our Private Banking Summer Analyst Program is an 11-week program designed to give students a taster of life at the world’s leading Wealth Manager, with the potential to join the business upon graduation.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
NSW Government
The NSW Government Virtual Internship Program allows students to gain insight into the experience of working as a graduate in NSW Government.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 5 other locations
PwC
Creating a meaningful career is important, but so is creating yourself. As a Trainee, you'll embark on a three-year journey of combined work and study with PwC, where you’ll have the opportunity to grow, learn new skills and do work that matters.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney/Parramatta
ANZ
Develop the skills to launch your career in the professional workforce.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 6 other locations
ANZ
Discover the critical role of cyber security with one of the world's leading financial institutions.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 6 other locations
Quantium
Quantium is a leading data science and AI Firm, founded in Australia in 2002 and offers a 17-year track record of innovation in data science.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 7 other locations
Akuna Capital
Akuna Traders are bright, maths-savvy, competitive, and ambitious!
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
Akuna Capital
Our Akuna Quantitative Team are a mixture of mathematicians, statisticians and technologists that find solutions to problems.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Sydney
Accenture
At Accenture, we are innovators who look to improve the way the world works and lives. Coming from diverse backgrounds, we work together to solve our clients most challenging problems with leading-edge technologies.
JOB TYPE
Internships
LOCATION
Canberra and 5 other locations
Engineering Internships and Vacation Programs
Engineering Internships and Vacation Programs
For engineering students, even more than for students of other disciplines, industry experience is highly important. It is essential to the very completion of the Bachelor of Engineering and has a direct effect on the likelihood of future job prospects.
In order to satisfy the degree requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering, students need to complete 60-80 days of practical work experience before they graduate. This can be completed in several different ways – either as a series of shorter internships or as a single vacation placement. Some universities (such as RMIT) will assist students with finding placements through their industry training programs. Most universities however will expect the student to seek out opportunities on their own.
Both shorter internships and vacation programs will give the student the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skilled learned in university to real world engineering problems, and will provide them with a glimpse into the life and corporate interactions of the engineering profession. Vacation programs differ from other internships in that they are longer (around twelve weeks in duration); usually take place in the summer (between November and March); are more structured and involve a more challenging, higher quality learning experience. While ordinary internships (like those offered by small to medium companies) tend to involve a high proportion of menial or administrative work (e.g. fetching coffee, photocopying), vacation programs involve the intern in meaningful projects, often getting them to work as part of a team of employees and mentors. In addition, vacation work tends to be better compensated than other forms of internships, since the company wants to attract the student to consider them a future employer after graduation.Social events and possible travel opportunities are also more common in a vacation program. The latter is especially likely if the employer is a large mining corporation operating in a rural part of Western Australia or Queensland, since they may require interns to “fly-in” to their work sites. Some mining interns have reported pay rates of $25-40 an hour, as well as allowances for food, travel and accommodation.
Only very large companies can afford to offer summer vacation programs – in the engineering sector these include major mining companies, construction companies, petroleum companies and energy providers. Smaller, more specialised engineering companies, consultancies and research facilities might not advertise vacation programs, but may consider offering an enthusiastic student an internship.
For more information on the differences between internships and vacation programs, and for tips on how to successfully apply to these programs, check out our general internships and vacation programs guide.
More information about graduate programs in engineering can be found here.
