Summer Vacation Program (Nov 2024)

Are you a penultimate year university student and looking for a career as an engineer, quantity surveyor or project manager and want the opportunity to work on city-shaping projects? The Arcadis Summer Vacation Program will open doors to the engineering and consulting world and will kick start your career. Spaces are available in our established program across our business nationally.  

Drawing on a global resource base, you will be given the opportunity to enhance your skills, build a network of contacts and learn from some of the industry’s finest engineers and consultants. As an Arcadis Summer Vacation Student, you will use these skills from day one as you focus on developing your professional excellence by working within our talented teams on award-winning projects. This position will run for an 8–10-week period over November 2024 to February 2025. 

Please apply to our Summer Vacation Program if you are studying the below disciplines:

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Town or Urban Planning
• Transport Economics

What will you bring? 

• A can-do attitude with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to different environments
• Excellent communication and interactive skills
• Strong collaboration skills
• Natural intuition and an inquisitive nature
• Valid Australian working rights

Who are we?  

For over 75 years Arcadis Australia Pacific has been a leader in built and natural asset design and management and we strive to create smart, sustainable solutions for our valued clients. To achieve this, we collaborate with the 37,000 Arcadians in over 70 countries around the globe on world-changing projects.   

How are we different from others?   

It is through our talented and passionate people and the unique combination of global knowledge and local expertise which enables us in shaping Australia’s future. We are proud to work on iconic projects that improve quality of life not just in Australia but around the world. Our culture puts people first. Where everyone can own their career and transform their world.   

Why work for us?  

With experience working on nation building projects - such as Warringah Freeway Upgrade, Suburban Rail Loop, Melbourne Metro, M12 Motorway, Inland Rail, Port Botany Expansion, Gold Coast Rapid Transit, Hunter Expressway and Royal North Shore Hospital – Arcadis is your employer of choice as you embark on your consulting career.  

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

• 2023-24 WGEA Equal Opportunity Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 
• 2024-24 Work180 Certified Employer 

 What now? 

If you can fulfil the above criteria, you are strongly urged to apply immediately and include a cover letter, your CV, and academic transcripts. Please note that without these documents we cannot consider your application. 

Candidates successfully shortlisted will be asked to complete an online behavioural analysis assessment and the final stage will be to attend an interview with a hiring manager and a People and Culture representative.