AECOM New Zealand
Cost Management and Quantity Surveying - Graduate Program (Feb 2024)
Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 70,000 - 72,000 / Year
- 2-year grad program w/ structured advancement & salary increases, wellness rebate, & volunteer leave
- 1-270 vacancies
- Apply by 24 Mar 2025
- Start date 15 Feb 2024
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
At AECOM, you’ll work in a dynamic and inclusive environment where we will champion your integrity and innovative mindset.
We are a team of over 56,000 specialists working across 7 continents to deliver some of the world’s most influential and transformational infrastructure projects. When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.
Along with our clients and partners, we have one goal: to leave a positive, lasting impact on people and our planet. We’re driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Our Graduate Program:
Our Growing Professional Skills (GPS) graduate program is designed to help you bridge the gap between formal education and the workplace. The program is spread across two years, drawing on a range of personal development activities, exposure to other graduates and business leaders, and a range of topics designed to grow your business and professional skills.
Along with local site visits, technical seminars, mentoring, and internal and external training, AECOM connects you with leading local and global networks that help you learn, grow, and develop.
As an added incentive, your involvement in the GPS program is fully endorsed for those seeking Professional accreditation. If you decide to do additional studies, we will help you examine your options and identify areas of specialisation to support you in your career.
We are excited to be seeking applicants from a wide range of disciplines.
The career opportunities at AECOM are endless! As you progress through our recruitment process, you will be prompted to choose your preferred role and location, along with a second and third choice.
Recruitment Process
- Feb – March: Complete the job application – please note that you need to submit your resume, a cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcript (please submit all as one document).
- Feb – March: Complete our online strength-based assessment via our assessment provider, Cappfinity
- Feb – March: Complete our one-way video interview.
- May: Attend a remote or locally based Assessment Centre
- May – June: Offers are made
Pre-register now!
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
As a graduate engineer my role is to support and learn from more senior engineers with project work.
CAD work of smaller parts of projects. either tidying up drawings or making the design part 3d design with heavy supervision very occasional report writing
My role is a graduate, my day-to-day responsibilities include site inspections, design of structures, structural detailing, meetings and workshops for projects.
About the employer
AECOM New Zealand
3.9
50,000 - 100,000 employees
Engineering Consulting
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Pros and cons of working at AECOM New Zealand
Pros
The people. We have an amazing team of people that make it fantastic to come into work every day.
My peers, the type of projects that we work on, the graduate program, and the amount of support there is for graduates.
The support I get when learning new software and processes. They don't expect me to get it right the first time and allow me to ask a lot of questions.
Work culture, people and employee benefits.
Variety of work, Work flexibility, exciting projects.
Cons
It is still a job and occasionally has less enjoyable tasks to do.
No negatives so far
Timesheets
Occasional downtimes with no work, which has gotten better.
Unable to think of any worse thing.