Arup Australia
2022/23 Summer Vacation Programme (Oct 2022)
Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 50,000 - 72,500 / Year
- 1-50 vacancies
- Apply by 31 Aug 2022
- Start date 31 Oct 2022 - 29 Nov 2022
Starting your career at Arup is an opportunity to be part of a unique culture. One that believes in quality, humanity, the highest ethics and social usefulness and offers a diverse work environment that will allow you to thrive and build your technical, project management and business development skills.
Our Melbourne office has opportunities available in the following teams:
- Audio Visual
- Bridge and Civil Structures
- Building Structures
- Civil
- Electrical Engineering
- Energy
- Environment
- Fire
- Geotechnical Engineering
- GIS
- Highways
- Lighting
- Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Planning
- Rail
- Resilience, Security & Risk
- Sustainability
- Transport Planning
- Visualisation
- Water
From day one you will have the opportunity to deliver high quality, valuable work for our clients, working on innovative and challenging projects, large and small.
Responsibilities vary depending on position but generally include:
- Working closely with senior engineers on multiple projects
- Assisting in design, analysis, research and report writing
- Participating in interdisciplinary meetings
Our program
Our summer vacation program is paid experience over the summer university break. You will have the opportunity to contribute to Arup’s ground-breaking projects, while receiving a mix of on-the-job and professional development training and building your network with the best in the business. By being part of the program, you will also be automatically considered for a graduate role, putting you ahead of the pack! Applications are open to students in their penultimate and final year of study.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
I work in the planning team and enjoy most of the work I do, particularly the more technical side of it and wastewater modelling. I less enjoy the reports that come after but that is part of the job that cannot be avoided, particularly for a graduate.
Hydraulic modelling with TUFLOW. Analysing data and flood model results. Data management and automation.
- Usually long hours. Sometimes, I've had to work on weekends to meet deadlines
About the employer
Arup Australia
4.3
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Engineering Consulting
Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally to shape a better world.
Pros and cons of working at Arup Australia
Pros
The meaningful project work that I get to be a part of. I feel engaged and motivated in my role and enjoy coming to work. The team (and office more broadly) are friendly and supportive of my development.
You get to work flexible hours, meaning that you can start and finish when it suits you (obviously as long as you work a minimum of 7.5 hours a day, deliver the work, and attend the meetings you're supposed to).
Ample time and resources are given for training. Interesting projects. Great team, technically and socially.
The culture supports my aim of having good work-life balance. There are many social events during and after business hours.
The company has a very strong environmental stance and will not work on projects they feel could compromise their environmental commitments.
Cons
Sometimes the expectation to complete work I am unfamiliar with can be cumbersome.
The workload can become intense, especially with deadlines on large projects.
Some expectations are not laid out clearly. For example, what can be booked on your timesheet or when your time would be volunteered. - Internal tooling is only partially mature.
Business fluctuates working in a consulting firm which can lead to periods with a lack of project work. Feeling the pressure to be a productive employee with high billability, particularly during these periods of low workflow.
The culture varies between teams, which means that work and support can be variable.