Engineering Summer Internship (Nov 2023)

Here’s your chance to join our team as a paid summer intern and you can see for yourself what Downer can offer you.

We have a clear vision for the future and are committed to developing young professionals into our future leaders.  Did you know that the majority of successful applicants to our Graduate Programme worked for us as summer interns?

This year we will be taking on-board more than 40 summer interns – all across New Zealand! If you are serious about engineering, then we invite you to take this opportunity to research whether Downer is right for you.

OWN YOUR GROWTH

Through our Summer Intern Programme, you can expect a mix of onsite and office work to support our exciting projects. Work also can include:

• Construction site work;
• Project management;
• Estimating;
• Quality Assurance, monitoring and reporting;
• Laboratory and Road Science.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITIES

Over the summer, you will have the opportunity to develop your personal skills from planning and delegation to communication and motivating teams.

OWN YOUR NEXT STEPS

We are looking for 2nd or 3rd year engineering students to join our 12-week structured Summer Intern Programme starting in November. 

We have opportunities in our offices across New Zealand for Civil Engineers.

If this interests you, now is the time to get yourself ready to apply! Once you've got your cover letter, CV and transcript ready hit the apply button – Job 601616. We have limited spaces and this campaign may close earlier than July 23rd, 2023 so don't delay and make sure you apply as soon as possible.

Please note: 

You must be a New Zealand Citizen or have Permanent Residency to be eligible for this role. 

Applications will not be accepted by email; they must be submitted through our recruitment system.

For more information on our intern and graduate programmes visit our website or follow us on Facebook.

Applications close on Sunday 23rd July 9:00pm