KiwiRail
Engineering Graduate (Feb 2025)
Dunedin
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 64000 / Year
- - 6 monthly remuneration reviews - 5 weeks anual leave- host of other benefits
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 26 Oct 2024
- Start date 23 Feb 2025
We’re going places. Are you?
Be part of our award winning KiwiRail Graduate Programme.
Our Network Services team works hard behind the scenes to keep KiwiRail moving. They maintain and improve our vast rail network and control train operations, playing a vital role in ensuring our services can run smoothly and safely.
This role will be based in Dunedin but will be working closely with our project and design teams in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch throughout the grad rotations.
Your role:
This permanent role is part of our KiwiRail operations, and you will be working across but not limited to infrastructure and compliance, asset management, production and delivery, projects and more. There might be also opportunities for you to rotate through other business units during your graduate programme.
What you’ll get
- An exciting and comprehensive 2- year rotational programme which will see you pushed out of your comfort zone and growing toward your full potential
- Competitive starting salary, to be regularly reviewed
- Senior management mentoring and a buddy from within the business
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Access to discounted travel, health insurance & holiday houses across NZ as part of the Staff Welfare Trust A strong Zero Harm policy to keep you safe
What you’ll do
- Assist with project work as determined by your manager relating to your qualification, based on the needs of the business
- Provide generalist support in the delivery of projects and professional assignments
- Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the team to assist with project concepts, design and implementation
What you’ll need
- Diploma or Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Structural, Construction, Geotech or Environmental Engineering (Other technical engineering roles welcome)
- Have recently graduated (within the last two years) or be graduating ready to start Feb 2025
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships quickly and effectively
- A curious, proactive and innovative mindset
- Must be a New Zealand Citizen or Resident
Why KiwiRail?
KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.
Our people are everything. That’s why KiwiRail is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunity to succeed. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, personalities, ethnicities, abilities, and cultures.
If you’re ready to go places, we’re ready when you are.
Hononga Whaikaha. Oranga mo Aotearoa. Stronger Connections. Better New Zealand
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Associate Degree or higher
Reviews
I am working on improving and adding to environmental resources available for training, conferences, and presentations. I am also working on some base documents for engineers to refer to in the planning/design phase of projects that address our core risk areas. This is to mitigate adverse impacts on the environment that could arise when the environment is considered during the planning phase. Also, to educate engineers about some of the solutions available and the resources that we already have at our disposal. Liaising with the engineering team, this could also result in a workshop potentially hosted by myself to train new engineers. Daily, I am taking part in meetings and building relationships with people across different business units and outside of KR, and learning about some of the challenges that arise in our field.
Easy going so far. It would be nice to get a little more work. But I'm still learning and enjoying it.
I have been involved with a variety of different duties such as assisting with procurement, design, and business-as-usual tasks.
About the employer
KiwiRail
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Transport & Logistics
KiwiRail is one of New Zealand's largest employers with proud KiwiRail staff operating in more than 50 towns and cities across the country.
Pros and cons of working at KiwiRail
Pros
The people. Everyone is so friendly, and my team has really welcomed me in. It's good that there are a few young people in the team. My buddy is just one year older, but he knows so much already. He's more than happy for me to ask him questions and have a good chat if I'm learning from it. The grads here are pretty keen to get amongst everything and it's just very good energy here.
Friendly atmosphere, well-managed graduate program.
KiwiRail is very supportive and will help you grow into the professional you desire to be.
Being a large company you have the opportunity to be part of a vast range of projects at once.
The flexibility within each team, and how welcoming they are. Great discounts and employee benefits, 5 weeks annual leave and they take care of you well.
Cons
Office location.
Technical difficulties with work device but that's kind of normal in any workplace.
Complicated business structure. Very big and silo's. Difficult to wrap your head around as a new employee.
Age-gap.
It's hard to get to know people due to the large scale of employees.