KiwiRail
Summer Internship Programme - Corporate (Nov 2025)
Auckland, Christchurch, Palmerston North
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- NZD 23 / Hour
- 1-5 vacancies
- Apply by 15 Aug 2025
- Start date 16 Nov 2025 - 23 Nov 2025
KiwiRail Summer Internship Programme – Engineering & Corporate
It’s a great opportunity to gain real-life work experience in a busy and transformational environment.
Internship opportunities across the business:
- Rolling Stock workshop & professional hours (Engineering mechanical, electrical)
- Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch
- Engineering Infrastructure (Engineering civil, water, geo, electrical, mechatronics)
- Auckland & Wellington
- Corporate roles
- ICT Cybersecurity (Wellington)
- Property (Wellington)
- Project Management / Finance / Business (Auckland & Wellington)
Our innovative internship programme offers:
- 10-12-week real-life work experience
- An assigned buddy to job shadow and go-to for any questions
- A realistic practical preview of employment opportunities within KiwiRail
- Combination of Health & Safety and Personal Development training
- An opportunity to up-skill by gaining practical on-the-job training
- Opportunities to network and build relationships in KiwiRail
About KiwiRail
We have a vision for a bigger, bolder role for rail and we're looking for energetic, ambitious and talented students who genuinely care about creating stronger connections, for a better New Zealand. It’s a pivotal time to join our organisation and we're searching for our next generation of influential and inspiring leaders to develop with us.
Applications for the KiwiRail Internship Programme will close once roles have been filled so do not hesitate and apply today.
Want to hear more about working with KiwiRail from our graduates? Read their Graduate Stories
If your vision is like ours to create stronger connections, for a better New Zealand – Then apply now!
#We’re going places. Are you?
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics
- Bachelor 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.