Aurecon Australia
Aurecon 2020/21 Internship Programme
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Opportunity details
- Internship
- Apply by 9 Aug 2020
Choosing a career path as an undergraduate can be challenging. While you may have an interest in a particular area, you sometimes don't know which path to follow until you've had some practical work experience. In our internship programme, you will be placed in a technical field of your choice (where possible) for approximately three months to gain experience in that field and help you decide if it is right for you.
Aurecon's internship programme coincides with university summer break, so students typically start after their exam period in November/December and work through until university resumes in February/March. At the end of the experience, we give our internship students structured feedback on their performance to assist in their professional development.
While open to all students, the programme has been designed for undergraduates ideally in their penultimate year of study.
Who are we?
Aurecon is an engineering, design and advisory company, but not as you know it. We've re-imagined engineering.
Our clients' ideas and aspirations drive all that we do. We work alongside them like no other firm to co-create clever, innovative solutions to some of the world's most complex challenges.
This year, Aurecon was honoured to win the Australian Financial Review's (AFR's) Top 100 Graduate Employers 'Most Popular Engineering and Resources Employer Award' for the second year in a row, and ranked #10 in the Top 100 Most Popular Graduate Employers list. In 2019, we ranked #4 on the AFR's Most Innovative Companies Professional Services list and were also listed in LinkedIn's Top Companies for the second year in a row, the only engineering consulting firm to make the list.
Hardwired in our DNA are engineering, design and the deep need to leave a legacy. We are as diverse as we are dynamic. As curious as we are clever.
What makes us unconventional?
A better future belongs to the bold who step forward.
The dreamers, the believers, the curious, the resourceful, the unconventional thinkers.
Join us, and we'll give you flexibility, choice, and the freedom to be you to make an impact.
From designing the future of Auckland's transport to reduce crippling congestion in New Zealand's largest city. To advising on the world's largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia to store renewable energy. To bringing to life one of the world's largest mass-engineered timber buildings in Singapore, where sustainability and innovation are at the heart of the design.
Together, we can reimagine engineering and design a better future for humanity. So, step up, step out and start exploring your future with us today.
About the employer
Aurecon AU
4.1
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Construction & Property Services
Aurecon is an engineering, design and advisory company, but not as you know it. We’ve reimagined engineering.
Pros and cons of working at Aurecon AU
Pros
Supportive environment. Lots of opportunities and encouragement for training and career development, plenty of different work streams, informal networking events. Many offices mean there's chances for people to move to new areas for interesting and exciting projects.
People genuinely care for you and your wellbeing. Most of the people I have worked with have great work ethics. Approachable and knowledgeable colleagues. Great social life, through emerging professional network (called Limelight) and company events. People don't consider you as a graduate but as a member of the team. They give you the opportunities to develop your career or extracurricular aspirations. Very supportive team.
The company is very caring about my well-being. They are very considerate and always understanding. The work I do is very interesting, and I am learning a lot. A lot of my university work applies and is useful in understanding the task at hand.
Interesting and diverse work. Part of a team that pushes my limits, but also supports me and ensures that I always swim and never sink!
Awesome work-life balance. Flexible arrangements are available. Very creative and innovative for an engineering firm.
The learning and growth opportunities that are available to me. I love that I am not just pigeon-holed in one area and that those around me provide me opportunities to explore different areas of work.
Cons
As a company, the bar is set so high in terms of diversity and inclusion, equality and digital work practices that it gives us permission to complain about things we wouldn't at other companies.
Office culture is moving towards flexible working. Still transitioning away from watching the clock. Flat hierarchy, particularly good for young professionals. Socialising is up to the individual and their teams.
Sometimes a lack of support or understanding of lack of experience. Graduates tend to have to 'do their time' in the tougher field roles until they gain experience and become more senior.
My work is usually interesting and varied with multiple projects at once, but sometimes there are some less exciting things that just need to be done as with any job.
The downtime, sometimes there are periods where I don’t have any work and have to look for things to do.