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    2025 Graduate Water Resources Engineer - Townsville, Australia - AECOM

    AECOM
    Aecom background
    Full time
    Description

    Company Description

    Work with us. Change the World.

    We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

    At AECOM, you'll work in a dynamic and inclusive environment where we will champion your integrity and innovative mindset.

    We are a team of over 56,000 specialists working across 7 continents to deliver some of the world's most influential and transformational infrastructure projects. When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

    Along with our clients and partners, we have one goal: to leave a positive, lasting impact on people and our planet. We're driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

    Job Description

    The Role

    Our team covers all areas of water engineering, from strategic water planning, infrastructure design, flood modelling, drainage design, climate change resilience and water quality. As an integrated team, we provide design and planning advice from inception through to detailed design, often working alongside other engineers, scientists, architects and master planners in multi-disciplinary teams. ​

    Responsibilities may include:

    • Assisting in data collection and analysis ​
    • Undertaking hydrological, hydraulic and drainage network modelling using various modelling tools
    • Undertaking calculations for concept and detailed design of culverts, bridges, dams, channels, pit and pipe networks.
    • Providing input to design reports and surface water assessments ​

    For all other Graduate opportunities, please visit our opportunities document.

    Our Graduate Program

    Our Growing Professional Skills (GPS) graduate program is designed to help you bridge the gap between formal education and the workplace. The program is spread across two years, drawing on a range of personal development activities, exposure to other graduates and business leaders, and a range of topics designed to grow your business and professional skills.

    Along with local site visits, technical seminars, mentoring, and internal and external training, AECOM connects you with leading local and global networks that help you learn, grow, and develop.

    As an added incentive, your involvement in the GPS program is fully endorsed for those seeking Professional accreditation. If you decide to do additional studies, we will help you examine your options and identify areas of specialisation to support you in your career.

    Qualifications

    • Undertaking a relevant tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
    • Interest in design of water infrastructure including network (pumps and pipes) or treatment (process or facility)
    • You will need to have graduated before June 2025
    • Your application requires you to attach your CV, cover letter and academic transcript .

    #Work180

    Additional Information

    AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here:

    About AECOM

    AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

    Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

    You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

    You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

    AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

    Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

    ReqID: REF29097G
    Business Line: Transportation

    Business Group: DCS

    Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

    Career Area: Engineering

    Work Location Model: Hybrid



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