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3.9
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

2020/21 Environmental Vacation Student - Bunbury

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeInternship, Clerkship or Placement
  • Number of vacancies1 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 15 Aug 2020

As a GHD Vacation Student, you will be given the opportunity to learn more about your area of interest with hands-on experience and exposure to a diverse range of projects. The GHD Vacation Student Program is an ideal stepping-stone to join the GHD Graduate Program at the conclusion of your studies.

The Vacation Student Program will include a thorough induction to GHD, networking opportunities and team-building activities. We provide training to facilitate skill development and knowledge transfer with regular feedback sessions. By the end of your program, you will have a greater understanding of the diversity of a professional services consultancy and delivering services for a variety of clients.

Who are we looking for?

Our Perth office is looking for enthusiastic Environmental students in their penultimate year (second last year of study before graduation), completing degrees in the following areas:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Key features of the Vacation Program:

  • 12 weeks' work experience;
  • the opportunity to work with and learn from industry leading specialists;
  • hands-on experience on a range of project work;
  • networking and development opportunities through our Young Professionals Group;
  • on-the-job coaching and professional development and
  • the opportunity to fast track into GHD's Graduate Development Program.

If you are in your penultimate year of studies; possess strong academic performance; participate in extracurricular activities; have a genuine curiosity about your field of studies and an interest in the consulting environment, we encourage you to apply.

Our commitment to you

Fostering gender balance, diversity and acceptance of flexible working is central to the way GHD does business. We offer a professional, friendly and inclusive culture based on our core values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect and Integrity.

How do you apply?

  • Upload a copy of your cover letter, resume and most recent academic transcript.
  • Applications can be addressed to Adrian Bertram, People Advisor.
  • You will be given the option to choose an area of interest through the process.
  • Applications close Saturday, 15 August 2020.

The recruitment process:

To assist us with shortlisting we may ask you to complete a short pre-recorded video interview and online psychometric assessment. Communication will be via email, please apply with an email address that you check regularly.

We expect to hold final interviews in October, with offers confirmed by early November.

For any enquiries or updates, please feel free to reach out on Adrian.Bertram@ghd.com

GHD is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities and invites applications from people of all nationalities, genders, and cultural backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Why GHD?

Be a part of a high functioning team, where everything we do is inspired by a level of passion and professional pride that comes from being employee owned. This ownership is what sets us apart and means our people enjoy an unrivalled amount of autonomy in their roles. It helps drive our passion and accountability in how we serve our clients, deliver projects, and pursue new opportunities.

So, do you have what it takes: passion, collaboration, imagination and values that match our own?

About GHD

As one of the world's leading professional services companies, GHD delivers iconic projects that shape our landscapes, support our communities and set the path of our collective future. To do this, we actively seek and nurture the very best people in their respective fields to join our team of over 10,000 professionals operating in the markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation.

In return, we offer remarkable career shaping opportunities to extend your skills and gain global experience.

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Study fields
    Engineering & Mathematics
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Reviews

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Graduate
Perth
a year ago

Project management and admin. I have been given no project management training and am having to manage projects for PMs who do not care about their projects.

user
Graduate
Melbourne
a year ago

Emails. Teams meetings. Blue beam markups and actioning in autocad. Civil 3D Design. Lodging applications.

user
Graduate
Perth
a year ago

I have worked on a few different projects, but mostly doing similar repetitive tasks. I'm hoping to get some more interesting diverse work in the future once my current jobs are off my plate; it has been fine but mostly simple modelling / data entry / spreadsheet management / report writing / basic repetitive design, sometimes for interesting projects but the work itself has felt quite rote and not really engaging.

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About the employer

GHD AU

GHD

Rating

3.9

Number of employees

1,000 - 50,000 employees

Industries

Engineering Consulting

GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients globally.

Pros and cons of working at GHD

Pros

  • The people I work with are so very supportive. It is also great to be part of a multidisciplinary organization. Any questions I have regarding another discipline are just a Teams message away from an answer.

  • Great mentoring - Amazing team & people - Senior employees motivate young graduates to push themselves - Interesting & variety of work

  • Working on a wide range of projects around Australia/overseas. The people I work with and the knowledge and time they are willing to share to help you learn

  • Good opportunities to explore different types of work, and in different environments. Travelling for work. Work with a range of professionals at different levels. Very clear structure and progression.

  • The people are really genuine, it really feels like the team wants everyone to have the best opportunities they can and support each other to produce the best results. Have never been made to feel like my development isn't important and feels like people and the company as a whole genuinely want to create an enjoyable workplace and help graduates grow.

Cons

    • Keeping your hours to budget. Sometimes things take longer because you are new, and it is stressful making sure tasks are done within the timeframe set.

    • A good work-life balance can be hard to achieve working 8-5, 10 days a fortnight. Especially when delivery dates are approaching and some additional working hours are sometimes expected.

    • Working with timesheets can be difficult when you are running out of tasks to complete, however, my team is great at handing out new work when I am out of tasks to complete

    • Not much for me personally, but I know others have had issues with little support from upper management or unreasonable expectations from line managers

    • The occasional short timeframes for delivery of projects that I have been pulled into last minute.