Graduate Engineer - Security

GHD Graduate Program 2025 – CANBERRA / SECURITY

 

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At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. 

If you want to start a career with impact, whether solving everyday problems through to tackling some of the great challenges our clients and communities face, you’ll find that here.  That’s why we pledge to empower all our people to make a positive impact and ensure you’re provided the necessary training and experiences to make those aspirations a reality.

We know community impact is important to our staff.  Our GHD in the Community program partners with not-for-profit organisations to provide opportunities to work on pro-bono projects, volunteering and fundraising for philanthropic and humanitarian causes.  As a business we also funnel some of our profits into the GHD Foundation, a registered charity that works to address disadvantage and inequality in children accessing STEAM education in our countries of operation.

 

What does being a Graduate mean for you?

Outside of the technical development you’ll gain working within your team, you’ll also join GHD’s two year Graduate Development Program. The Graduate Program will connect you peers across Australia, New Zealand, the broader Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.   

We offer optional rotations in the second year of your program to help explore your career pathway, a structured approach to promotions and salary reviews over your first two years and a culture that is friendly, inclusive and not built on hierarchy.

 

Want to know more about life as a Consultant in GHD?

GHD, in partnership with The Forage, a global provider of job simulations, have developed a self-paced Virtual Internship where you’ll start to explore what a career in our Engineering teams looks like.  You’ll hear from one of the Leaders in our Rail team who’ll outline some of the topics we cover, as well as talking you through a bit more of what we do in GHD. 

The Virtual Internship should only take you 3-4 hours to complete   We’re not asking you to undertake complex calculations, but rather understand some of the challenge we work with on a day to day basis.

To learn more, access our Virtual Engineering Internship here.

 

Who are we looking for?

This is an exciting time for our ACT/Southern New South Wales region as we grow our Security team and capability. 

We are seeking Grads or soon-to-be Grads with a discipline in Electrical/Communications/Mechatronics Engineering to join our program in 2025 and join us work on a wide range of projects with our clients from both private and public sectors. 

GHD’s Security Business Group provides critical services in risk analysis, consultancy and technical design services required to protect people, operations, information, and assets.

Our clients range from Defence, Federal and State Government to commercial, industrial utilities and cultural properties.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Consult and advise on matters of protective security.
• Undertake security threat and risk review and analysis.
• Prepare designs and documentation for physical security.
• Develop security strategies, plans policy and procedures.
• Provide support for GHD client relationship management and retention.
• Undertake protective security advisory commissions.
• Perform technical security assignments.
• Participate and support the marketing of GHD’s service lines in support of retaining existing and securing new clients and commissions.

 

Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong people relationship and networking skills, underpinning development of a leading professional reputation and network.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to support change and successfully work in a dynamic team environment.
• Ability to, influence, shape and inspire positive work outcomes.
• Ability to establish and build collaborative relationships with clients and colleagues, critical to the success of major projects.
• Develop and build Security Engineering design skills and knowledge.
• Ability to operate successfully with the normal commercial parameters that apply to GHD’s services.
• Compliance with all applicable laws, standards, codes, and guidelines.
• Understand and adhere to GHD’s Values, Code of Conduct, and policies.

 

Eligibility:

In order to be eligible for an Australian Government Security clearance, and individual must:

• Be an Australian citizen.
• Have a checkable background.

 

To make selecting where to start your career easier, we'll ask you about your preferences through our application process by listing each team and the degrees they typically recruit from. 

What does the rest of GHD’s process look like?

Once we receive your application, it will be reviewed by one of our Talent Acquisition team members who manage each of our regions.   From there, the rest of our recruitment process includes:

• A Video Interview, where you’ll get the chance to introduce yourself and make another positive impression on both our TA team and hiring managers.
• Formal interviews, either in person or via MS Teams.  Prior to our interview we’ll also ask you to go through some online testing through one of our providers, Saville.
• An offer, where we’ll go through your salary package and the start date for our program, as well as flagging our background checking process.

In our application process, we want to be as inclusive as possible to ensure everyone has an equitable chance of proceeding through.  If you identify as someone who is neurodiverse, or who has a disability and may require changes to any of the processes outlined above, please respond to the question at the start of our process and we’ll be in touch where appropriate.

 

How do you apply? 

1. Select the "Apply" button

2. Please allow up to 10 minutes to complete the questions.

3. Upload a copy of your updated cover letter, CV and academic transcript/s.

 

If you’re successful through our recruitment process, your full-time position will start in February 2025. There may also be ongoing opportunities for casual work throughout your final year of studies.

 

Interested? Apply now.

 

 

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At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.  See where your commitment could take you.
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