2021 Graduate Engineer – Project Controls

GHD is one of the world's leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental services to private and public sector clients across five continents. Passionate about building lasting community benefit, our connected global network of 10,000 people deliver projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics.

Our Brisbane Project Management team is currently seeking a final year engineering student, with an interest in project controls to join our 2021 Graduate program.  As a graduate in the project controls team, you would be exposed to large, industry-defining projects.  This team delivers project controls, cost management and scheduling services to a range of projects in the Transport, Environment, Water and Energy & Resources sectors. 

Graduates in the Project Controls group would be exposed to:

• Assisting in the development of scope and Work Breakdown Structures.
• Establishment, management and reporting through GHD project controls systems.
• Prepare project reports including financial, resourcing and schedule analysis. 
• Generating and maintaining schedules in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. 
• Assisting in the development of project proposal estimates. 
• Potential travel opportunities to work on interstate/international projects. 

To be successful in this role you will:

Be passionate about your field, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, high attention to detail, enjoy building networks and working with others and have a willingness to learn and experience new opportunities in a multidisciplinary environment.
Within our encouraging environment, your initiative and desire to learn will result in outstanding career opportunities.

What we offer:

This graduate role commences February 2021.

We are passionate about the development of our students with ongoing opportunities for:

• Networking, training, mentoring, and exposure to different business areas and career paths.
• Entry-level professionals are actively involved in a variety of challenging projects that will develop their technical and professional skills.
• Long-term career prospects include Graduate opportunities, supervisory and management responsibilities, leading major projects, or technical specialisation depending on your interest.

We offer an opportunity to join a diverse and dynamic employee-owned company, a professional working environment with career development potential, flexible hours and a competitive salary package based on qualifications, skills and experience in a privately held, quality-driven and client-focused company.

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture. 
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business. 

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly 'One GHD' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.