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Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) 2026 TOP INTERN PROGRAMS Winner!
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Fast track your opportunity to join our 2027 Graduate Program
With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.
What We Look For
Our Lycopodium family consist of diverse intelligent, collaborative and passionate people – we call them Lycopods. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who strive for high performance with an appreciation for mutual respect and diligence to enable success on our growth journey.
Our Summer 2026/27 Vacation Program will have placement opportunities for students in the fields of Mechanical, Metallurgical/Chemical Engineering & Civil/Structural.
To be eligible for our Student Vacation Program you must be:
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Students currently in or commencing your penultimate year of a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and expecting to graduate sometime in 2027.
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An Australian permanent resident or have a permit to work in Australia.
About the Role
As a Vac Student at Lycopodium you will be placed in a team who will guide you through work on a real world, in-progress project. You will experience what it is like to work as a professional in your chosen discipline and get a taste of the many options available to you in pursuing a career with us.
Vacation students who impress in their time with us become prime candidates to be placed in our industry-leading Graduate Development Programme (GDP). You can sample some of the exciting opportunities provided through the GDP during your time with us over the summer.
The Summer Vac program runs for 12 weeks from late November 2026 through February 2027, and positions are available in our Perth office based in East Perth.
Who Are We
The term ‘Lycopod’ was first coined by our people to describe, well, themselves. If you’re a Lycopod then you have that special something that makes us, our teams and our solutions different. Lycopods are not conformists. Far from it. They have different personalities and capabilities, but share a certain professional mindset, confidence and an innate ability to work together – sharing ideas, insights, and responsibility. These qualities define our culture.
We are leaders in our field, all working together to provide integrated:
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Engineering
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Project delivery & services
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Construction and
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Asset management solutions across the globe.
Together, we’re a formidable problem-solving, project-managing, value-maximising force with a track record of success delivering value in metals, minerals, energy and renewables to road, rail and port infrastructure for over 30 years.
Applications for the 2026/27 Summer Vacation Program will close Sunday 09th August 2026. Please submit your CV by clicking the 'Apply' button.
We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.
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