- Permanent offer, two-year structured Graduate Program, multiple team rotations.
- Access flexible and hybrid work arrangements that support work-life balance.
- Contribute to keeping our community healthy & thriving.
About the role:
Dive into a career in Water with Unitywater's 2027 Graduate Program alongside five other graduates from a range of disciplines!
Forget sitting on the sidelines - you’ll be contributing from day one. As soon as you commence as a Graduate Electrical Engineer, you'll be doing purpose driven work on real infrastructure that our communities depend on every day. Think six-month rotations across diverse teams, a group innovation project with actual senior management backing, and mentoring from people who genuinely want to see you grow.
Two years of structured experience designed to fast-track your career in one of the most essential industries in the country. At the end of the program, you’ll transition into a permanent full-time position. Not bad for your first job out of uni…
As Graduate Electrical Engineer:
- Gain hands-on experience supporting our critical infrastructure.
- Exposure to operational technology systems, maintenance projects, and communications networks across a complex utility environment.
- Work on real-world projects that help keep our communities running every day
- Featuring comprehensive training, professional growth opportunities and mentoring and competitive remuneration and benefits.
This role spans both our Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay offices, and graduates will be expected to travel between these locations as needed.
We welcome applications from students graduating in 2026 or 2027, as well as recent graduates within the last two to three years.
About you:
Our One Unitywater behaviours -
Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:
- Recent completion of a bachelor’s degree prior to commencement of the program - Open to graduates with an Electrical Engineering background, with or without Computer Science studies
- Interest or electives in Power Systems or High Voltage (HV) systems will be highly regarded
- Strong written communication, teamwork and collaboration capability.
- Demonstrated digital literacy skills, including the ability to use workplace technologies, digital communication tools, and AI tools effectively and responsibly.
- Customer focus and a positive and proactive approach to interacting with our community.
- Understanding of and commitment to safe behaviours that keep our workplace healthy.
- Strong time management, multi-tasking, investigative, analytical and research skills.
- Drive to achieve development goals, plans and work across a variety of systems and projects to achieve team outcomes.
- High work standards and attention to detail.
Working at Unitywater:
- Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you!
- Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
- Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
- Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.
Additional information:
- We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180
- We are a Benchmarcx Top Employer for Candidate Experience 2026 – we commit to respond to every applicant.
About us:
Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
We think a pretty good job starts here.
How to apply:
Please apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date resume and cover letter.
If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.
Please note shortlisted applicants will be contacted after the closing date.
Applications close: Midnight Thursday 4th June 2026
For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at
[email protected]
Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways where we live and work - the Kabi Kabi people, Jinibara people and Turrbal people. We honour their enduring connection to Country and pay our respects to Elders past and present.