- Top 10 Graduate Employer Overall in Civil and Structural Engineering, Prosple (2
- Mentoring, coaching, and exposure to the full breadth of sustainability consulti
- Ranked #4 Prosple's List for Best Culture—Civil and Structural Engineering Emplo
Graduate Civil Engineer
Location: Canberra CBD
Full Working Rights Required
Real People. Real Partnerships. Real Impact.
- Top 10 Graduate Employer Overall in Civil and Structural Engineering, Prosple (2026)
- Ranked #4 Prosple’s List for Best Culture—Civil and Structural Engineering Employers (2026)
- Ranked #4 Prosple’s List for Meaningful Work—Civil and Structural Engineering Employers
- Ranked #6 in Prosple’s List for Best Sustainability—Civil and Structural Engineering Employers
- Ranked #9 in Prosple’s List for Best Training and Development –Civil and Structural Engineering Employers
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE): Young Engineer Graduate Development Program
- Australian Engineering Excellence Awards: Recognised for innovative engineering solutions across multiple projects
Are You Graduating This Year?
Are you in your final year, or recently graduated, and are looking to kick off your consulting engineering career with a team that truly backs your potential?
If you're excited about using your skills to shape communities, working alongside engineers who love to mentor, and joining a people‑first business where your growth actually matters, we’d love to hear from you.
Prosple’s Top 100 Graduate Employers in Australia
We’ve been recognised in Prosple’s Top 100 Graduate Employers in Australia. We are also very proud in winning five workplace awards based on surveyed graduates working in our business. We’ve been recognised for:
- Graduate Satisfaction
- Employee Engagement
- Training
- Green Initiatives
What’s In It for You?
- A workplace recognised for graduate satisfaction, employee engagement, and green initiatives
- Mentoring, coaching, and exposure to the full breadth of sustainability consulting
- A people-first business that invests in your development
- Opportunities to explore your interests across sustainability
- A supportive, inclusive team that values curiosity, collaboration, and fresh ideas
What You’ll Do!
As a Graduate Civil Engineer at Northrop, you will:
- Begin your civil engineering career making a real impact on the places where people live, work, and play
- You'll work on real projects with real responsibility, designing civil infrastructure across subdivisions, community civil projects, sporting venues, and road projects
- You'll get hands-on experience with road, earthworks, stormwater, sewer and water, and flooding design - learning everything from concept through to construction
- You'll be mentored by our Senior Engineers, participate in site investigations, learn industry-standard software like 12D, DRAINS and MUSIC, and contribute to meaningful projects that directly impact Australia
You won’t just observe — you’ll contribute!
At Northrop, you’re not just another graduate — you’re our future.
Ideal Candidates to Join Our Civil Engineering Team!
We’re looking for graduates who are:
- Completing or recently completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering
- Previous experience working as an Undergraduate Civil Engineer
- Interest in stormwater and road design
- Passionate, curious, proactive, and ready to grow
- Strong communicators who enjoy collaborating
- Problem‑solvers who think creatively and practically
- Able to work both independently and within a team
- Passionate about starting a long‑term consulting engineering career
We strongly encourage applications from women and from people underrepresented in engineering.
We’re committed to building a diverse team where everyone can excel.
Real People. Real Impact.
Our teams contribute to meaningful civil projects across Australia, including:
- Gabba Stadium: Upgrade project consisted of a $27 million dollar refresh of the existing facilities with the focus of making the facility more user and public friendly for upcoming test matches and AFL games (Civil and Structural)
- Qantas Founders Museum Airpark Roof: Development of a new 9,000 metres squared canopy at the QANTAS Founders Museum, Longreach (Civil and Structural)
- University of Southern Queensland F Block Refurbishment: The USQ F Block refurbishment project saw the existing single storey civil engineering lab transform into a two-storey teaching space (Civil and Structural)
- Pappinbarra Bridge: The new bridge was designed as a single lane structure capable of supporting SM1600 design loading in accordance with AS5100 (Civil - Newcastle)
- Gore Hill Data Centre (NSW): Civil design supporting a resilient digital infrastructure hub.
- Stromlo Leisure Centre (ACT): Civil design for a major community aquatic and recreation precinct.
- TAFE IATC (ACT): Civil and structural solutions supporting the future of Australia’s construction workforce.
You’ll help shape safe, sustainable, community‑focused spaces — with support from engineers who love what they do.
APPLY NOW!
We’d love to get to know you.
Next steps
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide:
- CV
- Most recent Academic Transcript
- Short Cover Letter (have fun with it!) that answers the following questions:
- Tell us about you and your background
- Why you're interested in this opportunity at Northrop
- Why did you study Engineering?
Keep it simple. Keep it real. We’re excited to meet you!
If this role is not quite what you are after but are interested in finding out more about future opportunities with Northrop, please head over to our EOI link:
https://v2.forms.jobadder.com/f/WzDLJEnGePglWrqXoxNZ7A32Y
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