Undergraduate Civil Engineer (Aug 2025)

• Join a multi-disciplinary company, that's been in business for 45+ years
• Work directly with Senior Engineers who are owners of our business
• Undergraduate opportunity, starting from August 2025!

We're a people business, by joining Northrop you'll be able to build meaningful relationships with your colleagues, clients, and the community. You'll work on a diverse range of technically challenging projects and will be exposed to advanced thinking and innovative engineering design.

Who are we

Northrop Consulting Engineers is more than just a workplace. We encourage and support our people to excel both professionally and personally. An employee-owned, multidiscipline consultancy with an open management structure, we employ over 550 staff and operate across numerous offices in NSW, ACT, QLD, and VIC. When you join Northrop, you join a company that will support your career and help you to realise your potential

Northrop believes that our employees are fundamental to the culture and success of the company. Our Graduates and Undergraduates enjoy working with us because we offer a challenging, diverse but rewarding work environment. 

We have recently been recognised in Prosple’s Top 100 Graduate Employers in Australia. We are also very proud of winning five workplace awards based on surveyed graduates working in our business. These awards from Prosple recognise Northrop’s excellence in engineering consultancy across the following categories:

• Overall Graduate Satisfaction
• Employee Engagement
• Training
• Green Initiatives
• Social Responsibility

What we provide

We believe in developing our people by offering mentoring, coaching, and supporting your journey to realise potential. You’ll be empowered to learn and develop to find your area of passion. At Northrop, we understand that the key to success is our people. Together we are creating a workplace that offers career development, and employee benefits and values an inclusive culture.

• Excellent support including mentors, buddies, and networking opportunities to connect with your peers across our various locations and disciplines.
• We are a people business, you’ll be able to build and foster meaningful relationships with your colleagues, clients, and the community.
• You’ll be empowered to learn and develop to find your area of passion.
• Develop our people by offering mentoring, coaching, and supporting your journey to realise your full potential.
• We are proud to have signed the Australian Engineers Declare a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency declaration, allowing you to respond to the challenge.
• We care for our community and the environment; you will be involved in climate-resilient projects that meet our climate action goals.
• We offer income protection insurance & the ability to salary sacrifice
• Family time and support are essential, and we provide up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• We offer alternative public holiday leave for those needing to substitute another day for a public holiday to celebrate a religious belief, etc.
• Employee Assistance Program Support
• Annual salary reviews
• Financial support for Chartership

What you'll do

As well as completing the industrial training component of your degree, you will be working on real projects with real responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to develop to your full potential and beyond, alongside owners of the business whilst experiencing the variety and diversity of consulting engineering, alongside owners of our business.

Through this experience, you will learn to do the following:

• As part of a broader team, you will assist with the design and development of civil infrastructure on urban development projects ranging from roads, stormwater, or water and sewer reticulation.
• Exposure to engineering design projects by a project brief and fee.
• Liaise with drafters across the business to enable the preparation of documentation.
• Ensure that any work that you complete is compliant with applicable codes and policies.
• Coordinate and assist with the preparation of technical reports.
• Participate in site investigations under the supervision and guidance of an experienced engineer.

Who you are 

If you are motivated, thirsty for knowledge, and have a drive to succeed with Northrop then we would love to hear from you. 

We are seeking bright and innovative Undergraduate applicants who are confident communicators and will embrace our values.

To succeed at Northrop, you need to be curious, motivated, and driven to make a difference in the future of our communities. You will work both independently and as part of a team, enjoy problem-solving, and collaborating, and offer innovative and creative thinking, approaches, and solutions.  

Who can apply?

To be eligible to apply, you must be in your penultimate or final year of study. 

The program starts from August 2025 onwards, and you must be an Australian Citizen, a Permanent Resident of Australia, or a New Zealand Citizen. 

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
• Cover Letter that answers the following questions:
  • Q1. Why do you wish to join Northrop?
  • Q2. What do see as your strengths?
  • Q3. What are the areas that you feel you need more development?

To find out more, please visit the Early Careers page on our website