Project Management - Transport Graduate (Jan 2025)

We are here to help you reach your career destination. 

Whether you want to explore different career pathways or help create a better future for people and the planet, we've designed our early career programmes to guide you through a rewarding journey of learning and discovery. You will gain experience working on real projects with designers, engineers and advisors across different teams, disciplines and backgrounds. 

As you grow professionally and pick up essential on-the-job skills, you will be well prepared to advance to the next stage of your career. 

We are looking for Project Management Graduates to be based in the following location: 

• Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland 

This role will sit in the Transport Services business unit. 

What is Transport at Aurecon? 

This role will sit in the Transport business unit, where we help to shape and design Aotearoa’s transport infrastructure of the future. This includes rail, roads, bridges, transport planning & urban design. Our Transport Engineering interns will gain exposure to different areas within this service group and give you a head start to success for our Graduate programme.     

We are proud that our mahi directly contributes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Built Environment. 

What is Project Management at Aurecon?  

This role presents a unique opportunity for people with an interest in business/commerce and project delivery to broaden and solidify their knowledge across all project management competencies. In a graduate role you’ll provide support to senior Project Managers and the wider delivery team, utilising your excellent communication and developing your negotiation and trust building skills while also offering a steady hand of reliability and timely delivery. 

You’ll join our existing national team of Project Management Consultants to assist with the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects for our key clients, predominantly in the Transport related market. You’ll need to be flexible across projects ranging from small local road safety improvements through to large road and rail infrastructure improvements, where future sustainability is key. 

We know the work we do is vital in assisting our world’s sustainable economic development and, it’s the specialist expertise and the depth of knowledge of our people that really sets us apart. 

What are we looking for from you?  

You'll be ready to make an impact. You would have graduated or be graduating soon with a formal qualification.  You will need to have the ability to work on a full-time basis from February 2025. 
 
We'll need you to be studying towards these degrees: Bachelor of Business OR Bachelor of Business Administration OR Bachelor of Management Studies 

You would have studied the following subjects or areas of focus: 

• Strategic Management 
• Project Management 
• Economics 
• Accounting 

And you will bring: 

• Passion for changing the way we deliver carbon neutrality and sustainability in everything we do. 
• Ability to initiate and build relationships with both your peers and clients to push forward the boundaries of what is possible. 
• Enthusiasm for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. 
• Excitement about your journey with Aurecon. 

Think you know Aurecon? You may be surprised. 

Joining Aurecon means you’ll be at the award-winning edge of innovation and sustainability. AFR ranked us Top 5 among sustainability leaders and Top 3 of all Australasian innovative companies in professional services.  In 2021, we won Engineering New Zealand’s Innovation and Diversity awards and in 2022 we were named in the New Zealand LinkedIn overall Top 25 Companies list. We recently were awarded the Most Popular Graduate Employer by Prosple NZ.  

We've been recognised for our innovation culture, gender equality and our LGBTI+ inclusion, including being the first engineering company in Aotearoa New Zealand to receive the Rainbow Tick and the Gender Tick. Our He Rautaki Māori (Maori Strategy) won two Good Design Awards in 2022 for its outstanding contributions in bringing He Rautaki Māori and digital innovation into operations and decision-making processes. Bring your whole self to work! 

Aurecon’s strength has always been our people. It’s our people who build our shared purpose and bring ideas to life. It’s our people who imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet. Of course, you’ll probably know lots of our award-winning projects.   

The Fonterra transition to a resilient, low-emissions economy with their new biomass boiler at their Waitoa Factory, that was us. 

The O Mahurangi (Penlink), two-lane road for walking and cycling provide better, safer, more reliable transport options in Northern Auckland. That was us.  

Murdoch University’s Boola Katitjin, which is the first mass-engineered-timber (MET) building in Western Australia? Yes, that was us too. 

And the Tseung Kwan O Interchange in Hong Kong that improved the district’s accessibility amid increasing transport demand? You guessed it, us. 

Ready to bring ideas to life? 
 
Apply online now! We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Visit our website to learn more.

We accept applications from New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and international students with a current visa who are based in NZ.   

Whakahā ngā whakaaro / Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views 
Kia māia, kia kaha, mahi tahi / Be bold, be strong, work as one