Graduate (Construction Management) - 2026 Program

**Department for Infrastructure and Transport**
**Job reference**: 658060
**Location**: - VARIOUS -, 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

Want to play a part in South Australia’s infrastructure and transport future? Start your career with our 2026 Graduate Program.

As a graduate officer, you’ll be challenged and rewarded as you gain valuable experience alongside supportive, future-focused professionals. We’ll encourage you to take initiative and challenge our thinking while contributing to solutions that benefit all South Australians.

We’d love to hear from **Construction Management** university graduates who have completed a minimum three-year Bachelor’s degree **within the last three years**.

**About the Business**
At the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, we are connecting South Australia to keep our State moving. We are responsible for delivering a multi-billion-dollar pipeline of transformative transport and social infrastructure projects, operating and maintaining thousands of kilometres of roads and managing our city’s public transport network.

Our work encompasses every part of our State; from our cities to our regions, connecting and strengthening community. We value diversity and inclusion and foster an environment of collaboration, flexibility and support for our people.

Our Graduates help us deliver and manage projects for new and better roads, intersections, bridges, rail, marine and social infrastructure that will benefit current and future generations of South Australians. You’ll get to work on some of the biggest and most significant infrastructure projects undertaken in South Australia.

**Why join our Graduate Program?**
- **Career development**:We offer comprehensive training programs, mentorship opportunities, and clear career progression paths to help you grow.
- **Health and wellbeing**:We support a range of health and wellbeing initiatives such as our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which includes a First Nations specific support program, free annual flu vaccinations, and the Fitness Passport program.
- **Flexible working arrangements**:Enjoy work-life balance with options like flexi-time, working from home, various flexible working arrangements, purchased leave, cultural leave and more.
- **Impactful work**:Be part of projects that make a tangible difference in the community and contribute to South Australia’s future.
- **Project work**:Gain experience working on projects across the entire project life-cycle, from planning to delivery to contract management.
- **Work rotations**:Undertake tailored rotations across the Department in metropolitan or regional locations based on your discipline and aligned learning opportunities.
- **Learning and development**:Be provided with a formal learning program and exposure to ongoing professional development opportunities.
- **Graduate network**:Join a community of fellow graduates across professions and from different entry years - setting you up with a professional network of like-minded individuals.

Visit our website to find out learn more about our Graduate Program, and watch a video about a day in the life of our graduates here.

**What kind of work can a Construction Management graduate be involved in?**
- Assisting a large team of project managers in facilitating the design, delivery and construction of government projects and initiatives.
- Assisting scheduling, reporting, technical, financial, procurement and administrative functions to ensure established project goals are met or exceeded.
- Support the delivery of building projects that are highly technical and service intensive in nature
- Undertaking research and analysis to provide advice, information and assist in the preparation of correspondence and reports, including recommendations that support the delivery of assigned agency projects and programs.

**Salary**
ASO3 - starting at $67,589 per annum, plus 11.5% superannuation
- Appointment to an alternative classification stream may be considered having regard to qualification(s) and experience._

**Eligibility for the program requires applicants to have**:

- A minimum undergraduate qualification received no earlier than 2023.
- Australian citizenship, permanent residency or a visa that allows them to work in Australia.
- National Police Check (or be willing to get one) and may also be required to undergo other employment checks.

a) Curriculum vitae/resume with contact details of **three references** (professional and/or character)

b) A cover letter (maximum two pages) **highlighting the following criteria**:

- Why you would like to work for DIT and what disciplines you are interested in.
- What you will bring to our organisation.
- An example of how you have fostered positive relationships and worked collaboratively within a team.
- An example of your problem-solving skills and how you undertook research or analysis to inform your solution.
- An example that