Graduate Civil Engineers – Land Development

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Kickstart your career with Arcadis, ranked the 4th Top Engineering Consultancy in Prosple's 2025 Top Graduate Employers List. Our structured Graduate Development Program is designed to build your technical, leadership, and behavioural skills, setting you up for success from day one.

Beyond technical expertise, you'll develop digital, communication, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving skills—essential for a future-ready career. You'll also be part of state-based Graduate Groups, offering mentorship, networking, and professional development tailored to your journey.

We foster a vibrant graduate community with regular events like "Meet the Legends" with our Technical Directors, trivia nights, site visits, and knowledge-sharing sessions. You'll also gain global exposure through Arcadis' Expedition DNA program, focusing on digital transformation and innovation.

As we evolve into a Skills Powered Organisation, you'll have the opportunity to shape your career path based on your strengths and ambitions. Join us in making a real impact through sustainable, meaningful work in an inclusive and diverse environment that values collaboration, integrity, and personal growth.

Role accountabilities:

Joining our Urban Development & Regeneration team, you'll gain first-hand exposure to general civil engineering with a strong presence in urban development / land development for both residential, industrial, regeneration and urban infill. Working on major estate and subdivision projects, you'll experience working on earthwork, grading, pavement and drainage design from concept through to detailed design. With some leaders who have been with us for more than 20 years, this team boasts one of the lowest attrition rates in the business. Use this to your advantage to learn from and be mentored by our SMEs to assist you to grow with the team and work on a variety of projects.

Qualification & Experience:

First and foremost, you have a passion for improving the quality of life. You share our values – People First, Collaboration, Sustainability, Client Success, and Integrity. You will be graduating in 2025 or have recently graduated from a degree relevant to the space we work. You'll come to us:

• With a passion for the work that we do in engineering design, environmental science, planning, business advisory, sustainability, and digital innovation.
• Demonstrating typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking, Growth-Mindset, and the ability to build working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• With innovative thinking, self-motivation, and enthusiasm about driving your own career development.
• Confident communicating and presenting to peers, clients, and stakeholders.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skill-based approach, where you can hardness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.

Application Instructions

If what you've read resonates with your values, experience and career ambitions, we encourage you to:

• Apply via the link below, including a CV and academic transcript. Please note that without these documents we cannot consider your application.

• The application process will consist of an online behavioural assessment before proceeding to our interview & assessment stage. You will receive an email about this assessment and will need to ensure it is complete to proceed to the next stage.

• We will aim to have all applications reviewed and notify you of the outcome of your application and next stages in the process by 20 October.

Visit our careers page for more information: Arcadis Australia Early Years.

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