Our diverse workplace offers endless opportunities to thrive and grow. It takes a lot of people to keep water running, maintain essential wastewater and drainage services and find innovative solutions to future-proof our state.
We are looking for bold, creative interns to join our 12-week Vacation Program and help solve the big issues affecting our planet. We are making progress to reduce the impacts of climate change by adopting innovative ways of working.
Why choose Water Corporation for your Summer Vacation program?
We are voted by the Australian Association of Graduate Employers as one of the Top Intern Programs.
Our goal is to connect you with the right people, passion, and purpose, that’s why many of our vacation students stay on to have richly diverse and fulfilling careers with us.
Gain real world experience in line with your university studies and kick start your future career opportunities. You’ll be given full support from experienced Water Corporation professionals, our current Graduates, and your peers in other disciplines.
Our Program will run from late Nov 2025 – mid Feb 2026. Many students stay at Water Corporation Part time as they return to their final year of uni, but this isn’t guaranteed. We pay our a total remuneration of $73,519 pro-rated over the 3 months you are working with us.
What’s in it for you?
- Feel valued, be included in meaningful projects
- Immersive development, 12 weeks of challenging work with real life learning opportunities
- Exposure to cutting-edge water technology
- Social Connections with other Vacation Students and a large Co-hort of Graduates
- Paid, meaningful, hands-on work in your field
- Meet University requirements while gaining professional experience
- Potential fast-track opportunities to our Graduate Program, set up your future career
- Site visits to see what we do to sustain water for future generations
- Join an organisation that values diversity and inclusion
- A sincere Work / Life Balance culture
- On-site gym and amazing social club
Who is eligible?
Applications are open to those who have full Australian Work Rights, Permanent Residents and Australian Citizens; we verify this in our recruitment process.
If you are in your penultimate year of university, due to finish University in 2026 in the listed disciplines, express your interest now and we will be in touch in June 2025.
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical / Process Engineering
- Electrical Engineering (including Mechatronics / Control Systems / Electronics)
- Environmental Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Data Science or Analytics
Express your interest now
- Only a basic CV is required, we have a few questions we would like you to answer in your application
- We will be in touch by June 2025 with a request for a short video interview so we can get to know you
- Assessment Centres and Interviews will be held in August 2025 by invitation only.
- Police Clearance, Drug and Alcohol, Work rights and Medicals will be part of our pre-employment checks
- Applications are open to those who have full Australian Work Rights, Permanent Residents and Australian Citizens; we verify this in our recruitment process
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at [email protected] or 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
