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Ventia

4.0
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Ventia Graduate Programs & Internships

  • Construction & Property Services

Ventia is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest essential services providers. This places us in a unique position as they significantly contribute to the functioning of our communities. Whether it is providing water, electricity or the NBN to your homes, or helping the Australian Government with managing our bushfire response, there is a multitude of opportunities for our people to contribute to their purpose of making infrastructure work for their communities.

Ventia future is exciting. Their vision is to lead the way in essential services by harnessing the power of technology and being sustainable in all that we do. Ventia believe we contribute to stronger communities by making them safer and more sustainable. Their clients know they can count on us to not only get the job done but to do the right thing. 

The #VentiaGrad program is a two-year program consisting of three rotations over a two-year period, helping you to discover and learn about the many different parts of our business.

Not only will you have the opportunities to work on exciting projects and contracts, you'll also be exposed to our day-to-day operations, developing a better understanding of what our teams do in the field and how it contributes to our broader business strategy.

Industries you could gain experience in:

  • Defence
    • Being placed in a defence industry graduate role offers a unique and exciting opportunity to work with us at the heart of Defence capability, whilst embarking on a rewarding career path. As a defence industry graduate, you will gain first-hand experience working on projects and initiatives that have a direct impact on the defence and security landscape. You will be exposed to diverse aspects of the defence industry, ranging from technology development and strategic planning to customer service improvements on bases or land management initiatives.
  • Resources & Utilities
    • A graduate role in the resource and utilities industry will give you the invaluable opportunity to actively participate in projects and endeavors that directly influence the sector's growth and stability. Covering business sectors from renewables to remediation, energy networks to engineering services, there’s a wealth of variety to explore.
  • Telecommunications
    • A telecommunications placement provides a unique and comprehensive learning experience with opportunities to work on exciting projects in the telecommunications industry, gaining valuable hands-on experience. You'll be exposed to various facets including network design, installation, maintenance, and optimisation. Collaborating with experienced professionals and industry experts you'll learn from their expertise and gain insights into best practices as well as projects that are on the cutting edge of emerging telecommunications capability.
  • Transport
    • As a transport industry placement, you will have the chance to work on impactful projects that contribute to the development and improvement of major transportation infrastructure and services. This includes areas such as road networks, highways, bridges, tunnels, intelligent transport systems and public transportation systems. You will gain practical knowledge and skills in areas such as project management, asset maintenance, traffic management, community engagement and sustainability practices.
  • Corporate
    • In a corporate placement, you will have the opportunity to work within various departments and functions of the organisation, such as People & Culture (HR), Finance, Corporate Affairs, Strategy and Social Sustainability - to name a few!

Recruitment Process

Applications from potential graduates are submitted throughout July each year, with initial screening conducted to ensure you fulfil the basic eligibility criteria in terms of work rights, graduation date, relevant degree and values alignment. 

The assessment process then includes an online psychometric assessment, video interview, and participation in the assessment centre in September. Placement offers are made in October and November each year. 

During that assessment process, leaders across our business are submitting their own proposals to have a #VentiaGrad join their team. 

  1. Application: July
  2. Initial Screening: July / August
  3. Online Assessment: July / August
  4. Video Interview: August
  5. Assessment Centre: September
  6. References and Medical Checks: September / October
  7. Job Offer: October / November

Remuneration & Career Growth

At Ventia, they want to be known for our talented and engaged people. Our #VentiaGrad Program is a great opportunity for you to build strong working knowledge and relationships across our organisation and not just in one particular field!

Ventia believe that having graduates in our workforce is key to our success. Our #VentiaGrad program encourages you to explore many areas of our business and will provide you with exposure to different projects, locations and teams.  Our aspiration is developing our #VentiaGrads into our future leaders.  

You are joining us because you believe in our vision, values and are passionate about making a difference.

As a #VentiaGrad, you will receive the following opportunities and more!

  • Professional development designed to build your capability and bridge the gap between university and work, including emerging talent programs, technical and soft-skill development.
  • Mentoring opportunities with senior leaders to provide you with long-term career support.
  • A current or former graduate buddy to help you navigate your first-two years with us.
  • Innovation challenges to bring out your creative side.
  • Rewarding work with a purpose. You’ll be contributing to projects and providing essential services that keep infrastructure working for our communities.

Graduate Reviews

Overall Score
4.0
Overall score based on 17 reviews
They Score Best in…
8.5
Diversity
8.0
Satisfaction
8.2
Management
What Graduates Say About Them
  • Amazing people, great flexibility and work-life balance, interesting and meaningful work.
  • Lots of opportunities to learn and discover. Colleagues recognize level of experience and adapt tasks as required. Tasks are properly scaffolded. Opportunity to partake in occasional site visits and other practical experiences.
  • Friendliness and cooperation along with quality learning opportunity.
  • Getting to be a part of a hard-working and exciting team that has a lot of visibility across all the different sectors that we work in, and getting to work with people on varied projects because of that.
  • The working culture is inclusive and encourages you to ask questions. Managers will listen to your concerns and ask for constant feedback on your work profile.
  • Sometimes such a wide array of options makes it difficult to really specialise in an area. Also, our work is mainly contractual project work, therefore there is little room to work on my technical engineering foundation.
  • The people I work closely with are interstate so I only communicate through teams.
  • Not many people know about Ventia outside, so it's very less heard.
  • Software takes a while to be installed through the approval process.
  • For the scope of work that we do, our brand/marketing team is not particularly large.

Jobs & Opportunities

Locations With Jobs & Opportunities
  • Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
Hiring candidates with qualifications in
B
Business & Management
C
Creative Arts
E
Engineering & Mathematics
I
IT & Computer Science
L
Law, Legal Studies & Justice
P
Property & Built Environment
S
Sciences

Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
To her, the best part of being a graduate at Ventia is the connections she’s making. “Networking with various people across the business, has been great,”

Shivani Rulyan

  • Graduate stories
Seeing our RAP come to life and the passion and energy that so many people across Ventia put into achieving the best outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities is inspiring

Nick Walker


A Day In The Life Of


  • Day in the life

Hannah Petrie

My current graduate rotation is quite unique in allowing me to support numerous projects across Australia and New Zealand!
  • Day in the life

Ricky Su

This morning, I had the amazing opportunity to join the Energy Networks and Renewables (EN&R) Roadshow and meet some great people in the field of Ventia.

Videos


Ventia – For when it’s essential

Thanks for trusting us to deliver the essential services that make infrastructure work for our communities.

Meet Harry White

Meet Harry White, a current second year #VentiaGrad!

Advice


Ventia's Graduate Application Process

Applications from potential graduates are submitted throughout July, with initial screening conducted to ensure you fulfil the basic eligibility criteria in terms of work rights, graduation date, relevant degree and values assignment.