Graduate program

• Open dates

  Applications for our 2026 graduate intake open:

  • Engineering: 11 March 2025 
  • Finance: 14 April 2025 
  • Corporate and Customer: 14 April 2025 
  • Information Technology: not currently recruiting for 2026
• Why us

  We will work with you throughout the program to help you identify your preferred career pathway. At the end of the program, you will join a team in a permanent role that best matches your skills and career interests with business requirements and opportunities.

  The graduate program really is just the start of your career with us.

  Why us?

  • Be challenged. Help solve tomorrow’s energy challenges, today.
  • Be impactful. Make a real-world impact from day one. Your work matters.
  • Be empowered. Shape your career path with varied rotation options.
  • Be supported. Great pay, valuable benefits, individualised career development and dedicated support for your health and wellbeing.
  • Be mentored. Work alongside and learn from the best in the business.

  Our approach

  We recognise that high achievers thrive when they’re supported and empowered. To achieve your goals, we’ve created a structured program which quickly immerses you in real-world assignments. It’s a program that channels your knowledge into innovative projects, like community batteries or enhancing the customer experience.

  Experience a development program that introduces you to a great working environment and a culture defined by camaraderie and an unwavering commitment to excellence. There’s no better way to start your career than in a place where you feel truly supported and valued.

• What you can expect

  We’ve developed a comprehensive program that is up to three-years in length which offers a high level of support, skills development, and career advancement. So, you’re guaranteed to be working with some of the most experienced and respected people in the business, on some of the most exciting and important projects in the energy sector.

  You’ll get your career off to a great start, with:

  • A flexible graduate development program, up to 3 years.
  • Four 6-month rotations, followed by a 12-month rotation
  • Mini 1-week rotations – to strengthen your relationships across the business and broaden your skillset
  • An annual graduate workshop where you’ll learn, grow and be challenged with other graduates
  • Ongoing coaching and mentoring from senior leaders including a personal mentor
  • A pairing with an experienced graduate as a buddy to support you in your first year
  • A permanent role at the end of the program that aligns to your skills and interests.

  And you won’t be restricted to your discipline.

  You can also immerse yourself in the organisation’s business and corporate functions, helping you build networks which can accelerate the progress and direction of your career.

  You decide where and how far you want to go; we’ll help you make it happen.

• Who we're looking for

  We seek out curious minds with the skills, passion and drive ready to make an impact. Our team is built on diversity, bringing together a wealth of perspectives that spark innovation and drive meaningful change for our customers and the communities that we serve.

  To be eligible to apply, you must:

  • graduate by the end of the academic year
    hold a Bachelor or Masters degree relevant to the role you’re applying for
  • be available and ready to commence work full-time by February 2026
  • have working rights in Australia – it is your responsibility to obtain your working rights prior to your application.

Graduate streams

• Electrical Engineering

  For people who have studied a Bachelor or Masters of Engineering, specialising in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics.

  Shape the electricity network of the future. Be part of our pursuit to find innovative ways to integrate more renewables into the network, respond to evolving customer and community energy needs and explore new technologies for network optimisation and safety.

  Throughout this journey, you’ll be exposed to all stages of the engineering lifecycle.

  Graduate career pathways

  We have developed six distinct pathways designed to help Engineers build their careers in specialised fields:

  • Data & DSO: join our Intelligence and Operations teams, managing systems and analysing data across our increasingly dynamic networks.
  • Grid Connections: shape how our network grows to connect customers and renewables as we enable the transition to net zero.
  • Asset Management: work across teams responsible for the effective management of all our assets from poles and wires to power transformers.
  • Field-Based: don your safety apparel and get out in the field to maintain our existing assets and commission new ones.
  • Design: using your knowledge of our standards and works practises, develop innovative solutions to connect our customers and grow our network.
  • Project & Program Management: lead projects and programs of work across our customer, network and maintenance portfolios to keep the network safe, secure and reliable.

  Learn more about these graduate career pathways (PDF).

• Corporate and Customer

  For people who have studied a degree in a range of disciplines, such as Business, Economics, Commerce, Law and Arts.

  You’ll work in a stream based on your qualifications and interests, plus have the opportunity to rotate across a range of teams to expand your capabilities.

  We offer graduate placements in the following business areas:

  • Business strategy, innovation and customer experience
  • Regulation
  • Health, Safety and Sustainability

  Rotations may include:

  • Business strategy: contribute to initiative that improve business and customer outcomes
  • Digital innovation: gain exposure to value assessments, technology analysis and experimentation
  • Customer experience and operations: develop an understanding of our customer strategy and our approach to improving customer experience
  • Regulatory resets: develop an understanding of the development and rigour required to prepare expenditure business cases to support a regulatory reset proposal
  • Pricing and revenue analysis: understand the principles involved in setting network tariffs and monitoring their effectiveness on customer behaviour
  • Compliance and reporting: learn the economic regulatory framework in which the businesses operate and reporting obligations to maintain our licences.
  • Health, Safety and Sustainability: understand the “real world” application of policies, procedures, processes and legislation, governing Health and Safety and our ambitions to meet sustainability goals.

  As well as opportunities to work in:

  • Media, communication and stakeholder engagement
  • Field operations
• Finance

  For people that have studied a Bachelor or Master of Commerce or Business with a major in Accounting, Finance, Economics or similar.

  Capture and analyse data essential for day-to-day reporting and medium to long term business decisions. The program is designed to assist you with achieving Chartered Accounting/Certified Practicing Accounting status, while developing extensive knowledge of the energy market industry. 

  We offer graduate placements in the following business areas:

  • Financial Accounting
  • Finance Business Partnering
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Taxation
  • Treasury

  Rotations may include:

  • Financial accounting and reporting: application of core accounting principles, preparation of annual statutory accounts and monthly financial reports, gain exposure to month end, financial audits and cash flow management.
  • Business partnering and management reporting: introduction to key business value drivers and business partnering concepts, preparation of business performance reports together with analysis to be provided to management and gain exposure to finance ERP systems.
  • Financial planning and budgeting: assist in preparation of annual budgets, monthly forecasting and strategic financial planning.
  • Taxation: understand income tax and indirect tax compliance and reporting, preparation of BAS, GST, FBT and income tax returns.
  • Treasury: take an active lead in managing the group’s cashflow position, assisting the treasury team with key risk management activities such as FX and interest rate risk.
• Information Technology

  For people who have studied a Bachelor or Master of Information Systems, Bachelor or Master of Computer Science - or similar.

  You’ll have the chance to work on some of the 100+ capital projects in flight. This could include optimising our web-based customer portal, implementing new technologies which allow us to better prevent, detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents, or crunching data collected by drones to assess the health of our network assets.

  You’ll have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of areas including:

  • Cybersecurity: providing IT support and oversight to ensure security of IT and business assets
  • Project delivery: implementing technology projects across our business to enhance how we work and operate the electricity network
  • Application management: support and improve IT applications, and select, design and develop digital business solutions
  • Dev-ops: design, build and operate software including coding
  • Analytics: business analysis, data analytics and testing to ensure IT solutions meet business requirements
  • Commercial and governance: report on IT performance including budgets, dashboards and KPIs to the CIO and stakeholders
  • Technical engineering streams: testing, configuring, and troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking systems

Frequently asked questions

• What does the recruitment process look like?

  The recruitment process involves uploading your application which includes your resume and academic transcript and answering some online questions. From there we conduct phone screens, and then you’ll be invited to attend an assessment day in person at our offices in Melbourne. A one-on-one interview is the next step followed by reference checking and offer.
  

• I’m an international student, what does this mean for my application?

  We welcome international students to apply for our Graduate Program, however you are required to meet the following eligibility criteria:

  • You will hold an Australian student visa in January 2024 or have held an Australian student visa since January 2023
  • You will have completed a Bachelor degree or higher by December 2024 for Electrical Engineering and Corporate and Customer applications. You will have completed by July 2024 for IT applications.
  • The degree was completed in Australia for at least the last two years
  • You are currently residing lawfully in Australia and have always complied with Australian immigration requirements
  • You have completed an English language test in the last 24 months and have obtained a ‘Proficient’ level of English, as set by the Department of Home Affairs (unless exempt)
  • You agree to submit an application either immediately upon completing your degree for either a Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) visa in the Post-Study Work Stream or the Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) visa
  • We will not sponsor students for the purposes of residency. Successful candidates who are not permanent residents when made a graduate offer will be required to independently apply for and obtain permanent residency.
• What are the employment opportunities following the program?

  You'll have the opportunity to take a permanent full-time role within the business.