Graduate Mechanical Engineer (Feb 2024)

About the role

Our team of mechanical engineering experts are responsible for managing the quality of our Fleet Maintenance Management System. They ensure that all safety incidents and plant and equipment failures or breakdowns are addressed in a compliant manner.

As a member of our team, you'll learn how to use your influence to procure new plant and equipment. You'll consider the entire lifecycle of the equipment, including delivery, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance requirements.

You'll also play a crucial role in the delivery and logistics of the most significant Queensland Transport and Roads Program (QTRIP) to date. Our focus is on ensuring safety and efficiency in all our operations.

Available roles

We have a role available in:

• Brisbane (1)

Qualification required

A Washington Accord accredited 4-year degree in Engineering or equivalence recognised by Engineers Australia.

About us

Transport and Main Roads, as part of the wider Queensland government, connect to communities across the state to improve economic well-being, safety, and accessibility, and protect our quality of life.

We are looking for employees with a connection to the community and country to contribute to protecting our great lifestyle and growing in a sustainable way. TMR is looking for applications from students who listen, learn, and will embed their experience into local projects.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary starting from $71,000 – with automatic pay rises
• Desirable per-hour rate with a guaranteed 36.25 hour working week, allowing excellent work/life balance
• Professional development events coupled with a tailored technical program of work, including coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback from your supervisor
• Exposure to a wide variety of projects, subject matter experts and roles to help you find the career pathway that fulfils you, and delivers for Queensland
• A permanent role in TMR

About you

We're investing in people who are:

• lifelong learners: someone who is innovative, future-focused, and willing to engage and contribute to our capabilities.
• Purpose-driven: someone who has a strong sense of purpose and are engaged in performance conversations and career planning
• agile and mobile: someone that can easily adapt as they progress through their career and across the organisation
• capable: someone who considers the customer, risk, and outcomes when making a decision
• safe healthy, and resilient: someone who takes the time to connect and contributes to the well-being of yourself and others

The diversity of Queensland makes us stronger.

It's important to us that our graduate program reflects the community we serve. This means creating an inclusive culture that promotes the skills and insights of our people of all genders, ethnicities, generations, sexual orientations, abilities and lived experiences. We recognise teams with diverse members are better able to contribute to our organisation’s goals and outcomes through enhanced creativity, innovation, and improved problem-solving. 

At the Department of Transport and Main Roads, we want people of all abilities to have an equitable experience. We encourage you to share with us any adjustments you may require to participate equitably in the recruitment process, and when you commence in the workplace as a successful candidate.

If you have accessibility requirements or require alternative formats for the recruitment process, please contact TMRGraduates@hudson.com for further information or to arrange a confidential discussion.