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Aurecon NZ

4.4
  • #1 in Engineering consulting
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Geospatial Graduate (Feb 2025)

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

Opportunity Expired

Kickstart your career adventure with Aurecon. Applications for our 2025 graduate programme are now open.

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Graduate Job
Number of Vacancies
1-100
Salary
NZD 69,000 / Year

+ KiwiSaver

Start Date
1 Feb 2025 - 28 Feb 2025

Application dates

Applications Open
21 Feb 2024
Applications Close
7 Apr 2024

Minimum requirements

Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
E
Aerospace Engineering
Air Traffic Control
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
Aircraft Operation & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Engineering Management
Environmental Engineering
Fire & Safety Engineering
Geomatic Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Renewable Energy Engineering
Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering & Mathematics (all other)
Geotechnical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
I
Computer Science (all other)
P
Quantity Surveying
S
Environmental Studies
Forestry Studies
Parks & Wildlife Management
Spatial Science

Hiring criteria

Entry pathway

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Working rights

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Citizen
  • New Zealand Permanent Resident
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Want to bring ideas to life? 

This is a very exciting time for you - full of endless possibilities. It's important to choose a company whose purpose aligns with your own. Aurecon's highly awarded graduate programme has all that covered and more. 

We are looking for Geospatial graduates to be based in the following locations: 

  • Tāmakai Makaurau Auckland 
  • Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington 
  • Ōtautahi Christchurch 

This role will sit in the Land & Water business unit.  

What is Geospatial in the Land & Water business unit at Aurecon? 

Using Geospatial technologies including advanced reality capture tools such as 3D laser scanners, total stations, GNSS, drones and 12D, Autodesk suite, ESRI ArcGIS, FME and spatial digital tools to capture, manage, analyse, visualise, and share spatial information that drives projects design and construction  

Geospatial combines practical site surveying with spatial data analysis, modelling, and 3D visualisation with involvement at all stages of a project  

Working with an experienced team of professional geospatial consultants, licensed cadastral surveyors, and registered professional surveyors to deliver data and insights  

What are we looking for from you? 

You'll be ready to make an impact. You would have graduated or be graduating soon with a formal qualification such as Engineering, Spatial Sciences, Environmental Sciences with a focus on GIS or Computer Science with a strong focus on GIS. You will need to have the ability to work on a full-time basis from February 2025. Knowledge and experience in the use of ESRI Desktop product range is advantageous!

And you will bring: 

  • Passion for changing the way we deliver carbon neutrality and sustainability in everything we do. 
  • Ability to initiate and build relationships with both your peers and clients to push forward the boundaries of what is possible. 
  • Enthusiasm for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. 
  • Excitement about your journey with Aurecon. 

Think you know Aurecon? You may be surprised. 

Joining Aurecon means you’ll be at the award-winning edge of innovation and sustainability. AFR ranked us Top 5 among sustainability leaders and Top 3 of all Australasian innovative companies in professional services.  In 2021, we won Engineering New Zealand’s Innovation and Diversity awards and in 2022 we were named in the New Zealand LinkedIn overall Top 25 Companies list. We were recently awarded the Most Popular Graduate Employer by Prosple NZ for 2024!

We’ve been recognised for our culture of innovation, gender equality, and our LGBTTQIA+ inclusion, including being the first engineering company in Aotearoa New Zealand to receive both the Rainbow Tick and the Gender Tick external certifications. Our He Rautaki Māori (Māori Strategy) won two Good Design Awards in 2022 for its outstanding contributions in bringing Te Āo Māori and digital innovation into operations and decision-making processes. Bring your whole self to work! 

Aurecon’s strength has always been our people. It’s our people who build our shared purpose and bring ideas to life. It’s our people who imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet. Of course, you’ll probably know lots of our award-winning projects:

The Fonterra transition to a resilient, low-emissions economy with their new biomass boiler at their Waitoa factory, that was us. The O Mahurangi (Penlink) two-lane road for walking and cycling providing better, safer, and more reliable transport options in Northern Auckland? That was us.  Murdoch University’s Boola Katitjin, which is the first mass-engineered-timber (MET) building in Western Australia? Yes, that was us too. And the Tseung Kwan O Interchange in Hong Kong that improved the district’s accessibility amid increasing transport demand? You guessed it, us. 

Ready to bring ideas to life? 
 
Apply online now! We can’t wait to hear from you! Visit our website to learn more.

We accept applications from New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and international students with a current visa who are based in NZ.   

Whakahāngā whakaaro / Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views 
Kia māia, kia kaha, mahi tahi / Be bold, be strong, work as one 

Hiring criteria

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Entry pathway
Degree or Certificate
Minimum Level of Study
Bachelor or higher
Study Field
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering
I
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Computer Graphics & Animation
Computer Science (all other)
Computer Systems and Networks
Cyber Security
P
Architecture & Interior Design
Building & Construction
Property, Land & Real Estate
Quantity Surveying
Sustainable Development
Urban Design & Town Planning
S
Agricultural Science & Management
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Ecology & Evolution

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

country
eligibility

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand Citizen

New Zealand Permanent Resident


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Since joining the company full-time, I’ve been able to build and refine my skills in business case development.

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  • Graduate stories
I have a strong passion to create sustainable engineering designs that help minimise our impacts on the environment.

Samuel Wainwright

  • Graduate stories
I have a strong passion to create sustainable engineering designs that help minimise our impacts on the environment.

Samuel Wainwright