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Work Experience - Electrical Engineering Undergraduates

Our Undergraduate Work Experience Program in electrical engineering offers students a wide choice of positions providing a broad exposure to the many different areas available in electrical engineering at EnergyAustralia.

Armed with this knowledge and experience you will be better able to determine a career path best suited to you.

Typical work areas available on the Program include:

  • Asset Management
  • Contract Management
  • Construction (Substations, Overhead and Underground Mains)
  • Design (eg. Transmission Line design)
  • High Voltage Testing
  • Maintenance (Substations, Overhead and Underground Mains)
  • Metering Development (Two way communications)
  • Network Pricing
  • Network Planning
  • Protection
  • Project Management
  • Risk Management
  • Sustainable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro and Bio Mass)
  • Technical Services

You should be undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), preferably with ‘Power engineering’ electives and you’ll need to have completed the third year of a standard four year course by December 2008 to apply.

You’ll be asked to demonstrate your capabilities in the areas of leadership and being a team player, communication, creativity, innovation, self-motivation, delivering commercial results and being customer focused. You’ll also need a current driver's licence.

With enthusiasm, drive and initiative you can maximise great career opportunities within EnergyAustralia.

How to Apply

Applications for the 2008 Undergraduate Work Experience Program have now closed. Applications will be sought again in July 2009 for the 2009 Undergraduate Work Experience Program and will be advertised here on our website.

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