Employees at work

Internal and external secondments

Downer has many Business Units, Subsidiary businesses, and partnerships. Opportunities are available for short-term periods of time and can be organised on a case-by-case basis. 

Stretch Assignments and Business Improvement Projects

Downer values Thought Leadership and innovation. We offer many opportunities for short-term projects to deliver excellence in niche innovations. 

Buddy Program

A buddy program is an informal version of a mentor program. The buddy system is a procedure in which two individuals, the "buddies", operate together as a single unit so that they are able to monitor and help each other. This is often between peer to peer. 

Graduate Program

Our graduate program is one of the best in the industry. Downer is a GradAustralia Top 100 Graduate Employer, a GradNZ Top 100 Employer, and an AFR Top 100 Graduate Employer. We offer graduates a range of opportunities in engineering, communication,  information technology, commercial, legal, finance, human resources, cyber security, robotics, and Zero Harm disciplines right across our diverse businesses. To be considered we look for motivated team players who pride themselves on their innovative thinking and service delivery outlook. We aim to develop well-rounded, highly skilled professionals by exposing graduates to the wider business before being a specialist in one area. To be considered for the Graduate program, applicants must:

• Be a recent graduate (within the past two years) or a penultimate year student graduating early in the year of the intake
• Have a university degree in the relevant discipline
• Be mobile (able to work and live in any state of Australia)
• Have full Australian working rights.

If you know someone or are interested in this one-of-a-kind opportunity, visit our website page for more information. 

Apprentices, cadets and trainees

An apprenticeship with Downer is the first step to a fulfilling career. You can combine paid work and training on exciting projects, developing many of the practical skills that we require of our teams. We offer cadetships and traineeships at various projects across Downer, providing the support and skills you'll need to master the basics, grow your practical experience and begin a successful career. 

Learning & Development Catalogue

Downer opens an extensive internal training catalogue each year which has a plethora of training events to attend. 

Downer offers workplace giving whereby the amount you direct is deducted from your pay and equally spread to the 4 charities of choice. The workplace giving program does not affect the way your gross income, super guarantee payments or fringe benefits are worked out. There is no minimum or maximum contribution required to participate, but the total amount must be claimed through your tax return regardless of whether you have been getting payday tax benefits for your donations. At the end of the financial year, your payment summary will include the total amount you donated to charities. 

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