AECOM Mechanical Engineering Summer Intern

Creating places that matter and communities that thrive.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative team of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management. 

Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including, social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, whilst focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.

The Role:

As a Mechanical Engineering Intern for the Hobart Stadium project, you will support the mechanical team with the planning, design, monitoring and inspection of HVAC & Hydraulics system. Each field fit in a specialism within the wider building services profession.

You will support our Mechanical HVAC engineers with in-depth modelling software’s, calculating the heating, cooling, ventilation demands of a particular building. Thermal and energy modelling tools are also used to look for innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce building energy consumption. Our Mechanical team are regularly involved in building design coordination, using BIM platforms to collaborate with architects, structural engineers, and many other design and construction professionals.

HVAC systems account for approximately 40% of a buildings energy usage. This provides mechanical engineers with a unique opportunity to influence the impact the buildings we design have on the environment and climate change. By incorporating sustainable design approaches to every project, we undertake we are able to ensure we limit the impact of the construction projects we’re involved with.

What Our Summer Program Offers: 

• 12-Week Full Time Paid Internship (Mid November to Mid February): Options for flexibility on time frames if needed. 
• Practical Application of Knowledge: Gain hands on experience and apply what you’ve learnt during university.
• Iconic Project Exposure: Work on the Hobart Stadium and potentially other high-profile projects that are being delivered by the Melbourne team.
• Work alongside Technical Experts: Work alongside graduates, technical experts, and industry leaders.
• Career Connections: Build meaningful long-term connections.
• Support Network: Benefit from guidance and support from your Manager, team, AECOM University and our Talent Management team to achieve your goals.
• Pathway to Graduate Employment: Explore opportunities to transition to an AECOM Graduate position following a successful placement.

Requirements for Success

• Undertaking a Bachelor’s or Postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tasmania. 
• Be in your penultimate year or earlier of study at an Australian or New Zealand University.
• Able to commence work from mid-November 2024 to mid-February 2025 (Flexible)
• Submission of your resume, cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcript (please submit all as one document).

Our Recruitment Process 

Applications are open until Sunday 27 October 2024

1. Submit Your Application: Complete the job application, uploading your resume, cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcripts as one single document.
2. Interview: Attend an online interview with the Melbourne team

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.