Undergraduate Program

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
  Role description:  

Are you a penultimate year university student and looking for a career in engineering, transport planning & intelligent systems or sustainability and want the opportunity to work on city-shaping projects? The Arcadis Summer Vacation Program will open doors to the engineering and consulting world and will kick start your career. Spaces are available in our established program across our business nationally.  

Kickstart your career with Arcadis, ranked the 4th Top Engineering Consultancy in Prosple’s 2025 Top Graduate Employers List. Drawing on a global resource base, you will be given the opportunity to enhance your skills, build a network of contacts and learn from some of the industry’s finest engineers and consultants. As an Arcadis Summer Vacation Student, you will use these skills from day one as you focus on developing your professional excellence by working within our talented teams on award-winning projects. This position will run for a 10–12-week period over November 2025 to February 2026.

Role accountabilities:  

How are we different from others?    

It is through our talented and passionate people and the unique combination of global knowledge and local expertise which enables us in shaping Australia’s future. We are proud to work on iconic projects that improve quality of life not just in Australia but around the world. Our culture puts people first. Where everyone can own their career and transform their world.    

Please apply to our Summer Vacation Program if you are studying the below disciplines:

• Civil Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Any Sustainability or Built Environment related field including Architecture or Science
• Transport or Urban Planning
• Environmental Engineering 

  Qualifications & Experience:  

• A can-do attitude with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to different environments  
• Excellent communication and interactive skills  
• Strong collaboration skills
• Natural intuition and an inquisitive nature  
• Valid Australian working rights 

  Why Arcadis?   We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
  You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
  Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.  

What now?  

If you can fulfil the above criteria, you are strongly urged to apply and include your CV, and a recent academic transcript showing the units you have completed. Please note that without these documents we cannot consider your application.  

Candidates successfully shortlisted will be asked to complete an online behavioural analysis assessment and the final stage will be to attend an interview. 
 

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.   

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