Yarra Valley Water Summer Vacation Program

• December 2024 - February 2025
• Mitcham, Victoria
• Engineering and Science

Are you passionate about a sustainable future, protecting the environment and public health? Do you thrive with thinking outside the box and delivering projects?

If you enjoy using your highly developed verbal and numerical reasoning skills and want to join a dynamic team environment then Yarra Valley Water is the place for you!

About Us

We’re on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We’re one of Australia’s largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria’s population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our purpose is to support the health and wellbeing of our customers, and create a brighter future for communities and the natural environment.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you’ll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us. We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

About You

You will be in your penultimate or final year of study and are excited by the challenge of solving problems and working on and delivering a variety of projects, we are recruiting for the following disciplines:

• Engineering - Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, and Electrical
• Science – Data Science, Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Digital Infrastructure, Ecology, Agriculture, Computer Science and Physics

Why Yarra Valley Water?

• Our Vacation Students will work up to full time hours and will be paid $31.2074 per hour (inclusive of 25% casual loading), plus 12% superannuation.
• Flexible working arrangements (office and home) where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
• Vacation students are a key part of our pipeline into the graduate program, facilitated through a robust Expression of Interest (EOI) process.
• You will be provided with a laptop and headset.
• Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office.
• To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook HERE.

How to Apply

Click on the "Apply Now" link and complete the online application form answering all questions. Your application must include a Cover Letter, Resume and Academic Transcript (please also advise the date when you finish your exams). Vacation Student will likely commence in early December 2024.

We welcome applications from everyone, including First Nations peoples, people with Disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from all cultural backgrounds. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact us via email [email protected] using the subject line: Summer Vacation Students - Engineering / Science enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.

For more information, visit our website at www.yvw.com.au