Career Accelerator Programs – Graduate, Cadet and Scholar

About us

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do – and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day.

We are a state government organisation made up of more than 28,000 people and we’re in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia’s history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas right across NSW – you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

Are you starting, studying or about to complete an Undergraduate Degree?

Transport is looking for aspiring Graduates, Cadets & Scholars to help us deliver the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia’s history. This is your chance to kick-start your career and work on projects that will benefit generations to come.

Our Career Accelerator Program

1. Graduate program – an 18-month full-time program which consists of three six-month rotations across Transport and in different locations
2. Cadet Program – a one-to-two-year program with exposure to a range of work and projects across the organisation
3. Scholar Program – a three-to-five-year program, where you maintain a credit-average in your university degree and we will reimburse your course fees!

Click on the links above to access the role descriptions before applying.

What’s on offer?

• Flexible work options and hours
• Work on real projects with cutting-edge technology, while learning from industry experts from day one
• Competitive salary package, plus superannuation and benefits
• Grow with ambitious, driven and passionate participants just like you!
• Ongoing opportunities for permanent employment
• Engage in the Young Professionals Network for networking and special events

Our Locations

We’re recruiting state-wide looking specifically in the below areas:

• Sydney Metropolitan area
• Northern region (Grafton and surrounds)
• Hunter region (Newcastle and surrounds)
• Western region (Parkes and surrounds
• South- Western region (Wagga Wagga and surrounds)
• Southern region (Nowra and surrounds)

Disciplines

We are looking to bring on people across our Career Accelerator Programs from the following streams for disciplines including, but not limited to:

Engineering Stream

• Civil/Structural Engineering
• Construction Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Planning
• Project Management
• Surveying
• System Engineering

Business Stream 

• Commerce
• Communications/Media
• Economics
• Finance/Accounting
• Human Resources
• Law
• Marketing
• Policy
• Psychology

Information Technology (IT) Stream

• Business Information Systems
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Systems/Science
• Cyber Security
• Data Analytics
• Information Technology and Systems
• Software

About You

Graduates

• Have an Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian Permanent Residency
• Be available to commence full-time employment in January 2023
• You’ve completed all components of your undergraduate degree from university after December 2020 or will have completed your degree by December 2022 (including any required industrial experience as part of your degree)
• Graduates with overseas qualifications MUST have their degree officially recognised by the Australian Education International Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI NOOSR)

Cadets

• Have an Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian Permanent Residency
• Be available to commence full-time employment in January 2023
• Enrolled in an undergraduate degree from university with an expected completion date prior to December 2024 (you must have 24 months or less left of full-time study as at January 2023)
• Able to attend university full time whilst working flexible hours Monday to Friday – a minimum of 14 hours a week during semesters/trimesters and a minimum of 35 hours a week during university breaks
• Study full-time each semester (enrolled in a minimum of 75% normal full-time study load)

Scholars

• Have an Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian Permanent Residency
• Be available to commence full-time employment in January 2023
• Entering the first or second year of your undergraduate degree from university at the time of starting the Scholar Program in January 2023
• Be able to attend university full-time (enrolled in a minimum of 75% normal full time study load)
• Work flexible hours Monday to Friday a minimum of 35 hours a week during university breaks. Have the option to work a minimum of 14 hours a week during semesters/trimesters

Why Transport for NSW?

If you’re curious about more than one career path, this might just be the place for you.

Working with Transport for NSW could see you upgrading our road network on the Pacific Highway, from Woolgoolga to Ballina, so commuters make it home safely to their families and mates. You could find yourself consulting on environmental plans for the new Western Sydney Aerotropolis to design a sustainable future for our cities. You might be crunching big data to inform future network upgrades. Or building game-changing infrastructure like the Parramatta Light Rail, Sydney Metro and Regional Rail projects to connect our cities like never before.

You could be developing a communications campaign about road safety to increase public awareness. Or you might be working with human resources to bring together people of different backgrounds and skill sets, to grow our vibrant and diverse workforce. Perhaps you’ll be creating development and learning programs for our people and help shape their careers. Or researching and testing emerging technology to bring driverless transport to more locations in NSW. The opportunities are limitless.

Maybe you just want a job, but we can offer you so much more.

What are you waiting for? Apply now!

Applications Close Sunday 29 May 2022

Did you know? Transport are also part of the NSW Government Graduate Program and NSW Public Sector. We work together to make NSW a great place to live, work and travel.

We are the community we serve

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.

We enable our people to work in ways that work for them. Working virtually and from different locations including regional locations, staggering work hours and job sharing are just some of the ways our people can work flexibly.

Please contact the Talent Specialist below if you require any adjustments to be made to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options. ​

For any enquiries, please email Rafka Antoun at RAFKA.ANTOUN@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

We’re certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace

Our flexible work practices and policies for parental leave, employee and family wellbeing and family care enable us to provide genuine support for our people to thrive at work and at home.

Apply today to register your interest!

Find out more about Transport for NSW at https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us.

Take a look at our application tips video series for plenty of great information on navigating and acing the application and recruitment process here at Transport.

Our COVIDSafe Measures Policy

All Transport for NSW workers are required to have:

• appropriate evidence of being fully vaccinated with a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine; or
• an approved medical contraindication.

You will be required to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status or apply for a medical exemption prior to securing this role.