Graduate Program - Electrical Engineering (Feb 2025)

About Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy

Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy is an Australian electricity distribution company that operates throughout western Victoria and the western suburbs of Melbourne. The company owns and maintains power lines, substations, and street lights and manages Victoria's largest electricity distribution network.

Your role

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy teams of electrical engineers are dealing with big issues daily and leading the nation in finding new and innovative solutions. Using data analytics, the latest technology, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, and the courage to experiment with new ideas. 

The graduate program will connect you to industry leaders and expose you to innovative projects and transformative industry change. Their program is designed to offer the widest range of engineering opportunities and real industry-changing experiences. 

You’ll have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of areas including:

• Network planning: Optimising the network to meet the needs of customers and communities
• Network strategy: Shaping a network for the future as the energy industry evolves
• Distribution and substation design: Helping design and develop new assets for construction
• Asset management: Implementing policies and processes to ensure their assets meet business requirements
• Commissioning: Incorporating new equipment into the network
• Control and operations: Maintaining the network and enhancing operational excellence
• Solar farm operations and performance: Exposure to the wide variety of engineering works available
• Project engineering: Providing technical input for all aspects of a project
• Project management: Delivering projects to maintain network safety, reliability and security

Training & development

Over a three-year period you will undertake five specialised rotations, along with graduate development events and a graduate trip, developing wider business knowledge and networks, to give you maximum exposure and a truly immersive experience. Examples of these rotations may include Asset Management, Network Planning, Design, Distributed Energy Resources integration and Solar farm operations just to name a few.

Watch this video to learn more about Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy's extensive program of education and development opportunities.

Benefits

Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy offer a wide range of other financial benefits available:

• You’ll be supported in a workplace that's both dynamic and welcoming, learning from the best in the business, and where there's a focus on inclusivity, collaboration, community and rewarding the individual and their aspirations. 
• Take ownership of your own graduate program journey, choose the rotations that interest you.
• You’ll have the opportunity to do real work, to have a real impact.
• The business is a place where your ideas are heard, and they’re committed to developing you to be a creative innovator and collaborative leader.
• With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, their LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, they’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.  

Career progression

At the end of the program, you’ll join a team in a permanent role that best matches your skills and interests, with business and opportunities. 

Work life balance

The health, safety, and well-being of Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy's people and their communities are at the core of their values – and remain their number one priority. Whether you’re working in their office, remotely, or from home, they’ll support you to be the best you can be. Works Program Delivery Manager, Dale Anderson knows all about this – he leads the team that schedules field operations and relocated from Melbourne to Lorne during the COVID pandemic. 

To learn more about workplace flexibility at Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy, watch this video:

Culture & vibe

With an embedded Inclusion and diversity Strategy and initiatives like their Women in a Power networking group and Sparkle, their LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, Beon, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy are committed to equal opportunities for all employees. They encourage applications from all communities, people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community, and people living with a disability.

About you

To be eligible, you’ll need to:

• Graduate with an Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics undergraduate or master’s degree by the end of the 2024 academic year
• Be prepared to commence full-time employment in February 2025 located within Melbourne
• Have the right to work in Australia (please note for international applicants we will need to ensure you secure/have secured a subclass 485 or 189 working visa)
• Have strong communication and analytical skills, enjoy working as part of a team, and are ready to kick-start your career
• Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or greater
• Be available to take part in an assessment day with them on the 22nd of April 2024.

How to apply

Please ensure you include your resume and most recent university transcript. 

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page

• powercor.com.au
• citipower.com.au
• powercor.com.au/careers/our-graduate-programs/