Graduate Program - Instrumentation/Electrical Engineer (2025) (Mar 2025)

A career with Viva Energy is more than just a job. It’s an opportunity to be part of something bigger.  To join a team committed to supporting our evolving energy needs as we help to build a secure and sustainable energy future. Our plans for the future support a transition to sustainable, lower carbon energy solutions. We’re also developing our convenience and mobility division, with our recent acquisitions of Coles Express and OTR positioning us as one of the leading national convenience retailers.  At the heart of our plans is people power.  People who want to grow and evolve with us.  People with the brightest minds, boundless energy, new perspectives and the passion to take Viva Energy and their careers forward. 

Will you be part of the solution? 

The opportunity

Viva’s Geelong Refinery converts crude oil into transport fuels, solvents, plastic and bitumen, playing a key role in transitioning to sustainable energy solutions. You will work across our Geelong Refinery and join our Reliability, Maintenance and Operations teams that will enable you to acquire valuable skills and experience in the following areas:

• HV/LV Motors, power generation and distribution
• Field instrumentation: Field transducers and control valves
• Industrial Automation:  Programmable logic controllers, microcontrollers, safety systems and distributed control systems
• Industrial cyber security for IACS threat identification, risk assessment and countermeasures
• Process control and analytics
• Telecommunications. Network switches, telemetry, and fibre optics
• Regulatory control programming and system configuration/design
• Risk management: hazard identification, engineering controls and mitigations
• Communication with stakeholders and coordination of field crews
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Your graduate experience

Our two-year Graduate Program will enable you to deepen and develop your technical and professional competencies through meaningful, challenging and rewarding work.  Our personalised graduate program offers you:

• Full time ongoing permanent position
• A minimum of two rotations that will provide you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge, experience and technical competencies
• Tailored professional development programs including a senior leader mentor
• Support from leaders who will coach and guide you through each stage of the program and a buddy to provide you with day-to-day support

Beyond the Graduate program, we believe in giving you the freedom to grow and create the career that you aspire.  Our inclusive culture and support from our leaders will enable you to discover new experiences that energise, stretch, and challenge you to be the best version of yourself.  Because, at Viva Energy, helping people reach their destination is at the heart of what we do best.

Interview and assessment

The recruitment process is an opportunity for us to get to know each other and assess if you are a good match for us and if we are a good match for you and it only takes few minutes!

This is an opportunity to meet key business leaders and ask questions that are important to you! It also enables us to assess attributes like how you work with others, prioritise and deliver work, your willingness to learn and try new things and your ability to adapt and grow as our business evolves.

About us

It’s an exciting time to join Viva Energy, as we play our role in securing Australia’s fuel supply while preparing for the lower carbon energies of tomorrow. Our goal is to support the world's evolving energy needs and achieve net zero by 2050. 

Viva Energy is a leading convenience retailer, commercial services and energy infrastructure business, with a history spanning more than 120 years in Australia?  The Group operates a convenience and fuel network of more than 700 stores across Australia, and exclusively supplies Shell fuels and lubricants to a total network of more than 1,300 service stations.

Viva Energy owns and operates the strategically located Geelong Refinery in Victoria, and operates bulk fuels, aviation, bitumen, marine, chemicals, polymers and lubricants businesses supported by more than 20 terminals and 60 airports and airfields across the country.

Our culture 

Join a team that values diversity. Viva Energy is a great place to be yourself. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, and empower everyone to amplify their voice across the business. We value inclusion, because that’s how we get the best outcomes.

Awarded the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality five years in a row highlights that we are driven by our people and continuing our focus on making Viva Energy reflect the ever changing face of Australia. 

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles. 

At Viva Energy Australia, we believe flexibility is the new normal. So much so that we have developed and embedded our flexible working philosophy called ‘Viva Flex’. We are open to flexibility options including part-time, job-share and flexibility in start and finish times. We are happy to explore what this could look like for you during the recruitment process.

Eligibility criteria

• Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold permanent residency
• Completed an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in the required discipline (within the past 2 years) prior to commencing the program

Apply now 

Simply upload your resume, academic transcript, and proof of working rights. We would also love to learn more about you, your previous work experiences and any extra-curricular activities. 

Applications close April 14, 2024. 

Good luck!