Student Pathways: Graduate Program
The Future of Energy Engineering Scholarships program provides recipients with a head start in their career. In addition to being paid $20,000 per year, each year until the completion of your degree, you will gain opportunities for real experience with paid vacation work, working with some of Australia’s most innovative engineers.
When you graduate, scholarship recipients are provided a pathway into our highly sought-after graduate program that will set you up for rewarding career in the power industry.
Check for when scholarship applications are open and how to apply via our application and selection process webpage.
Expand your horizon and map your own journey
You’ll have the opportunity to make an impact working with the people who power Queensland. Working within Australia’s largest electricity network (serving over 2 million customers), you’ll be positioned as a graduate to make your mark, helping to guide the energy industry’s transition from coal to renewables.
About us and our Graduate Program
Energy Queensland is a wholly government-owned company, with several subsidiaries that provide electricity services. This provides our graduates with a broad range of opportunities and experiences.
Our ‘poles and wires’ businesses Energex and Ergon Energy Network deliver electricity across Queensland. Our retailer, Ergon Energy Retail, sells this electricity to customers throughout regional Queensland. Energy Queensland also owns Yurika, which specialises in energy, connectivity and sustainability, and delivers a range of full integrated, turn-key solutions.
Our organisation is at the forefront of embracing new technology, new ideas, alternative energy solutions and smart grid technology. We are building the network of the future to power Queensland's economy. We are an energy business that seeks to build strong connections and have a positive presence in the communities we serve.
We have a highly skilled engineering workforce, and the graduates that will come through the Future of Energy Engineering Scholarships program will help to ensure we have some of the best trained engineers anywhere in the world.
Our three-year program offers you a diversity of working and learning experiences to help you develop future-focused technical, business and leadership skills.
Learn more about the support network for our Graduate Program.
As part of the program you'll be:
- Developing a breadth of transferrable skills by undertaking six-monthly rotations through an exciting range of business areas, roles, specialisations and locations across Queensland
- Collaborating with experts and new and emerging technologies to challenge your critical thinking abilities and accelerate your learning in an environment that values new ideas and innovation
- Given your own mentor, an experienced professional who will provide one-on-one leadership and support to guide your development and success
- Accessing an extensive range of professional development in technical and business area, exposing you to best-practice, emerging and future ideas from the industry and beyond
- Supported by flexible working conditions so you can manage your professional and personal priorities
- Rewarded with a competitive salary package and ongoing opportunities for pay progression.
Our culture empowers you to take charge of your development and career direction. With the support and guidance of your dedicated mentor, you'll shape your rotations and development activities on each rotation together.
Hear from a Graduate and a Graduate Leader about our program.
So where will your big opportunity take you?
Our Graduate Program gives you direct access to a wide range of career pathways and opportunities. You're only limited by your imagination, passion, motivation and drive to succeed. We can place you in a number of locations to begin your career journey.
We can place you in a number of locations to begin your career journey. We have various divisions, functions and roles that you can start your Graduate Program in.
Learn more about our Graduate Program.
Want to find out more?
For more about our Graduate Program, check out our FAQs.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact our Careers team on 1800 656 810 or use our online enquiry form and one of our team members will get back to you.