Graduate Civil Highways Engineer (Feb 2026)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Our Graduate Development Program enables you to gain valuable and meaningful technical, leadership, and behavioural skills. It provides an opportunity to hone and showcase your digital prowess, communication, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving skills to name a few towards a more productive work/life balance.  

Further to regular development supported by our active Graduate Group and through our Roots of Arcadis community, you will take part in our Graduate Development Program which focuses on accelerating your technical and personal skills development. The state-based Graduate Group equips you to accelerate your career and build a depth and breadth of personal and professional experiences through various events including Meet the Legends events with our Senior Technical Directors, Trivia Nights, Site Visits, Knowledge Sharing events, and a lot more.  

Our Arcadis Expedition DNA program could give you the opportunity to join other Arcadis professionals from across the globe where you will deepen your understanding of digital transformation and start building skills related to digital and innovation. 

Role accountabilities:

With a strong presence in all our offices, our Highways teams work across numerous major Transport and Infrastructure projects.  Joining our Highways teams, you will get the opportunity to work on Highway Design, Utilities Design and Pavements amongst others. Our sustainable & innovative projects will see you working alongside industry experts, learning from them on real projects that improve quality of life.

Qualifications & Experience:

First and foremost, you have a passion for improving the quality of life. You share our values – People First, Collaboration, Sustainability, Client Success, and Integrity. You will be graduating in 2025 or have recently graduated from a Civil Engineering degree or a degree relevant to the space we work. You’ll come to us:  

• With a passion for the work that we do in engineering design, environmental science, planning, business advisory, sustainability, and digital innovation.
• Demonstrating typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking, Growth-Mindset, and the ability to build working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• With innovative thinking, self-motivation, and enthusiasm about driving your own career development.
• Confident in communicating and presenting to peers, clients, and stakeholders.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Application Instructions 

If what you’ve read resonates with your values, experience and career ambitions, we encourage you to:  

1. Apply via the link below, including a CV and academic transcripts. Please note that without these documents we cannot consider your application.
2. The application process will consist of an online behavioural assessment before proceeding to the interview stage.
3. We will aim to have all applications reviewed and notify you of the outcome of your application and next stages in the process by 14 October.

Visit our careers page for more information: Arcadis Australia Early Years.  

Watch this video to see what to expect while working at Arcadis as a Graduate.