Career Accelerator Programs - Cadet 2025 - Greater Sydney

You crave a career that pushes you, where you'll meet challenges head on and you're guaranteed to grow. 

You’ve done the theory, and you want to put it in practice to kick-start your career.

 In this role, you'll:

• have the opportunity to work with a variety of teams and projects. Working with Transport could see you upgrading our road network, consulting on environmental plans to design a sustainable future for our cities, managing environmental impacts for various projects, creating development and learning programs for our people, or working on game changing infrastructure like the Sydney Metro.
• have access to employee networks and structured learning and career development support throughout the program.

About you
The Cadet program is for people in their second-last or final year of a university undergraduate degree. Get flexible, paid work experience and kick-start a career in your study area.  

You’ll be placed in one team for the program duration, where you’ll get exposure to various projects and build meaningful networks.
 

This is an up to two-year program, depending on whether you are in your second-last or final year of study when you join. For example, students in their second-last year will enter a two-year program.

Read the Cadet role description,  the Professional disciplines Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Structural Engineering, Systems Engineering, Surveying, Geotech and Telecommunications.

Who we are
Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities, and industry every day.

Our Career Accelerator programs offer you the opportunity to join an organisation of more than 28,000 people, working to make NSW a better place to live, work and visit. This is your chance to create connections and make a difference across the state

Join us
Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday 27th April 2025

For more information about this role, please contact bhavana.udaygiri@transport.nsw.gov.au.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.  Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or  Supporting people with disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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