Job Satisfaction at GHD Australia

I'm a graduate Civil Engineer and while I do enjoy the work I am given, there currently is a lack of engineering related work at my level.

Architectural drafting of multiple drawings and computer modelling. Also working on multiple projects during the week

Assisting my senior on design projects

Proposals, Modelling, Engineering, Design, Construction, Asset, Condition Assessment, Flood Reports, Stormwater Management, Dams Optioneering, Risk Assessment, NPV, Cost Estimating, Client Relationships, Project Management, Time Management, Coding, Mapping, GIS and automation etc

Changes depending on type of project work. Can include doing design calculations and site inspections

I am happy with my day to day responsibilities but am ready to take on more and look to become a project manager.

Plenty of engineering design work and site work, occasional computational modelling. Typically good variety, visit lots of interesting places.

Preparing drawings/sketches/figures and models to both internal and external clients.

I believe that the work I do is worth charging out to clients, despite my limited time in the industry. This is a result of the interest of those around me to teach me how things are done.

I have a good variety of skills that are used by several work groups and teams on a breadth of projects. This keeps my job interesting, challenging and it never gets monotonous. I have also taken on more responsibility as a safety representative for my team, allowing me to express some of the business' values.

Varies significantly. When I am out in the field my day to day role tends to involve supervision of a drilling crew as well as geological rock core logging or geological mapping. These days can be long and involve getting dirty but they are a lot of fun and I have seen some fantastic parts of Australia. When i am in the office the hours are a little nicer and a little closer to an 8 hour day. they tend to be spent behind a computer doing analysis on data collected while out in the field. My role is split about 65:35 field: office.

My role as a Graduate Environmental Scientist involves writing scientific reports, organising fieldwork and getting out in the field to sample water, soil and landfill gas.

Civil design, (3d and plan creation)

My role is not what I thought it would be, and my experience has me considering a different career altogether. Again, this has little to do with GHD but I find the office environment, and tasks that I do very systematic and repetitive and struggle to find stimulation from the work. I draft and review a lot of material although there is not much room to express myself.

Good exposure to variety of areas. Lack of site experience

When I'm on site I'm a site supervisor on a drill rig, overseeing the work going on. I also describe and log the core that is drilled. When I'm in the office, I work on compiling and analysing all the data that is collected on site.

EP writing, report writing, data analysis

I am a project manager within the water team. On a day to day basis, I could be attending client meetings, attending a site visit, doing technical work, coordinating other engineers/scientists and writing reports.

I have a varied role as I work on numerous projects and have various levels of responsibility.

Assisting team members in detailed design, tender design and proposals. Predominantly in the office, hardly on site