GHD Group | Engineering Consulting

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to GHD Group. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to GHD Group. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at GHD Group. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntroductory

Welcome to our program! We are so excited to have you here.

At GHD, we’re invested in making a difference. We are committed to creating sustainable solutions for those who design and operate infrastructure and manage the world’s resources. Supporting clients across the business value chain from capital deployment, investment optimisation, value preservation, sustainability, resilience and liability transformation.

During this program, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a GHD engineering consulting team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our consulting team does every day. You’ll learn how to read and understand design briefs, develop cost and construction time estimates, investigate stakeholder and environmental impacts, assess design outcomes and report on all the findings from your investigation to make clear recommendations to clients.

We hope this program provides a great resource for you to upskill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at GHD.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Excel

Planning

Estimation

Attention to Detail

Risk Analysis

Decision Making

Technical Writing

Summarization

Clear Communication

Information Summary

How it works

Introduction from GHD Group

Hear Steven Nield, Graduate Recruitment Lead at GHD Group, introduce the simulation.

Tasks in this program

Intro & Scenario

Meet your team members and learn about your project goals.

Your role

You are working as a graduate consulting engineer at GHD.
You are working directly with your manager for a client within the transportation industry on an options analysis for a rail project.
Your manager is tied up with other projects at the moment, so they are relying on you to produce the options analysis quickly for their review before sending it off to the client.
You really want to impress your manager and show them how much you have learned about the design process during your time at GHD, and this opportunity will allow you to do exactly that!

Your goal

The client has come to GHD with different design options for a particular rail line. Your job is to compare these options and consider a variety of factors to recommend which one will be best for the client to move forward with.
This will require you to consider important design and construction factors such as cost, construction timelines, design outcomes and stakeholder and environmental impacts.
Your goal is to make the comparison process you used clear to the client and wrap everything up together in a short memo highlighting key findings and takeaways, along with GHD's final recommendation.

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"I liked how it was a breakdown of the task with increasing skills required. It gave me a better insight of what working at GHD might look like."-- Student from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

"I loved how immersive the program felt. Being able to step through a realistic analysis from interpreting a design brief, to estimating costs and timelines, to communicating recommendations all really helped me understand the practical side of engineering consulting. The structured tasks and feedback gave me clear insights into GHD’s approach and v..."-- Student from University of Adelaide

"The program provided enough guidance to complete the tasks, but allowed for critical thinking and the possibilities of various interpretations of the issues at hand."-- Student from Monash University

"As someone with an architecture background, I've often found companies hesitant to consider candidates with architecture degrees for roles outside traditional design. But with my ongoing studies in construction management, I now feel confident in bridging this gap and expanding into the broader field of civil engineering. The program has opened up..."-- Student from La Trobe University

"the job simulation is simple and easy to understand and I got overview of how certain project is handled in the company. This simulation also provides the solutions so that I can compare my work and learn from that. Thank you for these courses."-- Student from Central Queensland University