Graduate program
Have you recently graduated or are you about to? Our graduate program will help you learn, grow and launch your career.
As a Hydro Tasmania grad, you’ll ...
Get unrivalled professional development and training in renewable energy
Learn from and work alongside respected industry experts
Access meaningful networking and mentoring opportunities
Receive a range of employee benefits like discounts on electricity, as well as health and wellbeing programs.
Graduate program streams
Whether you’ve studied mechanical, electrical, civil, renewable energy or mechatronics engineering – we want to hear from you! Your rotations could include strategic asset management, project delivery, major asset upgrades, and detailed design with our consulting arm, Entura.
Gain exposure to surveying disciplines such as deformation, engineering and cadastral surveying. You'll work with cutting-edge technology, including UAVs and GNSS systems, while exploring Tasmania’s breathtaking landscapes.
With HR knowledge, you could specialise in workforce analytics, organisational design, recruitment, payroll & HR partnering – helping us align people strategies with business goals through evidence-based planning.
If you’re a graduate in environmental science or sustainability, you’ll be involved in environmental analysis, impact assessments and conservation strategies. You’ll work in cross-functional teams tackling climate change and solving challenges in resource management.
Learn how our strategy team sets long-term direction and positions our business for future challenges and opportunities. You could help shape external policy, define strategic priorities, guide change across the organisation, steer major infrastructure projects and support effective delivery of strategic initiatives.
Build your expertise in product design, cloud solutions, data management, SAP, project management and service delivery. You'll work with experts, explore new technologies, and connect across the business – including visits to our power stations!
Work closely with our energy trading teams to design and build full-stack software solutions, gaining experience across coding, testing and deployment in agile Scrum teams operating in the National Electricity Market.
Develop expertise in corporate governance, compliance, contracts and dispute resolution. You'll gain hands-on experience in drafting legal documents, providing advice and supporting organisational compliance.
Play a key role in supporting our financial performance, gaining hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting while providing valuable insights that help guide strategic business decisions.
Each year we will advertise for specific streams – but we are always looking for passionate, skilled individuals and our needs are constantly changing. So please reach out to us.
Frequently asked questions
First, you complete your application (including your cover letter, CV and academic transcript). Our recruitment team will review it.
If you reach the next stage, you’ll receive an email invitation to complete online testing. This involves questions about your skills and behaviours. Questions will be tailored to the stream you’ve applied for. We’ll give you all the information about this testing in the email invitation.
If you are chosen to progress beyond the online testing, our team will contact you to schedule an online assessment over a 2-week window. If you need extra support to complete the assessment, you can request reasonable adjustments to help reduce or remove barriers.
The final stage will be a one-to-one interview, with hiring managers in relevant fields to your studies. These will be either in-person or online.
The program starts on the first Monday of February each year. You will start with an induction in Hobart, Tasmania.
Candidates with the following degrees will be considered:
- Engineering (civil / mechanical / electrical / mechatronics / renewable)
- Business
- Arts
- Law
- Social science
- Economics
- Mathematics
- Environmental science
- Finance
- Data science
- Information technology
All programs run for 2 years, except the engineering and surveying streams which run for 3 years.
Yes, however, you must have permanent residency or a visa with full-time working rights that is valid for the duration of the program, and have completed a degree at an Australian university.
No. We are unable to provide assistance for travel and accommodation costs for relocations.
Address your cover letter to ‘The hiring manager’.
The assessment centre is where you’ll learn more about our business, meet some of our leaders and current graduates, and complete group activities online.
The interview will be with experienced people working in your discipline. It will include a technical aspect as well as behavioural and competency questions. We recommend using the STAR (situation, task, action, result) method to answer interview questions.
We will conduct some background checks, including references, working rights and a police check. Medical assessments are conducted for some engineering roles and any role with significant field work, such as the environment stream. We cover all costs associated with these checks. You’ll need to complete all the checks as soon as possible so that we can make our final decisions.
You’ll get a development budget to spend each financial year. This budget will cover any training requirements for your rotations. Other core training activities are also scheduled each year to help you build your self-awareness and interpersonal skills.
Rotations depend on your background and the projects taking place across the business. Rotations will be offered in consultation with you and leaders in the business. If possible, you'll be given the opportunity to rotate through Hydro Tasmania (including our regional sites), Momentum Energy (our energy retailer) and Entura (our consulting arm).
Contact our recruitment team at graduate.recruitment@hydro.com.au
Please note that we don’t accept emailed applications.
