Careers

Your career at WRM

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At WRM, we offer a rewarding career path for driven and passionate critical thinkers, motivated by technical excellence in a collaborative environment.

Interested in building your career with us?

The WRM experience 

WRM is an Australian, employee-owned specialist water resources consultancy. We appreciate and value our people and our clients.

We have created a flexible, inclusive and engaging environment that both challenges and supports our team.

Your career

Enhance your capability, diversify your experience and grow your career.

  • Strengthen your capability and add to ours in an environment that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration
  • Build experience with a diverse portfolio of clients and draw on collective expertise to deliver industry best practice
  • Be surrounded and supported by colleagues, work with experts and be part of a team of highly regarded specialists
  • Progress your career with a structured framework and mentoring to support technical, commercial and leadership development
  • Develop new approaches and deliver technical excellence with the latest technology and innovations
  • Work on projects across Australia with offices in Brisbane and Darwin that enjoy high attendance and encourage inter-office secondments

Your wellbeing, lifestyle and benefits

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We enjoy our work but appreciate that everyone’s life outside of work is different.

  • We offer flexibility, balance and support for family and other commitments
  • Our team environment is engaging – we connect, collaborate and socialise
  • Our wellbeing working group guides our people strategy and initiatives
  • Our competitive salaries are based on performance and contribution
  • We share the financial success of the business via our sustainable profit share scheme
  • Our leadership team is committed to promoting an employee-focussed business.

Career opportunities

We are always interested in hearing from talented people keen to further their career with WRM.

If you would like to work in an environment where excellence is everything, please send us your application.

WRM graduate intake

Applications to join our graduate intake in Brisbane and Darwin open in April each year.

WRM graduates benefit from bespoke training and experience within a highly collaborative team environment.

  • Build experience across full range of surface water projects and capabilities
  • Develop specialist skills in surface water modelling including (e.g. GoldSim, TUFLOW, URBS)
  • Dedicated mentor to provide 1:1 technical and career guidance
  • Supportive knowledge sharing and technical direction from senior leaders
  • Paid professional development via external and in-house training courses
  • Opportunity to join our innovation and / or wellbeing working groups
  • Active social calendar of celebrations and events in Brisbane and Darwin
  • Regular check-ins with mentor and senior leader to guide career progression

If you want to be the best, learn from the best!

WRM undergraduate program

Applications open in July for environmental and civil engineering students wanting to pursue a career in flooding and water resources in Brisbane and Darwin.

  • 12 weeks paid work experience during semester breaks
  • On-the-job exposure to a variety of water and environment projects
  • Dedicated mentor to provide 1:1 technical guidance and training
  • Contribute to our innovation working group
  • Connect with members of our graduate intake
  • Option to continue paid vacation and/or casual work experience whilst completing studies
  • Automatic consideration for our graduate intake on completion of engineering degree

This is a rare opportunity to get a start in a specialist career in water resources engineering!