Graduate Programme
You’ll be part of our comprehensive graduate development programme for your first three years at Beca. The aim of the programme is to support you in developing the broad range of skills and experience necessary to become a successful consultant – skills that you’ll be able to apply throughout your career.
At the end of the programme, you will be considered a professional in your field and your learning and development will continue in the career path you have chosen, be it management, technical design or business development.
Beca’s career development philosophy is built on one simple principle - at Beca YOU own your career. We have everything set up for you to drive your own success within a positive and supportive environment.
You’ll have the opportunity to experience a wide range of project work, and if you are keen, you could work in other Beca offices either throughout Australia or overseas.
The graduate development programme at Beca includes:
Six monthly performance development discussions
On the job coaching
Graduate development days
Core skills training
Mentoring programme
Site visits
Graduate group monthly sessions with guest speakers
Six monthly performance development discussions
The first couple of years of professional experience following graduation can be a steep learning curve. To guide and support your learning and development during this time, you and your manager will have a formal discussion every six months to review your career aspirations, give you feedback on how you are doing so far and set objectives for the coming months. These formal discussions will be supported by many opportunities to get informal feedback and guidance from the people around you.
On-the-job coaching
At Beca, you’ll be working on real jobs for real clients from the start. You’ll work alongside experienced people who will provide you with on-the-job coaching and guidance while allowing you to take on more responsibility as your knowledge increases. Your on-the-job coaches will vary as you work in different project areas, so you’ll have the opportunity to learn from a wide range of experienced people and really accelerate your career!
Graduate development days
Our graduate development days, held throughout your first and second years at Beca, will see you learning about a wide range of communication, management and business-related topics, areas that will help you towards professional registration – if that’s what you choose to pursue. You’ll also get to know the Beca organisation and have plenty of opportunities to network with both senior managers and peers. Our current graduates tell us one of the best things about the development days are the drinks and dinners with their fellow graduates from across the Tasman!
Core skills training
Over the three years you will attend a number of courses specifically tailored to assist you build your consultancy skills. The courses are designed to help you hone your presentation skills, improve your report writing ability and manage your time more effectively.
Mentoring programme
As a graduate at Beca, you’ll be provided with a mentor to guide and support you through the first few years of your career. Your mentor will be an experienced person who you can use to bounce ideas off, gain inspiration from and provide you with as much career advice and support as you would like.
Site visits
Site visits will be organised for you each year. The visits are designed to give you first hand access to a number of high profile Beca projects in both Australia and New Zealand. You’ll also go on-site to see some of the projects that you have been working on. This could be for a day, a week or longer – all it takes is to put your hand up and tell us you’re interested.
Graduate group monthly sessions with guest speakers
Monthly get-togethers over lunch provide the opportunity to hear from a variety of guest speakers, meet, compare notes and exchange ideas with your fellow graduates.
Read about one of the graduate programme trips to New Zealand.
