Graduate Programme
You'll be part of our comprehensive graduate development programme during your first 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 in your technical field – 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.
Beca’s career development philosophy is built on one simple principle - at Beca YOU own your career. We have everything set up so that you can 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 New Zealand 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
Your first two years of professional experience following graduation will 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 year 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. You’ll also get to know the Beca organisation and have plenty of opportunities to network with our senior managers. 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 New Zealand and Australia!
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 tailor your presentations (whether written or oral) to your audience so that you deliver what the audience requires in a credible and professional manner.
Mentoring programme
As a graduate at Beca, you’ll have the opportunity to choose a mentor to guide and support you through the first few years of your career. Your mentor will be an experienced person who can provide you with general career advice and support in your personal and professional development.
Site visits
Site visits will be organised for you on graduate orientation days. The visits are designed to let you experience a number of high profile projects that Beca is involved in. You’ll also go on site to see some of the projects that you have been working on. In 2007 several of our graduates were given the opportunity to work on site and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
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 events as written by the Australian graduates visiting New Zealand.
