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Department of Transport and Main Roads

4.2
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Department of Transport and Main Roads Graduate Programs & Internships

  • Government & Public Service

Providing reliable, resilient and responsive transport networks and digital services that are safe and accessible for everyone.

TMR is working to shape and change the future of Queensland by creating positive impacts, putting customers first and improving the transport network statewide. 

TMR is committed to becoming a world leader in the provision of accessible and inclusive transport and employment. They are building a culture of mobility to provide employees with a wide variety of employment experiences.

Imagine being challenged daily, given clear paths for professional training and career development and having the ability to transfer to some of the most beautiful regions in Queensland. 

You will be working for an organisation that supports:

  • Good jobs: Good, secure jobs in our traditional and emerging industries
  • Better services: Deliver even better services right across Queensland
  • Great lifestyle: Protect and enhance our Queensland lifestyle as we grow.

TMR is investing in people who are:

  • A lifelong learner — keep up to date with industry and professional knowledge
  • Purpose driven — engage in performance conversations and career planning
  • Agile and mobile — adapt as they progress through their career and across the organisation
  • Capable — consider customer needs, and balance risk and outcomes
  • Safe, healthy and resilient — embrace our holistic wellbeing approach.

Recruitment Process

They recruit a variety of Professional and Administration streams for the TMR Graduate Program. If you have working rights and the appropriate recognised qualification, then they want to hear from you.

The Program offers permanent employment commencing the following February. You may be brought into the business earlier on a temporary or casual basis. 

Given they are a state-wide employer, there may be opportunities in multiple locations for your stream. They encourage you to consider and apply for multiple locations. Working in one of their regions offers you the experience to contribute to the community and rapidly grow your practical skills like no other.

Step 1

When applications open, you'll need to:

  • log in and set up your profile
  • Upload your:
    • resume
    • academic transcript
    • cover letter
    • video, telling us more about you (optional)

Step 2

Eligibility screening starts. They will make sure you have the right to work in Australia and you hold the right degree for your preferred role.

Step 3

Experts from your chosen field will assess:

  • experience
  • knowledge
  • acquired skills
  • personal qualities

Step 4

The interview process begins. They will call you to arrange a time to meet with them. If you're offered an interview, you must let your referees know. Reference checks are sent by email and without this they cannot make you an offer. 

Step 5

Offers will be made by phone.

They may extend offers until December if they share suitability lists across roles after acceptance, or if there are late declines.

Remuneration & Career Growth

TMR offers:

Competitive pay, conditions and benefits:

Permanent employment contract with a guaranteed 36.25 hour working week. Any extra hours worked accrue and are taken as paid time off. They have flexible start and finish times and working from home or other locations is available where the role permits.

Their salaries start from $73,800 per year including automatic pay rises.

There are multiple opportunities for advancement, generous leave conditions including 4 weeks annual leave (with loading), 2 weeks sick leave per year as well as personal and parental leave. They also have leave for exceptional circumstances such as natural disaster leave so employees have one less stress to manage.

They offer 12.75% employer superannuation. Employees have the option to salary sacrifice additional contributions to take advantage of tax benefits.

Development opportunities to fast-track your career and build transferable skills for the future:

Their graduates complete between 2 and 4 rotations with technical and on-the-job training provided by local teams. They are matched with a mentor in line with their interests and development needs. 

The Program provides a significant investment in professional development, with support to embed learnings.

Flexibility that enables health and well-being and access to contemporary work practices:

As a development program, there will be a face-to-face focus in the early stages as you develop business acumen and networks. 

They support employees to balance their work, life and family needs by encouraging workplace flexibility.

They focus on the individual and empower you to make choices that help you balance the requirements of your role and your life commitments through discussion with your supervisor.

A future-focused organisation:

They understand their customers and design services to meet their diverse needs.

They gain insight from data to improve their customer and employee experiences to make better and faster decisions.

They build capability and encourage behaviours that enable innovation and sustainability.

Graduate Reviews

Overall Score
4.2
Overall score based on 31 reviews
They Score Best in…
9.1
Culture
8.8
Diversity
8.7
Management
8.9
Work Hours
What Graduates Say About Them
  • The people. I love my job as it is always different, and I see more of TMR's diverse work, but it is my team and everyone I interact with. Everyone I have interacted with want to be in TMR and are highly enthusiastic about their respective area. It was a bit overwhelming to begin with as I am a shy person, but I soon started to relax into the energy.
  • Flexible working hours, friendly co-workers, the program of work changes and projects are interesting. You are always working towards meaningful value for the state of Queensland - good purpose for working.
  • Putting customers first and always pushing to improve our transport network at an officer level.
  • The best things are: support and guidance from seniors, work and life balance, training and learning opportunities, support for professional development, opportunities for higher roles and positions, opportunities to rotate to di?erent teams within the department to develop wide range of experiences, and ultimately building up the experience we need for a long and successful career.
  • Wide variety of different positions that each provide unique experiences and skillsets. Graduate rotation program provides some level of freedom to join various different teams.
  • Because TMR is so large, it is sometimes difficult to find the correct person to talk to or get help from. For my job that is the most annoying this when you have to go through 5 or 6 people to find the right person.
  • Too many amazing resources to get through in the beginning.
  • Every company has politics and bureaucracy and I've never been fond of that.
  • Could be more flexible
  • High scrutiny, less competitive pay compared to private industry

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Participation involves an online self-report survey taking approximately 15 minutes to complete. To be eligible to participate you must be 17 years or older, an Australian resident currently residing in Queensland, hold a valid Australian Driver’s License (P1, P2 or O) and drive a minimum of 1 hour per week.