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The Big Meet 2025 Adelaide
Fri 28 Mar 2025, 11:00am - 3:30pm • Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, AU, 5000
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What it does: Professional services
Staff stats: Around 11,000
The good bits: Flexible working options
The not so good bits: Pay could be higher
GHD is a global professional services company committed to making energy, water and communities sustainable for generations to come.
In Australia, there are more than 4000 diverse and skilled individuals connected by 44 offices across the country, many in regional locations. The company has been involved in iconic, community-shaping projects such as the Level Crossing Removal Project in Victoria, Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro in Queensland, Snowy 2.0 in New South Wales, and the Kwinana Battery Energy Storage System in Western Australia.
Globally, GHD spans five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North, South America and the Pacific region – employing more than 11,000 employees across more than 160 offices.
To find out more, visit the website: ghd.com
Since 1928, GHD has been wholly owned by its employees. That ownership drives employees' passion and accountability in how they serve clients, deliver projects, and pursue new opportunities.
The sustained growth, direction and success of GHD is determined by the people who work at the company. Everything the company does is calibrated with the level of passion and professional pride associated with being private.
Community impact is important to GHD, influencing how people work and how they can give back. GHD in the Community is a program that partners with not-for-profit organisations so that GHD people can work on pro-bono projects, as well as volunteering and fundraising for philanthropic and humanitarian causes.
As a business, GHD also provides financial support to the GHD Foundation, a registered charity that addresses disadvantage and inequality in children accessing STEAM education in the countries where GHD people live and work.
Within GHD, employee groups and networks help people foster community, find their tribe, and celebrate what makes people unique. These groups play a big part in the company's global diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, creating spaces for meaningful and safe conversations, connecting with likeminded individuals, and creating a voice to leadership.
GHD strives to be an inclusive community where everyone feels they belong. Its culture celebrates and reflects the brilliant diversity of its people, clients and the communities it works in.
With the nature of work changing rapidly, GHD recognises that adopting a hybrid working model, which blends working at the office and from home, helps enable an engaging work environment where its people can thrive. Some GHD teams are located across Australia so often this means collaborating virtually at flexible times. GHD's intention is to enable employees to accomplish the usual requirements of their role, regardless of where the work is undertaken.
GHD has a genuine commitment to diversity and, in particular, creating a more female-friendly workplace, having been accredited as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace by the Australian Breastfeeding Association.
Since 2016, GHD has been a proud member of Pride in Diversity. Over the years, Pride in Diversity has provided significant consulting and inclusion advice to GHD, ensuring every LGBTQ+ team member can bring their whole self to work.
GHD is also committed to advancing its employees into leadership roles through the Cultivate Sponsorship Program. GHD’s active participation helps foster strategic alliances to promote career progression, highlighting the company's commitment to tackle gender inequality.
In 2024, GHD proudly launched its Indigenous Strategy and Indigenous Employment Strategy, deepening its commitment to create meaningful outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses and communities. GHD also partnered with Cultivate Indigenous to pilot their new six-month ‘Warra’ sponsorship program for Indigenous emerging leaders.
GHD's two-year Graduate Development Program is designed to give you a smooth start to your consulting career. You’ll get a broad look at the many career pathways available at GHD and have the chance to work in teams to help deliver exciting projects, contribute to bids and tenders, and even get hands-on with occasional site work.
Given the size of GHD and the scope of its operations, there are plenty of opportunities for professional development and career growth beyond your two years in the Graduate Development Program. GHD supports employees to attain professional accreditation in their discipline.
Employees also have access to the GHD Business School. This provides diverse learning opportunities that allow employees to acquire the experience and knowledge they need to grow and develop.
The Talent Exchange program is another great opportunity, moving people across different parts of the business (and locations, if that’s your aspiration) to share skills and knowledge.
Graduates can participate in GHD’s Young Professionals network, which mixes learning and global networking across a wide range of social, community and professional development activities.
Like all GHD employees, grads are encouraged to make use of their Career Pathways tool. This supports and guides employees to develop an impressive portfolio of skills and experiences, so they are well-positioned to advance their careers.
GHD may seem large but it's really just a community of unique and talented professionals, each committed to making energy, water and communities sustainable for generations to come. As a globally connected network, you can call on anyone to help you with a client challenge, get involved in a project, or learn more about a new opportunity.
No two projects are the same at GHD. One month you may be working on a community-shaping project like a new rail line, the next you might be working on an international development project. Wherever your skills apply, there's something for you. You may also have the opportunity to travel around New Zealand or internationally for some projects.
GHD aims to make the start of your career journey as smooth as possible, so here’s everything you need to know about applying for a position.
Screening: GHD does the bulk of its screening after applications close, and personally reviews every single application that comes in. It can take a little while so don’t worry if you don’t hear from the team right away. They will get back to you.
Video interviews: If you make it through the first stage, you’ll get to record some answers to a few straightforward questions. These videos help the team get a sense of your communication style and what excites you about GHD.
Meet the team: Next, you’ll have a face-to-face or virtual interview with your prospective team. Together, you'll chat through some behavioural based questions to learn more about your skills and experience. It’s also a chance for you to get to know GHD!
Psychometric assessments: These quick tests give the team a glimpse into how you like to work and your strengths in relation to the role, complementing what they learn during your interview.
Offer: If you’re successful, the team will talk you through all the finer details, like salary, your start date, and the background checking process.
GHD is committed to being as inclusive as possible and giving everyone an equitable chance of getting through the application process. If you identify as someone who is neurodiverse or have a disability and need adjustments to any part of the process, let the team know in your application form—they’re here to help.
GHD is an employee-owned business. With one in every four of its people being a shareholder, GHD does not have any external ownership - the sustained growth, direction and success of the company is determined by the people who work at GHD. Over time, staff may be offered the opportunity to buy shares in the firm but need to sell them when they leave.
GHD seeks to provide consistent salaries for people doing similar work and who are performing comparably. GHD is committed to:
In some of our countries, graduates commence a few months before the July salary review, and are therefore not included in the review. However, they are reviewed separately in December, with the new salaries effective in early January - once they are fully onboarded and GHD has an understanding of performance.
During the graduate program, second year graduates may receive two reviews to reflect their rapidly increasing skills and knowledge. Employees who consistently demonstrate high performance adding value to GHD and its clients will generally move higher in the salary range. When GHD has a need for the next level role, employees may also advance into the next job grade with a consequently higher salary range.
GHD offers compensation, benefits, employee recognition programs, and development options to GHD employees. These offerings are designed to enhance your overall experience at GHD. They are also created with the aim of helping the company build a more inclusive and diverse workforce. These include:
Advisor–Infrastructure & Economics at GHD
Bachelor of Business at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
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