Graduate Fire Safety Engineer: Real Projects from Day One

ADP Consulting; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP Consulting's Melbourne team invites you to join the 2027 Graduate Program in Fire Safety Engineering. This two-year program puts you on live projects from day one, with mentoring and structured learning to accelerate your career.

Youll build transferable skills across complex projects, gain exposure to clients and multidisciplinary teams, and work toward Engineers Australia Chartership with strong support from the program.

Qualifications

• Must be in the final year of Engineering with a focus in Fire Safety Engineering.
• Must have full working rights in Australia.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Genuine interest in sustainability, design and technical innovation.
• Proactive approach to learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Join live projects on day one with real client and design responsibility.
• Build technical capability within Fire Safety Engineering.
• Collaborate with clients, architects, town planners, local councils and multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in national graduate learning and development sessions.
• Support Engineers Australia Chartership through mentoring and financial assistance.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Sustainability

Proactivity

Education

Engineering degree (final year or completed)

Job description

Graduate Program 2027 | Fire Safety (Melbourne)

Still deciding where to start your career in 2027?

Most graduate programs have already closed. We're just getting started. If you want to be doing real engineering work from day one, learning from experienced engineers and making an impact early in your career, keep reading.

We're looking for a Graduate Fire Safety to join our Melbourne team in February 2027, as part of our national two-year Graduate Program.

To be eligible, you must hold or be in the final year of an Engineering degree ideally with a focus in Fire SafetyEngineering and have full working rights in Australia.

What you'll actually be doing

You'll join a national cohort of graduates working across real, complex projects from day one, not filing folders while you wait for "real work" to start. Alongside project experience, you'll get structured learning, mentoring, and visibility across the wider business.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work on live projects alongside experienced engineers and industry leaders, with real client and design responsibility.
• Build your technical capability within Fire Safety Engineering.
• Collaborate directly with clients, architects, town planners, local councils, contractors and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Join monthly national graduate learning and development sessions with graduates across our Australian offices.
• Get financial and mentoring support to gain your Engineers Australia Chartership.

Why ADP?

Build your career Development pathways run from Graduate through to Director, backed by real mentoring rather than a generic L&D portal.

Make an impactYou'll work on complex, sustainability-led projects and see the outcome of your work early, not years into a career at a firm where graduates are a rounding error.

Keep learning Structured graduate development, access to technical experts, and full support toward Engineers Australia Chartership.

Actually enjoy it Team events, fitness and wellbeing activities, and social programs that connect you to people, not just projects.

About you

You're a final-year student or recent graduate in Fire Safety Engineering, curious, collaborative and ready to build a real career rather than tick a box.

You'll also bring:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• A genuine interest in sustainability, design and technical innovation.
• A proactive approach to learning and development.
• Full Australian working rights as an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen.

Who We Are

Founded in Australia in 2011, ADP Consulting is a sustainability-led engineering consultancy with an international footprint.

On a quest to inspire a better world through influence and design, we work with industry-leading partners who are equally passionate about innovation, design excellence, and, importantly, our impact on the planet.

ADP Consulting has now joined forces with Ayesa, one of the world's largest technology and engineering companies, in a move that facilitates new pathways and accelerates our growth.

Ready to start your career with ADP? Apply now to join our 2027 Graduate Program.


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