Engineering Civil / Structural / Design NSW Other Permanent / Full Time

16/4/2025

• Coffs Harbour Location | Long Standing Consultancy with 45+ years in operation
• Work directly with Senior Engineers that are owners of our business
• Permanent Opportunity for a Graduate Position starting Jan 2026

WHO WE ARE

Northrop Consulting Engineers is more than just a workplace. We encourage and support our people to excel both professionally and personally. An employee-owned, multidiscipline consultancy with an open management structure, we employ over 550 staff and operate across numerous offices in NSW, ACT, QLD, and VIC. When you join Northrop, you join a company that will support your career and help you to realise your potential.
Northrop believes that our employees are fundamental to the culture and success of the company. Our Graduates enjoy working with us because we offer a challenging, diverse but rewarding work environment.

We have recently been recognised in Prosple’ s Top 100 Graduate Employers in Australia. We are also very proud in winning five workplace awards based on surveyed graduates working in our business. These awards from Prosple recognise Northrop’s excellence in engineering consultancy across the categories of:

• Overall Graduate Satisfaction
• Employee Engagement
• Training
• Green Initiatives
• Social Responsibility

WHO YOU ARE

If you are motivated, thirsty for knowledge and have a drive to succeed with Northrop then we would love to hear from you.
We view our Graduates as our future leaders. We are seeking bright and innovative Graduate applicants who are confident communicators and will embrace our values.
To succeed in our program, you need to be curious, motivated, and driven to make a difference to the future of our communities. You will work both independently and as part of a team, enjoy problem solving, collaborating and offer innovative and creative thinking, approaches, and solutions.

• Design of structures within the Built Environment: Hospitals, Education Facilities, Sporting Facilities, Commercial Mixed Use Developments.
• Design of structures across PT, Steel, Timber.
• Carry out site investigations and feasibility studies.
• Carry out structural design process from concept all the way through to construction stage.
• Develop structural computational models using software such as ETABS RAPT and Spacegass.
• Carry out structural calculations, specifications and drawings providing solutions to design issues.
• Work on multi-disciplinary design projects liaising with Civil, Sustainability and Building Services teams.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders including architects, developers, commercial builders and local/state government bodies.
  We are committed to empowering you, as a Northrop Graduate, to work on real projects with real responsibilities, early in your career. You will have the opportunity to develop to your full potential and beyond, alongside owners of the business. In addition to on-the-job training and being assigned a mentor, you will be provided with structured career development throughout your journey at Northrop.
  We’re a people business, by joining Northrop you’ll be able to build meaningful relationships with your colleagues, clients, and the community. You’ll work on a diverse range of technically challenging projects and will be exposed to advanced thinking and innovative engineering design.