Graduate program
We offer a range of career entry programs to enable you to build on your tertiary education and gain real life experience in your chosen career.
Intake varies from year to year, depending on our needs, with current opportunities listed on the Graduate Portal. Opportunities are available at locations across Queensland.
We can also offer work experience in a variety of fields and office locations. If you are interested please email HR@dnrme.qld.gov.au.
Policy Futures Graduate Program
The Policy Futures Program provides successful candidates with the opportunity to work across a range of diverse and complex policy environments over 2 years. It includes two 6-month rotations in government departments and one 12-month placement.
Greater Graduate Program
The Greater Graduate Program is a structured leadership development program that offers challenging and rewarding opportunities with real responsibility and accountability. Our learning and development program includes a mix of on-the-job experience and formal training workshops. The program has been developed to complement and expand on what you are learning in your daily work and assist you in your transition from study to full-time employment.
In addition to the formal learning and development, you will receive coaching and mentoring from a robust support network of leaders and graduate alumni from across the business.
We recruit graduates from a diverse range of disciplines, including:
- analytics
- business and economics
- environmental science, science or applied science (conservation, ecology, biology, chemical, forensic, physical, geological or hydrological)
- law
- management and engineering
- natural resource planning
- public policy
How to apply
Find out about current opportunities and apply online through the Graduate Portal.
Meet our graduates
Natural resources
Kurt Muller
Role: Valuer, State Valuation Service, Caboolture
Education: Bachelor of Property Economics and Development
Education: Bachelor of Property Economics and Development
I believe the graduate program presents a great opportunity for me to continue my professional development, network throughout government, as well as gaining a better understand of what functions the government undertakes across many other departments. My career aspirations would be to build a long and enjoyable career in the public service, gain transferable skills, develop my career, manage teams in the future and continue to be a valued contributor to the Queensland Government.
Drew Wenzel
Role: Assistant Valuer, State Valuation Service, Mackay
Education: Bachelor of Business Management (Real Estate and Development)
Education: Bachelor of Business Management (Real Estate and Development)
Working in a regional location it is sometimes hard to build networks, so I hope to build these relationships with people from across the state. I am currently enjoying the diverse experience my current position offers me. I hope to become a registered property valuer, which will allow me to develop my career in valuation and progress into a more specialised industry.
Ryan Atkinson
Role: Assistant Valuer, State Valuation Service, Toowoomba
Education: Bachelor of Commerce (Property Development and Valuation), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law and Human Resource Management)
Education: Bachelor of Commerce (Property Development and Valuation), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law and Human Resource Management)
I hope to be part of a hands-on, solution-based, leadership program that facilitates workplace critical thinking processes, with the goal of assisting me to handle conflicts that may be faced with different stakeholders. I aim to be able to work well and handle any leadership positions in the future within the department.
Caitlyn Frazer
Role: Natural Resource Management Officer, Charleville
Education: Dual Bachelor degree in agribusiness and Applied Science, majoring in Animal Production
Education: Dual Bachelor degree in agribusiness and Applied Science, majoring in Animal Production
I hope to gain a greater understanding of how the Queensland Government works, particularly DNRME, and take advantage of the opportunities that are available to me to build my career. The ability to network during the program has already provided me with connections I can contact for advice and support. I aspire to build a greater connection between Queensland’s agricultural landholders and DNRME Vegetation Management Officers. In the future I also endeavour to obtain a role dealing with Production Animal Science as I have grown up on the land producing cattle, sheep and pigs.
Alison Bowen
Role: Natural Resource Officer, Water Management, Mareeba
Education: Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management)
Education: Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management)
I would like a better understanding of the department’s processes and how my current role fits within DNRME. I am also excited for the personal development opportunities this program offers. I hope to improve on my technical and scientific research capabilities, and I would like to start my PhD within 10 years.
Rayden Smith
Role: Land Officer, State Land Asset Management, Land Services, Rockhampton
Education: Bachelor of Laws
Education: Bachelor of Laws
I am hoping to continue to further my professional development by improving on valuable skills such as project management and leadership, which will form part of my current and potential future roles. I am also looking forward to the opportunity to network and build professional contacts from different business areas. I would like to continue to work in roles that are professionally challenging and stimulating, and allow me the opportunity to continuously learn and develop new skills. Ultimately I aspire to a management or leadership role.
Gary Bagnall
Role: Spatial Information Officer, Land and Spatial Information, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology, Diploma of Website Development
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology, Diploma of Website Development
I hope to expand my knowledge with exciting new skills as part of my role as a spatial information officer. I am also looking forward to networking with other graduates and work colleagues to learn what it takes to thrive in the department. I aim to build my knowledge to work with data technology, spatial information and applications, and utilise my processing statistical and functional programming knowledge in a practical setting.
Daniel Grundlingh
Role: Spatial Information Officer, Land and Spatial Information, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology
I am excited to start my career in IT with the Queensland Government. I look forward to meeting like-minded colleagues and building ongoing working relationships. I hope to make a positive contribution within the Land and Spatial Information division, and hope to gain the knowledge and skills in using satellite imagery software throughout my graduate role. I’m excited to be working with a resourceful and hardworking team to provide innovative work for colleagues, business and the public. I hope to gain the requisite skills to be proficient at using the Qld Globe and other software packages, to provide and source information and data for the public and as part of my role.
Joseph Parmenter
Role: Spatial Information Officer, Land and Spatial Information, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Science (Geography)
Education: Bachelor of Science (Geography)
I am looking forward to working with industry experts and the opportunity to develop my skills in an area I’m genuinely interested in. I would like to be in a career that uses the ever-evolving technologies of the industry to assist the public in their daily lives - this to me would be very rewarding.
Nicholas Kershaw
Role: Spatial Information Officer, Land and Spatial Information, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours)
Education: Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours)
I hope to gain more experience in the Land & Spatial Information field. I also hope to build and develop my programming skills that involve the use of machine learning for image processing tasks and automation. I hope to achieve this while learning as much as possible through being exposed to the technologies and processes at DNRME. I look forward to leveraging my skills, which I have been developing over the past four years, whilst being exposed to projects which include challenges that will allow me to learn and further develop my skills in the area I have chosen. I aim to manage projects which will provide valuable tools and solutions for others to take advantage of.
Minerals and energy resources
Toni Sips
Role: Engineer, Mining and Petroleum Operations, Brisbane
Education: Master of Science Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering
Education: Master of Science Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering
I hope to gain experience and a way to transition into the work force smoothly, allowing me to work more efficiently. I also hope to build networks and meet new people for the benefit of my professional career within the department. I would like to become a subject matter expert in an area related to chemical engineering.
Resources safety and health
Harold Howard
Role: Data Analyst, Resources Safety and Health, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Economics (Quantitative methods)
Education: Bachelor of Economics (Quantitative methods)
I’d like to be part of a team that’s solving real issues, and see my work having a positive effect on the lives and wellbeing of working Queenslanders. My dream career is one where I’m using large sets of data and advanced statistical techniques to solve real-world problems.
Energy
Brendan Ash
Role: Data Analyst, Analytics, Regulation and Commercial, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)
Education: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)
I hope to learn about data analytics and gain the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. I hope to one day manage my own analytics team.
Water markets and supply
Mali Konara
Role: Civil Engineer, Water Markets and Supply, Brisbane
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction)
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction)
I am a strong believer in challenging oneself in order to learn and I hope that by taking part in the graduate program it will push me to my limits and take me out of my comfort zone, so I am able to gain new experiences, interpret situations and projects from different perspective. I am aiming to be the most versatile civil engineer I can be by taking a different career path to my peers. My degree does not define the knowledge I harbour, and I want to be able to gain experience in every industry possible, so I can become a well-rounded engineer.
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Last reviewed 18 March 2019
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