A career in STEM can take several directions and provide meaningful work experiences.
The ATCW Undergraduate and Graduate Programs offer defined pathways to fast-track your career as a full-time engineer or scientist.
As an experienced or senior engineer, there are many career pathway benefits, such as a Career Development Framework and Health, Safety and Environment initiatives.
Undergraduate Vacation Program & Momentum Program
We welcome undergrads and graduates who aspire to help deliver projects by applying innovative solutions to achieve long-term sustainable outcomes.
Applications open on 11 May 2026, with positions available across our Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast offices.
– Fast Track Your Future
You can begin from the ground up, like Ranjana Paudel, who joined our undergraduate vacation program in 2025.
Ranjana transitioned to our Momentum Program in 2026, working part-time hours around her study. When Ranjana graduates in July, she is well-placed to fast track a full-time graduate career.
Career Snapshot:
Ranjana Paudel
Undergraduate Engineer
Sunshine Coast Office
Years in STEM – 1
Country of Birth: Nepal
Degree: Final year of Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours).
Career Advice: Stay strong, stay patient, and keep moving forward. One day, all this hard work will make sense, and you will be proud that you didn’t give up.
Work Tip: Mistakes are a learning opportunity.
Work Perks: It’s inspiring to see women supporting and succeeding alongside each other at ATCW.
Career Goals: My career goal is to become a good civil engineer and, over time, move into a leadership role. I want to build strong technical skills and learn how to manage projects and teams. In the future, I would also like to work in Nepal and contribute to its development.
Role models: My grandfather, a civil engineer in Nepal, worked on many bridge projects, and seeing his site visits and travel inspired my interest in engineering from a young age. I also saw that it was a meaningful and financially rewarding career. He continues to support me by regularly checking on my studies and encouraging me.
My parents are also a great inspiration. As small business owners running a hotel in Kathmandu, they have shown me the importance of hard work, resilience, and independence, which motivates me to pursue my goals with dedication.
– Create Your Future
At ATC Williams, the opportunities are exciting and rewarding. Our One ATCW culture enables multi-disciplinary work in many aspects of engineering and allied professions in Australia and globally.
Luisa Luengas graduated from RMIT in 2011 and joined ATC Williams as a Geotechnical Engineer. Her career path with ATCW has included key positions in Mongolia, Asia, Tasmania and Melbourne.
Career Snapshot:
Luisa Luengas
Principal Engineer/ Victorian Operations Coordinator
Melbourne Office
Years in STEM – 17
Country of Birth: Colombia
Degree: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Career Advice: Don’t be intimidated by fear of the unknown. There are no limits once fear is erased.
Work Tip: Hard work and passion!
Work Perks: I have been supported at work to take risks to grow my career, which has been rewarding.
Career Highlight: After setting up the Hobart office, I was promoted to Victorian Operations Coordinator with oversight of 4 teams.
Role Models: I grew up with my dad working FIFO on projects such as the first bathymetry of the Amazon River and exploring the Colombian jungle for greenfield oil extraction projects. He would bring home amazing gifts from his travels, fish from the Amazon, chocolates from Brazil, and photos of things we had never seen before, so I saw engineering as an opportunity to go on adventures to typically unattainable places.
– Realise Your Future
Our team is renowned for attracting talented people who possess exceptional leadership in their chosen fields. We offer scope for hybrid, flexible work and to contribute your skills in many meaningful ways.
Dr Melissa Salt joined our team in 2023 to focus on her leading research into phytocaps and soil science. She lives in Adelaide but works remotely as an essential member of our Brisbane team.
Years in STEM – 34
Country of Birth: Australia
Degree: Agricultural Science, Soil Science, PhD Environmental Engineering
Career Advice: Trust in your gut and be true to yourself. If it feels right, it probably is.
Work Tip: Be kind and listen – it leads to better solutions and outcomes for everyone.
Work Perks: STEM is a great career. You can travel, get your hands dirty, go into the field, meet interesting people and places and see things that others don’t get to see.
Career Highlight: Being recognised as a Fellow of Soil Scientists Australia and currently working with Griffith University to update the Australian Guidelines for phytocaps, which I lead authored in 2011 following my PhD research.
Role Models: My grandmother, who actively fought for women’s abortion rights in Australia. My Mum, who completed her doctorate in her 40s, is passionate about music and Aboriginal reconciliation. My dad pivoted his career from a fitter and turner on earthmoving machinery to facilitating overseas business opportunities and then to championing the environment (including helping to establish the Berowra Valley National Park in Sydney), for which he was awarded the Order of Australia.
For more Career Stories https://atcwilliams.com/graduate-programs/