The Calibre Graduate Development Program (CGDP) aims to identify, develop and broaden the skills, knowledge and competencies of our graduate engineers so that they are able to realise their full potential.
To give our graduates the opportunity to satisfy the requirements for Chartered Status, the CGDP has been aligned with the Engineers Australia’s Professional Development Program. All graduates, irrespective of discipline, are expected to attain this professional accreditation through the CGDP within 4 years of commencement with Calibre.
The CGDP aims to capture graduates who are commencing their professional employment post-graduation. As such, only employees who have less than three 3 years experience since graduation are eligible to participate.
Calibre regards the CGDP as a foundation program for successful job performance and longer term career progression. The program is designed to develop a core set of professional competencies in graduates of all disciplines through varied work-based experience and on the job learning which is linked to and supported by Engineers Australia's endorsement of Chartered Accreditation.
Calibre offers Graduate Engineers a flexible rotational program, where graduates can become competent in the following areas:
- Design Engineering;
- Construction and Commissioning;
- Estimating/Scheduling;
- Commercial/Contracts and Project Controls;
- Health, Safety, Environment and Quality; and
- Project Management.
- For more information on the Calibre Graduate Program, please click on the link below
- List of FAQ's from Graduate
- Q. When do applicantions for the Calibre Graduate Development Program close?
A. Closing date for graduate applications is Friday 12th June 2009.
- Q. When will Calibre make employment offers?
A. Calibre will be making offers the week ending Friday 10th July 2009 and require acceptances by 17th July 2009.
- Q.What is the start date?
A. Monday 8th February 2010.
- Q. Can we commence after graduation instead of waiting until next year?
A. Earlier commencement maybe able to be accommodated however this is subject to project availability.
- Q. What professional development opportunities are available?
A. Calibre's Graduate Development Program is aligned with Engineers Australia’s Professional Development Program to
give our graduates the opportunity to satisfy the requirements for Chartered Status.
- Q. How long does the graduate program run for?
A.The program runs for 3 to 4 years depending on the graduate’s progress towards Chartered Professional Engineer
status and work performance.
- Q. What is the structure of the program?
A.The CGDP is designed to maximise the use of on-the-job experience as a method of developing the competencies, skills
and capabilities of graduates. As a general principle, graduates should rotate through at least 3 roles whilst on the
program, which will be aligned with Calibre’s projects and other workloads. The aim is for every graduate to become
knowledgeable in the following areas:
- Design Engineering
- Site Work
- Commercial/Contracts
- Health, Safety & Environment
- Quality
- Q. How will graduates be employed?
A. Calibre graduates will be employed on a Common Law Contract of employment. This means you are a permanent
employee and get all of the Calibre employee benefits.
- Q. What type of salary is on offer?
A. We are in the process of finalising the remuneration bands, based on recent market rate reviews.
- Q. How often are salary / performance review?
A. After the first 3 months of employment, all graduates will be involved in a probationary review discussion with their
immediate manager and mentor. Salary reviews will occur every 12 months.
- Q. How many graduates are you looking for?
A. We will look to employ a minimum of 4 to 8 graduates for our 2010 intake. This is fluid depending on applications
received and project availability.
- Q. What disciplines does Calibre recruit for?
A. We are recruiting for a number of graduates in the following disciplines :
- Civil
- Structural
- Electrical / I&C / Mechatronics etc
- Mechanical
- Q. How many graduates work for the company now?
A. We had our first group of 5 graduates who successfully completed the requirements of the Calibre Graduate
Development program and were re-classified into Engineer level in December 2008. Given this recent graduation, we
currently have 15 graduates across disciplines employed in Calibre.
- Q. Will the work be office based or site based? What projects will graduates be working on?
A. As part of the rotational process there will be elements of both office and site based work. The projects
that graduates will be assigned to work on will be largely dependent on the Business Unit they work for.
- Q. How do the rotations work?
A. Rotations will be aligned with Calibre’s projects and other workloads. These rotations are optional to the graduate if
agreed to by the project manager.
- Q. Benefits offered at Calibre?
A. At Calibre, graduates are entitled to a number of benefits including:
- Training and Development
- Educational Assistance
- Corporate Memberships
- Structured career progression
- Competitive remuneration package
- Q. How are mentors assigned?
A. Mentors will be discipline related where possible. A mentor will be assigned by a Calibre Project Manager to each
graduate for the duration of the CGDP. A mentor is generally a trusted Senior Engineer with at least 5 years
experience. As graduates move through different assignments / projects they may have different direct supervisors /
project managers however their mentor will be the consistent figure throughout the graduate's program.
