Make your mark with Thiess

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

About the Scholarship

Thiess is committed to providing an inclusive workplace. You are encouraged to bring your best selves to work to feel safe, empowered, and a valued member of the team. It is a place where ‘everyone matters always’. We invest in your development and offer opportunities to practice and extend your professional capabilities. That is why Thiess is striving to identify and support the next generation of talented professionals by offering scholarships to undergraduate students studying in Australia.

Selected candidates will receive an instalment of $4,000 at completion of each semester, to a total of $8,000 per annum. In addition, you will have the opportunity to build rapport and create relationships within the industry, receive a placement for our vacation program and be exposed to a range of mining projects. Successful completion of the vacation program also provides you with the opportunity to be considered for a permanent role with Thiess as part of our Graduate Program.

These scholarships are open to all students who are undertaking their 2nd or 3rd year of study of single Bachelor's degree. Candidates may apply for multiple scholarships where eligible; however, if successful, only one scholarship will be awarded.

Thiess have four Scholarships on offer as follows:

• Women in Engineering - This scholarship is open to Women completing an undergraduate degree in one of the following disciplines:

o Mining, mechanical, electrical, civil, geotechnical or mechatronics

• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander - This scholarship is open to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander individuals completing undergraduate degree in the following disciplines:

o Engineering (mining, mechanical, electrical, civil, geotechnical or mechatronics)

o Surveying

o Geology

o Health and safety

o Accounting

o HR

o Legal

o Data Science

• Surveying – This scholarship is open to undergraduate students completing a Bachelors degree in surveying.
• Mine Engineering - This scholarship is open to undergraduate students completing a Bachelors degree in one of the following disciplines:

o Mining, mechanical, electrical, civil, geotechnical or mechatronics

About you

• Maintain an average GPA of 4.5 or higher each semester;
• Available to complete a 12-week vacation work placement with Thiess (prior to graduation)
• Able to demonstrate commitment to Thiess’ shared group principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery
• Have a genuine interest in employment with Thiess or business within the CIMIC Group following graduation.

Please note applications for scholarships will close on Sunday 16th March 2025.

What Thiess can do for you

• Help to build on your career, offering diverse opportunities to expand your skill set

• Flexible working arrangements

• Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane

• Health & wellbeing programs

• A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products

About us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.