INTERNSHIP DETAILS

Structural Engineering Internship

CompanyPartridge
LocationSt Leonards
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJune 4, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will assist senior engineers with structural design, calculations, and modeling across various materials. Responsibilities also include conducting site inspections, preparing dilapidation surveys, and managing administrative tasks.
Internship Type
vocational placement agreement
Company Size
83
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Partridge - Structural, Remedial, Hydraulic, & Event Engineers Founded in Sydney in 1982, Partridge is a structural and civil engineering consultancy. Supporting and partnering with top architects, innovative designers, leading builders, cutting-edge artists and discerning clients, Partridge is proud to have played a role in helping bring thousands of innovative concepts into stunning reality. There’s a good chance you’ve already seen or experienced Partridge in action... Partridge-engineered houses are featured consistently in architectural magazines and construction industry periodicals, and three have also been featured on Grand Designs Australia! Or you may have wandered into one of the many retail stores engineered by Partridge; or seen feature films like Mad Max, the Matrix, and X-Men; or you’ll have seen Partridge-engineered structures whilst watching the opening & closing ceremonies of the Olympic or Commonwealth Games. Or perhaps you’ll have seen an old apartment building getting a new lease of life as Partridge engineers & oversees the remedial work to the facades & addresses the concrete cancer. But don’t just take our word for it. The results can be seen around Sydney & in many areas around Australia: Houses, office buildings, schools, healthcare facilities, restaurants, playgrounds, grandstands, factories, sportsgrounds, shops, facades, public sculptures, parks, landscapes – even a record-breaking car catapult! We are proud of our reputation for understanding the brief, exploring new possibilities & applying our engineering and project management experience to deliver positive transformations for your project and the community. We listen, we engage, we think, and we deliver. To find out more or to discuss your next project, contact us at either our Sydney or Melbourne offices or email partridge@partridge.com.au You can also follow us on Twitter at @Partridge_Eng; Instagram @Partridge_Engineers; our Facebook page, or at www.partridge.com.au
About the Role

This role is ideal for engineering students in their penultimate year, who are required to complete a Vocational Placement as part of their degree. 

 

In this role, the student observes engineering activities and prepares rudimentary engineering calculations, entering structural models in analysis software and assisting senior engineering staff with structural design, sketches, site inspections and basic engineering reports or dilapidation surveys.


Key Responsibilities & Duties

  • Making yourself acquainted with the policies and procedures of Partridge, maintaining a timesheet hourly and entering timesheet daily, and assist with office and administration duties as required;
  • Taking responsibility for design tasks under direction from a Senior Engineer of the practice:
    • Designing structural elements in the materials of concrete, masonry, steel, timber;
    • Hand calculations and excel spreadsheet development for engineering design analysis;
    • Review Australian Standards and develop understanding of NCC requirements for design.
  • Referring queries from work in progress to the engineer in charge of your projects:
    • Manage tasks and workload under a senior engineer within expected timeframes;
    • Report summary of design calculations to a senior engineer for review and approval.
  • Attending site inspections under supervision from a Senior Engineer:
    • Review design documentation to understand inspection elements prior to site attendance;
    • Assist in reporting site instruction/memo for senior engineer to issue to contractors.


Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills 

  • Currently studying towards an Architectural Engineering degree, Bachelor of Engineering degree (Honours), Bachelor of Engineering degree, or equivalent;
  • Be open to relaying your thoughts or concerns on your internship and provide feedback at the conclusion;
  • Personal skills:  punctuality, diligence, self-motivation, responsibility;
  • Productivity;
  • Execution and Quality of Work;
  • Commitment and Dependability;
  • Initiative;
  • Flexibility;
  • Communication skills;
  • Teamwork;
  • Planning/controlling of workload;
  • Employee relations.


For more information about our company, please visit our website: https://partridge.com.au/ 

Key Skills
Structural DesignEngineering CalculationsStructural ModelingSite InspectionsTechnical ReportingConcrete DesignMasonry DesignSteel DesignTimber DesignAustralian StandardsNCC RequirementsCommunication SkillsTeamworkWorkload PlanningDiligenceSelf-motivation
Categories
EngineeringConstruction
Benefits
Superannuation