About Us

Mornington Peninsula Shire is Victoria's destination municipality, characterised by unique townships, highly productive agriculture, world renowned landscapes, tourist regions, and areas of national and international conservation significance within a vital Green Wedge.

The Shire is responsible for a broad range of infrastructure and community services that support the wellbeing and prosperity of our diverse community. With approximately 1,000 employees, it is a busy and vibrant workplace.

What’s on Offer

- Culture – Positive, fun and inclusive work setting that is underpinned by our core values which are integral to everything we do. These are Integrity, Openness, Courage, Respect, and Excellence.

- Opportunity– Casual roles available in our Infrastructure Projects and Engineering services Unit and our Traffic and Transport team, Band 3 - $34.95 per hour, plus 25% casual loading (excl. super).

- Career – Opportunity to grow and develop with excellent learning and development opportunities.

- Job Satisfaction – Have a meaningful impact on the community by contributing to achieve positive outcomes across the Mornington Peninsula Shire

About the Role The purpose of the Undergraduate Engineer is to support Council’s Infrastructure Projects and Engineering services unit and Traffic and Transport Team. A wide variety of tasks are required to be completed across the units to assist during periods of university holidays as well as throughout the year on free days from Studies, hours will be open to negotiation.

As an Undergraduate Engineer – Projects and Engineering Services, this position aims to provide valuable support to the Project Delivery team to deliver capital works projects,



provide assistance to the Development Engineering team and support the Asset Protection team. The Undergraduate Engineer will be rotated through the Development Engineering team, located in Mornington, and the Infrastructure Projects - Project Management team and Asset Protection team, located in Rosebud.

As an Undergraduate Engineer – Traffic & Transport, you will help plan and deliver traffic, parking and road safety initiatives that improve how people move around our townships. You will thrive in this role if you are customer-centric, detail‑focused and enjoy turning data and community feedback into practical engineering solutions.

Reporting to the Team Leader – Civil and Open Space, core responsibilities include:

- Assist experienced engineers across a range of projects
- Contribute to technical tasks, analysis and documentation
- Prepare and review project documents and information
- Carry out research and background work as needed
- Help keep records and project details organised
- Take part in site visits and fieldwork where appropriate
- Learn how projects are delivered from start to finish

Reporting to the Team Leader- Traffic & Transport, core responsibilities include:
- Support experienced traffic engineers and planners across a range of projects
- Collect and process traffic data (counts, surveys,



travel times)
- Help prepare traffic reports, technical notes and traffic management plans
- Research standards, guidelines and past project information
- Join site visits, surveys and fieldwork
- Receive mentoring and regular feedback, with your work reviewed by senior staff
- Build a foundation for a career in traffic and transport engineering

About You

- Currently undertaking/studying an Engineering degree at a tertiary level.
- High level of computer literacy.
- A current driver’s license.
- Experience in local government or other complex organisations is desirable
- An understanding of the Mornington Peninsula townships with local knowledge preferred.

How to Apply

If this role sounds like you, click 'Apply'.

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is committed to creating a diverse and safe environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and Child Safe employer. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

Mornington Peninsula Shire undertakes a variety of employment screening checks. This includes employment references, Working with Children Checks and Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC).

Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.

For further information about the role, you can download the Position Description by clicking 'Apply'. For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact: Marios Antoniou, Graduate Development Engineer, 03 5950 1248.

Applications Close: 11:59pm, Friday 27 November 2026.

📌 Undergraduate Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Mornington Peninsula Shire
📍 Melbourne