Our diverse workplace offers endless opportunities to thrive and grow. It takes a lot of people to keep water running, maintain essential wastewater and drainage services, and find innovative solutions to future-proof our state.
We are looking for bold, creative interns to join our 12-week Vacation Program and help solve the big issues affecting our planet. We are making progress to reduce the impacts of climate change by adopting innovative ways of working.
Why choose Water Corporation for your Summer Vacation program?
Our goal is to connect you with the right people, passion, and purpose, and that’s why many of our vacation students go on to have richly diverse and fulfilling careers with us.
You will gain real-world experience in line with your university studies and kick-start your future career opportunities. You’ll be given full support from experienced Water Corporation professionals, our current Graduates, and your peers in other disciplines. You will become part of the next generation of Water Industry professionals with structured development and a variety of experiences through your internship.
Our Program will run from late November 2026 until mid-February 2027. We pay our Vacation Students a base annual salary of $65,936 (plus super), pro rata over the 3 months you are working with us.
What’s in it for you?
Does this sound like you?
Please note: Candidates studying a three‑year Bachelor of Technology (Engineering) degree are not eligible for the Engineering disciplines within this program.
Apply now!
Applications close 28 June 2026
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
We’re the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services in Western Australia to hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and farms, as well as providing bulk water to farms for irrigation.
Our services, projects and activities span over 2.6 million square kilometres. We have regional offices in Perth, Bunbury, Albany, Karratha, Geraldton, Northam and Kalgoorlie which allow our employees to provide a high level of professional expertise to customers.
We have over 3,500 employees and manage an asset base of over $37 billion in water supply, wastewater, drainage infrastructure and bulk water for irrigation.
We’re owned by the Western Australian Government and are accountable to our sole shareholder, the Minister for Water, for delivery of our services in a commercial manner. Most of our surplus is returned to the government as a dividend to contribute to the development of the state, with the remainder reinvested in capital works.
Water Corporation was created in January 1996, in a restructure of the water industry in Western Australia. The Water Authority in turn had been created in 1985 through a merger of the former Metropolitan Water Authority, which operated in Perth, the state capital, and the water and wastewater operations of the former WA Public Works Department. We’re the seventh successive agency to deal with these services in Perth, Western Australia.
We're evolving...
Living on the world’s driest continent, the biggest challenge we face is reducing the impact of climate change.
It’s never been more important to work collaboratively with government, industry, and the community, to secure our water future and take care of our home state.
To support these efforts, our vision focuses on our operations having the lowest possible environmental impact, are safe for all, and are delivered at the lowest total cost.
