Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders at Aurecon Australia

Aurecon’s vision is for an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Peoples are respected, their success celebrated, cultures fully valued, and where social and economic opportunities between Australia’s first peoples and all Australians are equal. 

 At Aurecon we aspire to draw on the rich history and knowledge of our First Nations people to inform the work we do and the communities we support.  

Indigenous inclusion in Australia 

In Australia we drive progress through the Reconciliation Action Plan, where we bring ideas to life in the following areas: 

• Creating meaningful career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Indigenous work experience students, cadets, interns, and grads join Aurecon each year.
• Connecting Aurecon’s people, clients, and community partners to, and raising awareness of, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through training, storytelling and celebrating periods of recognition such as National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.
• Collaborating on sustainable procurement partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned enterprises, based on trust, mutual respect, and a shared passion to support social outcomes through economic returns. Aurecon is a member of Supply Nation.
• Undertaking Engineers without Borders projects in Indigenous communities

Partnerships and scholarships 

• Since 2013, Aurecon has been partnering with University Technology Sydney to develop future Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders through the Galuwa Engineering and IT Experience. A week-long program held by University of Technology Sydney for Indigenous high school students to discover the opportunities that studying engineering or information technology can provide.
• The partnership with University Technology Sydney includes delivery of a three-year Galuwa Indigenous Scholarship. The scholarship provides financial support, mentoring, paid work placements, and pastoral care support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students seeking support to successfully complete an engineering degree.
• Partnering with Engineering Aid Australia, University of Sydney, and Curtin University, to implement the Indigenous Australian Engineering School (IAES) programme
• Partnering with MADALAH, which includes making available a scholarship to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students wishing to further their education in a tertiary setting within engineering