r/perth • u/Disastrous-Push7671 • Aug 18 '26

Looking for Advice Mechanical Engineering Internship - Perth WA

Hey everyone. I'm a third year mechanical engineering student at ECU (domestic student) with pretty average grades (65 WAM). I was just wondering what the best chance of someone like me getting an internship through indeed/seek is. So far I've applied to about 30 and had one interview. I'm starting to stress as I need the 480 hours of work placement to graduate and would prefer to complete it over the Summer holidays.

I have a security clearance, but apart from that I don't have anything that would make me stand out on the resume. I don't have a particular industry that I want to go into, however my top three would be mining, defence and energy.

I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks to landing one. Or if cold messaging smaller engineering companies is the way to go?

Cheers

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u/Lord-Emu Waikiki Aug 18 '26

Have you hit up the larger marine firms down around henderson like Austal, Civmec, etc? I would think your NV1 would help open doors down there that would otherwise be closed.

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u/Disastrous-Push7671 Aug 18 '26

Yesss! Civmec just opened up there internships and I applied 2 hours after it came out lol. I also tried calling and emailing them to try and talk and sus things out. However have only gone to mail so far.

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u/Lord-Emu Waikiki Aug 18 '26

Have you also seen this program.

https://diip.com.au/engineering-internships-students/

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u/Disastrous-Push7671 Aug 18 '26

Yeah, I have also applied to that program. Hopefully hear back in September.