WGA

We are WGA—a company owned by employees, loved by our clients and nourished by meaningful connections to our communities.

We believe your career is more than a job. Therefore, our aim is to safeguard equality, diversity, and inclusion, to ensure you are presented with the best opportunities to craft the career that you dream of.

Whether you are a woman in engineering trying to change the course of Australia’s STEM future or a spirited individual keen on making a difference in an industry leading business; with WGA, the chances are as plenty as your passion allows it to be.

How do we help you build a career that you enjoy?  

FLEXIBLE WORKING:

Promoting a flexible work environment that fosters a dynamic and inclusive workforce is a priority for us. By providing flexible and responsive work options, we help you tailor the work-life balance that fits your needs. In doing so, we offer multiple options including - part-time, flexible hours, job-share, and 9-day fortnights. Team Leaders are encouraged to collaborate with you to find the best solution for you, WGA, and our valued clients.

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE:

As part of our commitment to supporting working parents, we offer 8 weeks of company-paid parental leave to the primary caregiver and 2 weeks to the secondary caregiver, in addition to any government leave the employee might have access to. If the WGA employee is not the primary caregiver at the time of the birth (or placement) but subsequently becomes the primary caregiver, they can switch to access the remaining 6 weeks of primary parental leave.

FLEXIBLE UNPAID PARENTAL LEAVE:

We understand the need to focus on your family, especially during your little ones' formative years. At WGA, you are entitled to 52 weeks of unpaid parental leave with options to extend it up to 104 weeks.

Employees returning to work after taking parental leave can request flexible working arrangements.  

OTHER LEAVE OPTIONS:

‘We care’ is embedded in everything we do at WGA. It’s why we help you make space for the special moments in life by providing a multitude of leave choices, including Leave Purchase, Charity Leave, and Cultural & Religious Public Holiday swaps. We celebrate employees who have dedicated many years to our business. To appreciate them, we offer Harmonised Long Service Leave with the best LSL entitlements, irrespective of geographical location!

CAREER AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:

We aim to work smarter, not harder. To do so, we harness your career and personal growth potential by enabling a continuous learning culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing and training opportunities. Whether you are just starting out or an emerging female leader we cover everyone via numerous offerings including paid professional memberships, a thoughtfully curated graduate development program, specialised leadership development training, and an online Learning Management System.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

At WGA, every voice counts, and every path is wide open to all. By utilising a gendered-language decoder tool, we screen job advertisements, erasing even the tiniest hurdles that might stand in the way of career prospects. Furthermore, we conduct annual gender pay equity audits to ensure fair and equitable compensation and ensure that performance and development opportunities are equitably considered too.

We cannot go without mentioning our dedication to engage and support the vital process of reconciliation, as detailed in our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan.

EMPLOYEE TESTIMONIALS:

Would you rather hear from the source? Dive into the stories shared by these incredible women of WGA who are shaping the future of engineering. Because, at the core, we are our people.   

Be a cheerleader to yourself 
You do not have to be an engineer to work in engineering  
It’s a situation of ‘you cannot see, you cannot do’