Alex Batir

Graduate Engineer
Bachelor of Engineering

“With such dramatic changes occurring in the energy landscape, I wanted to be a part of shaping its future. This, coupled with Zinfra’s strong personal development program and mentorship, was what attracted me to the program.

As a graduate, I was looking for a program that would broaden my skills and give me exposure to areas of the business that I took interest in. While a two year rotation is planned and mapped out for you from day one, Zinfra’s Graduate Program is flexible and allows you to modify it along way with business units that peak your interest. The program also offers the support of a mentor, which gave me the confidence to navigate the transition into a corporate career.

The thing I’ve learnt most from my time in the program, is to take on any new opportunities or projects that you’re presented with. Having worked alongside industry experts and leaders in their field, they offer a wealth of knowledge and are truly there to challenge you and help you succeed.

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to manage the day to day activities and planning of jobs for the Metering and Servicing function of the business. This role gave me full responsibility of making decisions, to ensure that the field crew’s jobs were managed correctly and were profitable. This was a fantastic opportunity and has greatly enhanced my critical thinking and planning skills.”

Michael Jasper

Finance Graduate
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance

“The graduate program at Jemena so far has been the perfect introduction to the workforce. Let me describe a typical Monday just after month-end. The first thing I do each morning is read through the Corporate Affairs email for any relevant and interesting business news stories that I should read. I then attend electricity and gas distribution business stand-up meetings and note anything relating to finance and send this email out with associated files to the Networks finance teams.

Due to the financial books closing for the month, I then have a bunch of account reconciliations to complete. I match the closing balance of a few different accounts with all files and evidence of remaining balances in those accounts. I complete all the files I can access and then send out requests for information to the relevant stakeholders.

Following morning meetings and a nice walk with my dog at lunch, I finish the account reconciliations and submit them for review. The afternoon will see me complete some of my regular work, whether this is further excel analysis of market spending, adding slides to a PowerPoint pack to be used in the business or simply following up on all the emails I have received throughout the day.

The thing that led me to the graduate program here was the rotations and the ability to sample many different parts of the business, while learning along the way, before being able to decide what I enjoy and where I fit in the most. My favourite part of the role is any analysis work where I need to use financial data to tell a story or to show an outcome. I enjoy making sense of financial statements and learning analysis skills from people with far greater experience than myself.”

Sarah Papas

Graduate Data Analyst
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Analytics

“After a year of the graduate program, my experience so far has exceeded my expectations and I'm so grateful for all the opportunities that I’ve had throughout the program. I began the first of four rotations in the analytics team where I was placed on a project and had the opportunity to learn what it is like to be a data engineer, while my second rotation was in data architecture. Twelve months into the program and not only have I learnt so much about each role, but have also seen the benefits of understanding how teams function and work together within Jemena.

I have realised that even though one of the rotations may not be your end goal, it is still useful to undertake, be in their shoes, and understand the broader picture. I was surprised with the opportunities I have gotten outside of each rotation such as working alongside my manager and GM to help create the Data Literacy Program and present this to large groups around the business. Everyone has been so nice and welcoming and I am very excited to start my last two rotations in data science and business information/data warehousing, being mentored by experts in these fields.”

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