Graduate Program 2027 – Process Engineer – Gladstone, QLD
Ready to drive meaningful change? We're on the lookout for passionate individuals who are eager to join our team and help us tackle the challenges shaping our future. At Rio Tinto, we believe innovation thrives when diverse minds collaborate toward a common purpose – creating a better tomorrow. Let's shape the future together.
Start your career as a Process Engineer in Gladstone, working at the Boyne Smelter, a large‐scale industrial operation with complex processing challenges. We're looking for graduates with a bachelor's degree in Chemical, Process or Metallurgical Engineering who want early exposure to a demanding operating environment and the opportunity to learn how a smelter runs day to day. In this role, you'll work alongside experienced professionals and contribute to improvements that support safe and reliable production. This is an opportunity to build strong foundations and momentum at the very start of your career.
About the program
The Graduate Program extends over two years, focusing on developing both foundational and future-focused skills.
Responsibilities
* Work alongside experienced professionals at the Boyne Smelter.
* Contribute to improvements that support safe and reliable production.
* Gain early exposure to smelter operations and learning opportunities in a demanding environment.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Process or Metallurgical Engineering.
* Graduate in final year of study or recently graduated with less than 2 years of relevant work experience.
* Right to work in Australia or New Zealand (citizens, permanent residents, student or postgraduate work visa holders).
* Current "C Class" Manual Driver's License at the time of program commencement.
Benefits
* A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.
* A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
* Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.
* Attractive share ownership plan.
* Company provided insurance cover.
* Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.
* Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
* Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.
* Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
* Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
* Domestic relocation assistance.
Where you will be working
Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia's second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000‐person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina. BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.
Inclusion and diversity
We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
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