About the Role
Shape your career by joining Alcoa's Vacation Student program! Based in WA at our Pinjarra Refinery, you'll have the chance to put your university knowledge into practice, propelling you toward a career path that exceeds your wildest expectations. Throughout your 12‐week paid summer placement, you'll experience professional growth, technical expansion, and become an integral part of our vibrant community, where inspiration and daily challenges await. During the program, you will be matched with a senior specialist who will offer hands‐on training, mentoring, and coaching. The program is designed to support you in becoming a creative problem solver, assisting you in completing meaningful projects that will be assigned to you.
What's on Offer
* Exposure to industry and a future career at Alcoa.
* An attractive hourly rate of pay for the hours you work.
* Meaningful project work that provides you with valuable hands‐on experience.
* Increased opportunity to gain a place in the Alcoa Graduate Program after you have completed your degree.
* Working locally, in an onsite environment enabling you to return home to friends and family every night.
* Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health, and wellbeing discounts.
What You'll Be Doing
* Supporting the Global Impoundments team and local civil engineers in handling dam safety, preparing facility plans, and applying standard methodology engineering technology.
* Providing engineering input into the design and maintenance of the residue storage facilities.
* Contributing toward the refinery and residue EH&S and providing insight into problem resolution for bauxite residue assets.
* Sharing your learnings and providing input toward the WA residue capital planning, approval, and review process.
* Handling assigned project(s) with an appropriate level of responsibility, leveraging innovative thinking, eagerness to learn, and passion for growth to make meaningful contributions.
What You Can Bring to the Role
* Studying tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline (ideal in penultimate year; applications accepted across all year groups).
* Self‐motivated and passionate for your chosen discipline, eager to learn and expand your knowledge.
* Capable of working independently with the ability to communicate and engage with multiple stakeholders to obtain a project outcome.
* Strong team player with effective time management, organisational and problem‐solving skills.
* Available to commence end of November for a full‐time 12‐week period ending February.
* Able to travel to and from your work location each day.
Location
Alcoa's Pinjarra Refinery is located in Western Australia. Alcoa operates in six continents with multiple bauxite mines, alumina refineries (Kwinana, Pinjarra, Wagerup) and an aluminium smelter in Portland VIC, alongside corporate office facilities in Bindjareb and Booragoon. Join a global team committed to sustainability, excellence, and innovation.
Our Commitment To Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
We are committed to creating trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and reflecting the diversity of our communities. All applicants are considered equally, and we uphold an inclusive culture.
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