This is your opportunity to shape your career
through the skills
and experience
you bring to the role now and by training for the roles you may want in the future. Our success depends on great teams, where you can thrive and do your best work
in a supportive environment.
About the role This is a
permanent opportunity
starting with Alcoa's Graduate Program, a three-year
customized graduate development program
designed to shape your career.
You will
collaborate
with experienced professionals and rotate through our corporate offices, bauxite mines, and alumina refineries in the Peel and Upper Southwest regions. Stay connected with your community, hobbies, friends, and family! Our sites are all within driving distance, enabling you to maintain a perfect
work-life balance
while gaining valuable
hands‑on site experience.
What’s on offer?
A permanent job
with long-term career development in our local or global operations.
Annual increases built into your compensation package with many benefits unique to Alcoa.
Monthly ‘Graduate Days’ and
team building activities
to build connections with your fellow graduates.
More time doing the things you love with a leisure day scheme offering
13 additional days leave
Working locally, in an onsite setting enabling you to return home to friends or family every night.
Inclusion and diversity networks ; shaping a culture where everyone is welcome, respected and heard.
Be part of our commitment to
sustainability, delivering world class technology and innovations that lead the aluminium industry!
A workplace culture that strongly values your safety.
What you’ll be doing As a Graduate Mechanical Engineerat Alcoa, you to learn, grow, and develop hands‑on experience and expertise in:
A range of mechanical and process equipment spanning mining, refining and materials handling.
Solving complex problems and implementing improvements as part of a team.
Building positive working relationships with a wide range of site personnel across our professional and operational teams to achieve strategic business goals.
Fostering change and innovation to support the achievement of cost reduction and productivity improvement opportunities.
Providing support in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of refinery equipment by applying engineering principles and strong communication skills.
Development and mentoring Throughout the program, you will be provided with:
Coaching,
mentoring,
hands‑on
and
professional training.
Diverse experiences ; from working in our corporate offices, to a local on‑site environment within our 2 mine sites, 3 powerhouses and 2 alumina refineries.
An increasing level of
responsibility
An opportunity to use your
innovative thinking, your
motivation to learn
and
passion for growth
to shape the future of our business.
About you To play a part in our ongoing success we are seeking someone who:
Is a
self‑starter
with the ability to work autonomously.
Uses
initiative
and takes
ownership
of their work.
Has
strong communication
and well-developed
people skills.
Thinks
analytically
and be
open minded
with a creative and collaborative approach to
problem solving.
Drives
positive outcomes
with the ability to engage with and understand customers.
If you are on the path to graduate by the end of 2025 or have recently completed tertiary qualifications in
Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, we want to hear from you!
Become a valued part of the team that’s reinventing the aluminium industry for a sustainable future, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies.
Recruitment Process
Submit online application* (resume, cover letter, transcript).
Complete 10‑min video interview.
Finish psychometric testing (1hr).
Attend Assessment Centre (case study, team activity, interview) or Panel Interview.
Reference check.
Pre‑employment medical.
*Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.
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