SHAPE YOUR CAREER
Our vacation student program
Applications: 13 - 31 May 2024
Embark on an exciting career journey with our 12-week summer full-time Vacation Student Program, beginning in November, offering you the opportunity to learn, evolve, and innovate.
Working alongside seasoned professionals across our corporate offices, bauxite mines, alumina refineries or aluminium smelter, you will get practical experience in your chosen field while studying and increase your networks.
Available roles include:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil/Geotechnical Engineer
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering - Victoria
- Information Technology - Victoria
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering - Victoria
- Occupational Hygienist
- Occupational Hygienist - Victoria
- Process Chemical Engineer - Victoria
Note: above role titles will link to job adverts from Monday 13 May 2024
Our vacation student roles are as diverse as the people who work for us; from Chemical and Electrical Engineers to specialists in health and safety and more!
Applications are welcome from university students who have completed a full year of study by the end of 2024.
About working at Alcoa:
At Alcoa, you’re part of a team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. Our flagship product, aluminium, is the world’s metal of choice. It is lightweight, strong, flexible and 100% recyclable, making it an essential part of a modern, low-carbon world.
To continue our story of evolution and reinvention, we seek creative problem solvers with a passion for collaboration to help us achieve our vision. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper and world-shaper.
By joining the Alcoa team, you will benefit from:
- a supportive and respectful workplace
- rewarding challenges
- attractive pay and benefits
- training, networking and mentoring
- community volunteering opportunities
Want more information about Alcoa in Australia?
- Video: Global bauxite operations
- Video: Global alumina operations
- Video: Western Australian bauxite mine rehabilitation
- Information brochure: Alcoa’s Australian economic contribution
Our Enjoy first-class hands-on training in an inclusive and safety-focused environment over our four-year Apprenticeship Program.
On completion of your apprenticeship, you will receive a nationally recognized trade certificate. Apprenticeship trades include mechanical fitter, fabricator/welder, electrical/instrumentation technician, light vehicle mechanic and heavy-duty fitter.
Applications open in June.
Alcoa’s three-year Graduate Program sets graduates on a career path which will see them contribute to a more sustainable world.
Our three-year full-time customised Graduate Program is just the beginning of an exciting career path where you will learn, grow and innovate. Working alongside seasoned professionals and rotating across our corporate offices, bauxite mines, alumina refineries and/or aluminium smelter, you will use your degree to make a real difference.
Applications are currently closed.
Combine on-the-job training with TAFE studies and within 12 to 18 months, you will obtain a nationally recognised qualification.
Alcoa trainees work in unique and challenging technical environments while receiving a great wage and leave entitlements. Alcoa trainees also benefit increased employment, education and growth prospects.
Applications are currently closed.
Our Purpose: Turn Raw Potential into Real Progress
At Alcoa, we turn ideas into innovation. Impossibility into impact. What if, into what is. We are unlocking the value inside our people and processes to change the industry and shape the world we live in.
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See how we're here for progress
We transform bauxite into alumina and then aluminium – an important metal in the green energy future. We do this with a skilled, values-led workforce committed to continuous improvement.
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