Geotechnical Engineer Vacation Student

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

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

Shape your career by joining Alcoa’s Vacation Student program! Based in WA at our Booragoon Corporate office, 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 meaning 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 work experience


* Working locally, in an onsite environment enabling you to return home to friends and 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.


* Increased opportunity to gain a place in the Alcoa Graduate Program after you have completed your degree


* Access to the Alcoa Live Well program with a selection of health & wellbeing discount offers to help you live your best life!

What you’ll be doing

As a Geo Technical Engineering Vacation Student at Alcoa, you will learn, grow and develop hands-on experience and expertise in:


* Based on at our Booragoon Corporate office.


* Support the Global Impoundments team and local civil engineers in handling dam safety, preparing facility plans and applying standard methodology engineering technology.


* Provide engineering input into the design and maintenance of the residue storage facilities.


* Contribute towards the refinery and residue EH&S and provide insight into problem resolution for bauxite residue assets.


* Share your learnings and provide input towards the WA residue capital planning, approval, and review process.

You will be given an appropriate level of responsibility to handle assigned project(s), utilizing your innovative thinking, e...