Vocational Placement - Mining Engineer

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.

Shape your career by joining Alcoa’s Vocational Placement program! 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 unpaid placement in Semester 1, 2027, you’ll experience professional growth, technical expansion, and join our vibrant community, where inspiration and daily challenges await.

 

With best-in-class bauxite mining and rehabilitation practices, the lowest-carbon alumina refining system on the planet, game-changing innovations in aluminium smelting, and the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of low-carbon products, Alcoa is working to turn raw potential into real progress, and we want you to join us!

 

Throughout the placement, you will be paired with an experienced specialist who will provide you with the hands-on training, mentoring, and coaching to support you in becoming a creative problem solver, helping you towards completing the meaningful projects that you will be assigned.

 

What’s on offer


* Please note that Vocational Placements at Alcoa are unpaid.


* Initial placements will only be offered for up to 150 hours however there is a possibility of extension in certain circumstances.


* You will be based at Booragoon (with visits to Huntly Mine site).


* Your direct Supervisor will be a Senior Project Manager.


* Workdays are flexible.


* Ideal start and finish times each day are 800am to 400pm.


* A workplace culture that strongly values your safety.

 

The project: Contingency Mining Project - Mechanical/Civil/Electrical

 

Upgrade the McCoy facility to support future mining operations across the O’Neil, Kennedy West, and Holyoake 1 mining regions by delivering critical infrastructure, processing, and access improvements.

The project involves undertaking a fit-for-purpose upgrade of the existing McCoy facilities, relocating and commissioning the 160 Crusher from Myara to McCoy, remediating the existing crusher wall to ensure safe and reliable operation, and constructing haul roads to establish efficient connectivity between McCoy and the O’Neil mining region.

The project aims to enhance operational capability, improve material handling efficiency, support future mine development plans, and provide the infrastructure required for sustainable long-term mining operations.

 

Your involvement


* Assist with project planning, scheduling, tracking and reporting activities.


* Support engineering, construction and operational readiness workstreams.


* Collect, analyse and document project and operational data.


* Participate in site visits and observe mining infrastructure and construction activities.


* Contribute to risk assessm...