Graduate Geotechnical Engineer

3 weeks ago

Perth, Western Australia Gotafe Full time

This is your opportunity toshape your career through theskills andexperience you bring to the role now and by training for the roles you may want in the future. Our success depends ongreat teams, where you canthriveand do yourbest work in asupportive environment.

About the role

Express your interest in next year's graduate intake, pre-register now to be amongst the first to be notified of upcoming vacancies. 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 environment 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 Geotechnical Engineer at Alcoa, you to learn, grow, and develop hands-on experience and expertise in:

  • Supporting residue team and site Civil and Senior Geotechnical 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 towards the refinery and residue EH&S and provide insight into problem resolution for bauxite residue assets.
  • Providing input towards the WA residue capital planning, approval and review process.
  • Monitoring civil engineering design and construction QA.
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.

If you are on the path to graduate or have recently completed tertiary qualifications in Civil or Geotechnical 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.

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.
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