Boiler / Steam Generator Operator

2 days ago


Gladstone Queensland, Australia Queensland Alumina Limited Full time $117,000 - $180,000 per year

Your new career opportunity:
Boiler / Steam Generator Operator

  • Inclusive work environment where people are valued and respected
  • Residential role in the tight-knit town of Gladstone surrounded by iconic natural attractions
  • Get ahead financially with company benefits including subsidised private health insurance
  • Permanent full-time role working a 4,5,5 Lifestyle roster (12 hour day and night shifts)
  • $117,000 per year base salary, including shift allowance

About Your Role
We have an opportunity for Boiler / Steam Generator Operators to join our Boilerhouse Operations team. Reporting directly to the Supervisor – Boilerhouse Operations, you will contribute to our Safe, Stable and Sustainable vision by:

  • Ensuring all work is performed in accordance with site health, environmental and community policies, systems and procedures
  • Performing day to day operational duties associated with boilers, turbines and auxiliary plant
  • Monitoring, isolating, commissioning and performing preventative maintenance and conducting operational activities
  • General housekeeping duties

What You Will Bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you should have:

  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
  • Current Boiler Intermediate (BI) or Boiler Advanced (BA) endorsement on their High Risk Work Licence
  • Ability to apply effective problem solving and fault-finding techniques
  • Forklift and Elevated Work Platform tickets will be well regarded
  • Strong work ethic

What's On Offer
We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include:

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
  • Competitive salary package
  • Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
  • Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path
  • Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters

Where you will be working
About QAL
Gladstone is a coastal town in central Queensland with the region home to a population of approximately 64,000. The Gladstone region enjoys well-established education services, entertainment, shopping and medical facilities and is the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef. If you are thinking of making a seaside change, check out what our region has to offer:

Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is one of the world's largest alumina refineries, enjoying a global reputation as a leader in the minerals processing industry. QAL is focused on employee engagement, best practice technology, innovative capital solutions, benchmark maintenance and project execution whilst maintaining world class safety, quality and environmental performance.

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable being themselves. We value diverse perspectives and believe they are essential to our success. All voices are heard, and we treat each other with fairness and dignity, regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other difference.

At QAL, we especially encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and individuals from various cultural backgrounds.

If you are looking for a new venture and the chance to work for a company that cares about being Safe, Stable and Sustainable, apply today.

Applications Close: Saturday, 25 October 2025


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