Vocational Placement - Geotechnical 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 Perth Office with visits to the Pinjarra and Wagerup Refineries.


* Your direct Supervisor will be a Impoundment Governance Director.


* Workdays are Monday to Friday.


* Ideal start and finish times each day are 730am to 330pm.


* A workplace culture that strongly values your safety.

 

The project: Pinjarra and Wagerup Residue Dam Safety Remediation Projects

 

Dam Safety Remediation Project will involve candidate to review current open corrective and risk assessment actions, develop clear and concise scopes of work to complete this, including liaison with Geotechnical consultants, civil contractors and field inspections.

The aim of the project is to minimise Alcoa's dam safety business risk by implementing remediation stability measures, completing audit actions and then providing a sustaining 'toolbox' for ongoing use.

This project provides direct exposure to Alcoa's Pinjarra and Wagerup Operations and the Corporate Dam Safety Governance Team (Global Impoundment Team) based in Perth.

 

Your involvement


* Review current Open Actions and Risk Assessment Actions


* Develop scope of works to complete/close actions


* Check and field verify completeness of actions per the audit/risk requirement


* Provide routine feedback to Operations (PJ/WG) on current status and forecast closure dates.

 

About you

We are interested in hearing from curious university students:


* Where successful completion of a placement is either mand...