Portland
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Shape your career by joining Alcoa’s Vacation Student program!
Based in Victoria at our Portland Aluminium Smelter, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.
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.
Shape your potential with a 12-week paid summer placement as an Electrical Engineer Vacation Student where you'll experience professional growth, technical expansion, and become an integral part of our vibrant community, where inspiration and daily challenges await.
As an Electrical Engineering Vacation Student at Alcoa, you will be:
If you are currently studying tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, we want to hear from you!
We are interested in hearing from curious university students who are:
Focus on asset reliability, day-to-day electrical troubleshooting and support, and all electrical installations and work for various projects across the operational area.
A typical day would include: - Morning process trend checks which are then followed by morning meetings up to 9am. - Afterwards I'd typically do more detailed checks of the area followed by short/longer term projects tasks I have, but that depends upon priorities for the day. - More urgent tasks might be developing a process plan, following up a process control issue or advanced troubleshooting for a persistent/urgent process issue.
There's a lot of variety, and the work is really interesting. Currently assisting with drafting management plans and review documents that support a part IV approval process - which is a fantastic opportunity to get a strong understanding of mining approvals.
3.9
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Mining, Oil & Gas
Alcoa thrives by developing best practices that improve our bauxite, alumina and aluminium business units. Join us on our journey!
Getting to rotate between different roles and experience different parts of the company.
Training and career development Great support structure Flexible working arrangements.
Leisure days off are a great perk.
I like the flexibility to work from home twice per week, and the ability to flex hours based on commitments if needed.
The variety of work keeps things interesting and engaging.
The lack of structure and care for the Graduate Program. Especially with no emphasis to the managers/supervisors to set a mentor and a training schedule.
Sometimes it feels like you're just a number.
Old systems and technology used.
The offices need upgrading as well as the equipment in the offices.
The business promotes inclusion, but they continue to hire and promote people in the business whose values do not align with the message they are trying to convey.