Graduate Chemical / Process Engineer

Launch Your Engineering Career with Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL)

Are you a recent Chemical or Process Engineering graduate ready to turn your knowledge into real-world experience?

 Join the QAL Graduate Development Program (GDP) — a two-year career journey designed to help you build technical expertise, develop your professional skills, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

 What you can expect:

• Work with a diverse range of stakeholders and collaborate with experienced professionals to deliver practical engineering solutions.

• Grow your career through a personalised learning and development plan tailored to your goals.

• Gain hands-on experience by working on real-world projects in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Build your future at QAL by developing the skills, confidence and experience to thrive in your engineering career.

If you’re curious, motivated and excited to make a difference, QAL is ready to help you take the next step in your engineering career.

What You’ll Do

Reporting to the Technical Specialist, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your technical knowledge to real-world engineering challenges while learning from experienced professionals across the site.

 Your key responsibilities will include:

• Support safe and reliable operations by ensuring work is carried out in line with QAL’s health, safety, environmental and community standards.

• Build your technical expertise by developing a strong understanding of the QAL Bayer process, plant systems, operational procedures and safe work practices.

• Make an impact through improvement by identifying and developing innovative ideas that improve safety, performance, efficiency and reliability across the site.

• Use your engineering skills to solve problems by assisting with the review and analysis of real-time performance across key process areas.

• Get involved in major projects by providing technical input during the engineering and commissioning phases of capital projects.

• Contribute to planned maintenance and outages by helping develop and implement process strategies that support safe, efficient and successful equipment outages.

 You’ll Bring:

• A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Process Engineering, or a closely related discipline, recently completed or due to be completed by December 2026.

• A strong commitment to safety, with a genuine focus on looking after yourself and your team.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to work with people across different areas of the business.

• Initiative and problem-solving skills, with the curiosity to ask questions and initiate improvement ideas to the existing systems

• A process-focused mindset and enthusiasm for improving efficiency, performance and reliability.

 Benefits

• Attractive salary package with an annual performance-based bonus.

• Domestic relocation assistance to help you settle in with ease.

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for you and your immediate family.

• Accelerated career development with learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path.

 Location

Based in Gladstone, Queensland—a vibrant coastal town with excellent amenities and access to the Southern Great Barrier Reef.

 About QAL

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.

 Diversity and Inclusion

We value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, mature workers, people with disabilities, and diverse cultural backgrounds.

 Who We're Looking For

We’re looking for passionate, curious and adaptable graduates who are ready to turn their knowledge into real-world impact.

If you’re excited to learn, take on new challenges and build a rewarding career with QAL, we’d love to hear from you!

Join us, grow your skills, make a difference and take the first step towards becoming a valued member of the QAL team.

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