Graduate Program 2027 Process Engineer Gladstone, QLD

Graduate Program 2027 - Process Engineer - Gladstone QLD

Ready to drive meaningful change Were on the lookout for passionate individuals who are eager to join our team and help us tackle the challenges shaping our future. At Rio Tinto we believe innovation thrives when diverse minds collaborate toward a common purpose creating a better tomorrow. Lets shape the future together.

Finding better ways to move our people forward.

Start your career as a Graduate Process Engineer in Gladstone working at the Boyne Smelter a largescale industrial operation with complex processing challenges. Were looking for graduates with a bachelors degree in Chemical Process or Metallurgical Engineering who want early exposure to a demanding operating environment and the opportunity to learn how a smelter runs day to this role youll work alongside experienced professionals and contribute to improvements that support safe and reliable production. This is an opportunity to build strong foundations and momentum at the very start of your career.

About the program

Our Graduate Program offers you the chance to help shape Rio Tinto from within. The Graduate Program extends over two years focusing on developing both foundational and future-focused skills.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution your thinking and your hard work and go home knowing youve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Company provided insurance cover

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking accommodation cars retail and more)

• Domestic relocation assistance

Where you will be working

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australias second largest aluminium smelter with a 1000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast BSL produces around 500000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

Eligibility

• Graduate Program final year of study/have recently graduated with less than 2 years of relevant work experience

• Have the right to work in Australia or New Zealand (citizens permanent residents student or postgraduate work visa holders)

• A current C Class Manual Drivers License at the time of your Graduate Program commencement

Next steps

Were Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs now and in the future. Our values care courage and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Please note to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close 17 April 2026

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About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore copper aluminium critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people communities and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental social and governance standards. But we cant do it on our own so were focused on creating partnerships to solve problems create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women the LGBTI community mature workers people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race gender nationality ethnic origin religion age sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.