Intern Program Mechanical Engineer Gladstone, QLD

Gladstone - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Intern Program2026/2027-MechanicalEngineer-Gladstone QLD

Ready to drive meaningful changeWereon 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.Letsshape the future together.

Finding better ways to move our people forward.

Start your career as anInternMechanicalEngineerin Gladstone working at either Yarwun Refinery or the Boyne Smelter two major industrial operations withvery differentprocessing challenges.Werelooking for students in their penultimateyearor2ndor 3rdyear studyinganEngineering or Mechanical Engineering degreewho want early exposure to complex largescale processing this roleyoulllearn how a refinery or smelteroperatesday to day work alongside experienced engineers and contribute to improving processes that run around the clock. Outside of work Gladstone offers coastal living a strong local community and the balance of a regional lifestyle combined with worldclass operations. This is an opportunity to build strong technical foundations and momentum at the very start of your career.

About the program

Our InternProgram offersyou the chance to help shape Rio Tinto from within. The 12-week Summer Internship Program provides hands-on experience with the potential to secure a graduate position upon completion.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contributionyourthinkingand your hard work and go home knowingyouvehelped the world progress.

A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience

Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual and sick leave)

Exclusive employee discounts

Where you will be working

Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL)

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australias second largest aluminium smelter with a 1000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20kmsouth eastof 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.

Yarwun

Located in Central Queensland approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone Yarwun alumina refinerycommencedoperations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually.

As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce.

With a focus on safely improving our process every day the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our24 houroperation.

Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.

Eligibility

Intern Program penultimate year or students in 2nd or 3rd year

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

Next steps

WereFinding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs now and in the future. Our values carecourageand 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 close17 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.

Required Experience:

Intern

Intern Program2026/2027-MechanicalEngineer-Gladstone QLDReady to drive meaningful changeWereon 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 ...