Glencore extends graduate opportunities in regional Australia
Media statement
Glencore today extended its 2021 Graduate Development Program, providing further exciting career opportunities across its Australian coal, copper and zinc operations.
The additional intake reflects Glencore’s commitment to provide resource graduate opportunities across regional Australia.
“This year, over 100 new graduates have already joined Glencore, bringing our current total of graduates to more than 220,” said Jodie Hope, Regional Human Resources Lead for Glencore Australia.
“We’re looking for bright, curious and confident people across many disciplines. These range from engineering, environmental science, geology and geophysics to information systems and IT, accounting, community relations, human resources, and occupational health and safety.”
With a focus on local talent from regional communities, Glencore’s Graduate Development Program combines structured, professional development with on-the-job experience and mentoring from some of the best in the business.
View graduate opportunities on Glencore's careers page. Applications close midnight, Sunday 19 April 2020.
What graduates say about the Glencore Graduate Development Program
Ashleigh Ventura is now a Mining Engineer who started with Mount Isa Mines’ copper business in north-west Queensland as a Graduate. “The Graduate Development Program broadens young Australians’ opportunities with a lot of career progression if they’re willing to see a bit more of the country,” Ashleigh said. “It means the world to me to do something I love getting out of bed every day to do.”
Mayah Cvetic is a Graduate Human Resources Business Partner with Mount Isa Mines’ zinc-lead George Fisher Mine. She said getting this opportunity was a dream come true. “I moved to Mount Isa when I was 12,” Mayah said. “The Glencore Graduate Development Program is really important for regional Australia as it provides opportunities to come back home after university, just like I did, to work in my chosen field.”
Felice Quach started as a Graduate Process Engineer and is now a Production Mining Supervisor at Glencore’s Liddell coal mine in the NSW Hunter Valley. Felice said he couldn’t have imagined five years ago that he would be able to take these leaps in his career. “The start was hugely important for me,” he said. “The Graduate Program has given me many opportunities to climb the ladder. It’s allowed me to grow the culture I enjoyed so much when I started here.”
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Glencore
Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. The Group's operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites and oil production assets.
With a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial activities are supported by its global marketing network.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore's companies employ around 160,000 people, including contractors.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
Glencore Australia
Glencore has operated in Australia for over 20 years and holds significant interests in a range of commodity industries across all mainland states and the Northern Territory.
We employ about 17,200 people across the coal, copper, zinc, nickel and oil industries.
In 2019, Glencore contributed about $15.6 billion to the regional, state and national economies in Australia. The most significant economic contribution came from core business activities: employing people, sourcing from local communities, and paying taxes to host governments.