Posted: 04/03/2025
Closing Date: 16/05/2025
Job Type: Casual
Location: Around Australia
Job Category: Process/Chemical
GPA Engineering offers an exciting opportunity to gain valuable skills, collaborate on impactful projects and launch your engineering career.
GPA’s Undergraduate Program is a 12-week paid placement, offered from November to February each year. This placement provides students with exposure to real projects while being given responsibility for project deliverables working under the mentorship of our experienced engineers.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking passionate undergraduate engineers eager to kick-start their careers. To be considered for this placement, you will:

• Be actively pursuing a degree in Process/Chemical Engineering
• Be interested in engineering design and the industries we work in
• Demonstrate a strong academic record and a willingness to learn
• Show excellent problem-solving and teamwork skills
• Have effective communication and organisational abilities
• Not be afraid to ask questions
• Be passionate in your life as well as your work – whether that is through hobbies, volunteer work, sport, travel or other pursuits
• Be eligible to work in Australia.

• Marking up engineering drawings such as P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams) and C&Es (cause and effects matrices)
• Completing process calculations such as line sizing, hydraulics, control valve and relief valve sizing
• Using HYSYS or PetroSim software for process simulation
• Using Phast software for gas dispersion and consequence modelling, e.g., to determine hazardous areas
• Creating or updating documents such as basis of design documents, FEED (front end engineering design) reports or hazardous area classification reports
• Attendance at risk workshops such as HAZOPs (hazard and operability studies) and LOPA (layers of protection analysis)