Engineering Graduate Program - VIC

Air Liquide; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide Australia is seeking highly motivated engineering graduates for its 2027 Graduate Program. The 18‑month rotations across core business units are designed to challenge thinking and provide a comprehensive view of operations.

Upon completion, graduates may move into permanent roles aligned with their skills and career pathway. Ideal candidates hold a Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical engineering degree, with a strong collaborative mindset and commitment to safety.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or postgraduate Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical (2024, 2025, or due to complete by December 2026).
• Interest in hands-on project work and growth into leadership roles.
• Strong teamwork and ethical standards are essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in rotations across core business units to gain broad operational exposure.
• Contribute to plant production, reporting, and analysis activities.
• Support daily operations, maintenance, inventory control, safety and quality tasks.
• Engage with operations, engineering and sales teams to understand customer impact.
• Develop troubleshooting skills and assist with solutions during plant and facility issues.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Accountability

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Engineering degree (Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical)

Job description

Air Liquide Australia is a market leader Gases, Technologies and Services for Industry in Australia. Air Liquide Australia provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services to our product range, which improves the performance of our customers while helping protect the environment.

We are committed to setting our graduates up for success and fostering the next generation of leaders. We are seeking highly motivated, team-focused, career-driven Engineering Graduates to join our Graduate Program in 2027.

The 18-month program includes rotations within core business units, designed to challenge thinking, provide insights into complex projects, and build a comprehensive understanding of our operations.

Throughout this period, significant development will be offered and provided in areas of your interest. Upon completion of the Engineering Graduate Program, you will have the opportunity to move into a permanent role that is matched to your skills, abilities, and career pathway.

Our 2027 Engineering Graduate Program

We are committed to setting our graduates up for success and fostering the next generation of leaders. We are seeking highly motivated, team-focused, career-driven Engineering Graduates to join our Graduate Program in 2027.

The 18-month program includes rotations within core business units, designed to challenge thinking, provide insights into complex projects, and build a comprehensive understanding of our operations.

Throughout this period, significant development will be offered and provided in areas of your interest. Upon completion of the Engineering Graduate Program, you will have the opportunity to move into a permanent role that is matched to your skills, abilities, and career pathway.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

As a Graduate in our Engineering stream, you'll have the opportunity to work across a variety of hands‑on projects to gain valuable experience, including

• Collaborating with our leaders and technical specialists to support daily operations, maintenance, inventory control, safety, and quality activities.

• Gaining practical experience in plant production, reporting, and analysis.

• Being involved in productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Learning and progressing your understanding of operations through engagement with the operations team.

• Understanding our customers' integral role in our business through exposure to our customer‑facing engineering and sales teams.

• Developing troubleshooting skills during plant and facility issues and assisting with solutions.

• Preparing and reviewing documents required by the Company, local regulatory, corporate safety, and industrial standards.

Are you a MATCH?

Our Ideal Candidate

We are looking for individuals who aspire to be the next future leaders of Air Liquide, and who possess:

• Strong interpersonal skills and values, particularly high levels of accountability, adaptability, and a deep care for colleagues and ethics.

• A passion for engineering coupled with recent qualifications in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical engineering.

• Resilience and a desire to be challenged and grow beyond their comfort zone.

• A collaborative spirit, with a keen interest to be hands‑on and build strong working relationships with staff and customers.

• A commitment to keeping themselves and others safe.

To be eligible to apply for our Graduate Program, you will:

• Have a valid and full work rights for a minimum of 18 months from January 2027.
• Have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical) degree in the last three years (i.e. 2024, 2025) or be due to complete by December 2026.
• Be available to commence full time employment from January 2027.

For more information about Air Liquide, please visit https://www.airliquide.com/

Closing date is on August 31, 2026.

About Air Liquide

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.