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Chevron Australia

4.2
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Chevron Australia Graduate Programs & Internships

  • Mining, Oil & Gas

What it is: Global integrated energy company  
Best known for: One of the world’s leading energy companies, Chevron has been operating in Australia for more than 70 years. 
Staff stats: More than 37,000 employees globally, including over 2,000 in Australia. 
The good bits: Graduates have access to a comprehensive three to five year program that provides support, mentorship, and plenty of training opportunities. Rewarding, challenging work is undertaken in an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture.  
The not so good bits: As a large company, it can be difficult to navigate initially. 

The Chevron Australia story

Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies and has been present in Australia for more than 70 years.

With the ingenuity and commitment of thousands of workers, Chevron Australia operates the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG and domestic gas projects; manages its equal one-sixth interest in the North West Shelf Venture; operates Australia’s largest onshore oilfield on Barrow Island; and is a significant investor in exploration.

The Gorgon Project is Australia's largest single resource project, and together with the Wheatstone Project - Australia's first LNG hub - cements Chevron’s position as a major LNG operator in Australia and globally.

With these exciting operating projects and ongoing exploration activities come genuine opportunities for career development and progression.

For more information about Chevron Australia's operations, visit australia.chevron.com

Why join Chevron

Chevron is proudly recognised as an employer of choice, guided by a vision of diversity and committed to equal employment opportunity. Diversity and inclusion is a core value at Chevron - we learn from and respect the cultures in which we operate. We have an inclusive work environment that values the uniqueness and diversity of individual talents, experiences, and ideas.

When you join Chevron, you will work with highly talented people on global projects that deliver Australia’s energy future. Our people and the values we demonstrate differentiate us from our competitors.

We offer our employees a range of benefits and programs including;

  • A nine-day working fortnight
  • Hybrid work model where we work Monday's and Fridays at home and Tuesday to Thursday in the office
  • Ongoing learning and development
  • Competitive salary
  • Annual incentive performance-based awards
  • Leadership development and mentoring programs
  • Wellness program, Employee Networks and Social Club
  • Health and wellness offerings including fitness classes, gym access and mental health support

Flexible work practices

Whether you teach yoga training, want to be available for school pick-up, or are caring for someone in your life, Chevron encourages flexibility to support work-life balance. When you are performing at your best, so are we. Flexible work practices can come in many forms, both formal and informal, and can range from changing your core working hours, to working from home or taking up the benefit of a nine-day working fortnight. It’s important to us that you get the balance right.

Energy transition

Chevron believes we all have a stake in a reliable and affordable energy system and a lower carbon future. This belief drives Chevron's lower carbon ambitions and the actions we take to advance them. At Chevron we’re leveraging the strengths of our talented people and technologies to safely deliver lower carbon energy to a growing world. We aim to lead in lower carbon intensity oil, products and natural gas, and advance new solutions to reduce carbon emissions of major industries. In addition to this, here at Chevron we’re growing our capabilities in renewable fuels, carbon capture, and offsets, hydrogen and other emerging technologies. 

Recruitment Process

Step 1:  Profile

Create a profile on our careers site and submit your application. Please include your:

  • Resume (no cover letter required)
  • Academic Transcript

Step 2:  Screening process

You will be required to complete an online behavioural and cognitive test (select disciplines only).

We will review each application thoroughly and consider a range of aspects such as academic standing, extracurricular activities and work experience.

Step 3: Assessment centre

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a 3-hour assessment centre. During the assessment centre, we will evaluate your ability to work within a team, have an office tour of our brand new office in Elizabeth Quay and a one-on-one interview. 

Step 4:  Pre-employment checks

If you perform well at the assessment centre, you may be invited to undergo pre-employment checks. These will include a medical, reference checks, academic checks and obtaining proof of work rights.

Step 5:  Offer of employment

If you are successful in obtaining a position with us, you will receive a phone call from one of our recruitment advisors who will talk you through everything you need to know about joining Chevron. You will then receive your employment contract via email.

Remuneration & Career Growth

Summer Intern Program

Chevron's structured 12-week summer intern program provides an opportunity to gain valuable insight and experience working on real oil and gas projects in a supportive and diverse environment. You will get the opportunity to work on meaningful projects to further develop your skillset​ and contribute to the business.

Chevron offers a number of intern streams:

Engineering

Chevron offers a variety of engineering positions including:

  • Chemical
  • Mechanical
  • Civil/structural
  • Electrical

Earth science 

  • The Earth science function finds new opportunities through identifying, exploring, maintaining and sequencing globally competitive opportunities for commercialization.
  • Delivers technical geological & geophysical services and operations to the rest of the business.

Health, environment and safety

  • Health Safety and Environment specialists support a critical priority—monitoring and protecting the safety and health of our people, the environment in our operations and the communities where we work.

Information technology

  • Information technology specialists oversee any computers, storage, networking, other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of electronic data to advance business operations.

Human resources

  • The Human Resources function drives Chevron's People Strategy through proactive, strategic solutions in three focus areas: Attracting and retaining talent to build high-performing teams in critical areas of our business, developing a globally competitive workforce and creating a compelling experience of work.

Corporate affairs / communications

  • Corporate Affairs’ purpose is to advocate, communicate and partner to advance our business and enable human progress.

As an intern you will have access to a number of benefits.

  • A nine-day working fortnight
  • A hybrid work model where you can work from home on Mondays and Fridays
  • Ongoing learning and development
  • Competitive salary
  • Leadership development and mentoring programs
  • Wellness program, employee networks and social events
  • Health and wellness offerings including fitness classes, gym access and mental health support

Graduate Program

Our graduate program develops employee competency through technical training, assignments and mentoring, and plays a critical role in developing your career.

To be eligible for Chevron’s graduate program you must have completed a relevant bachelor or higher within the last three years and have less than three years of relevant work experience.

Available graduate opportunities vary from year to year; however, applications are typically encouraged from high performing students studying the following disciplines:

  • Engineering
  • Earth science
  • Finance
  • Health, environment and safety
  • Information technology

Graduate Reviews

Overall Score
4.2
Overall score based on 26 reviews
They Score Best in…
9.1
Office Work Environment
9.1
Work Hours
8.9
Salary
8.9
Training
What Graduates Say About Them
  • The flexibility & hybrid work location options are very good and the condensed work week model of having every second Friday off is very nice.
  • I am given opportunities to work on interesting projects and further develop my skills.
  • Strong focus on supporting ongoing development of employees, including supporting additional tertiary education.
  • Great roles with real responsibilities, competitive salary, great work-life balance (9-day fortnight) and culture.
  • The culture within my direct [team] is friendly and collaborative. I am surrounded by the most supportive environment I've experienced in a workplace.
  • Working across timezones can be challenging.
  • Adoption of improvements can be slow, and finding relevant information can be difficult, due to the magnitude of available information across a range of internal sources.
  • Large company with people constantly moving around, so people don't know how systems work and why things were done the way they were.
  • Long graduate program.
  • Can be challenging working for a large company, lots of layers of management.

Jobs & Opportunities

Locations With Jobs & Opportunities
  • Perth, Brisbane
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Current Jobs & Opportunities

Internship, Clerkship or Placement

Perth, Western Australia
Work across the Subsurface teams on a variety of projects designed to grow your capabilities and add business value.
Salary
AUD 70,000 - 78,000 / Year

Competitive salary package

Opening in 2 months

Internship, Clerkship or Placement

Perth, Western Australia
Work within the Engineering team on a variety of projects designed to grow your capabilities and add business value.
Salary
AUD 70,000 - 78,000 / Year

Competitive salary package


Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories

Lauren Bordessa

Graduate Petroleum Engineer at Chevron Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Petroleum) at Curtin University

  • Graduate stories

Lance D’Antoine

Risk Analyst in Cybersecurity at Chevron Australia

Master of Cybersecurity at Edith Cowan University (ECU)


A Day In The Life Of


  • Day in the life

Shrilee Duke

Process Engineering Intern at Chevron Australia

  • Day in the life

Lee Cherry

Occupational Hygienist at Chevron Australia

Master of Occupational Health and Safety at Curtin University


Videos


Day in the life of a Chevron intern

Have you ever wondered what a typical day looks like for one of our Chevron interns? Follow Shirlee, one of our engineering interns around for a day to find out more!

Chevron Australia's new headquarters

In April 2023, all Perth based Chevron employees move into their new headquarters located in Elizabeth Quay.