Come and discover the opportunity to work at our Port Kembla Steelworks as a Chemistry or Engineering Cadet! Each year, our manufacturing business in NSW offers amazing opportunities for highly motivated students to join the team in chemistry and electrical, materials, mechanical, and computer engineering. 

With a combination of part-time study and work, you'll be provided one day per week to attend university classes. Cadetships enable you to rotate through various departments, so that you gain exposure to a range of areas and projects across the business relating to your degree. To learn more about what it's like to be a cadet, view our FAQ document and find further links and content below. 

As a Chemistry Cadet, you'll apply scientific principles to develop smarter solutions, measure the product durability and performance and conduct environmental analysis. 

As an Electrical Cadet, you'll have the opportunity to work with electrical and automation technologies and processes across the entire plant, all of which play a critical role in steel manufacturing.

As a Computer Engineering Cadet, you'll have the opportunity to help drive the improvement of the digital manufacturing systems to enhance efficiency, reliability, and productivity of these systems and their assets. 

As a Materials Cadet, you'll study the amazing structure and properties of materials and their economic application, along with improving your understanding of relevant fields such as physics, chemistry and mathematics. 

As a Mechanical Cadet, you'll rotate through various departments along the process from smelting the ore, conversion to liquid iron and steel and then forming the raw steel into a finished product. 

Watch our video to meet our cadets and hear their stories!

You can also find the extended interviews in 'The Cadetship Experience' episode on our Voices of BlueScope podcast. Play it in your browser or with Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

We'd love to hear from you, if you find yourself answering ‘yes’ to the below:

• Are you an aspiring future-focused engineer or scientist?
• Are you available to kick-start your journey at BlueScope from January 2025?
• Do you want to be a part of an organisation where you’ll not only shape how we work, and the products we produce, but you will help shape the world in which we live—for the better?

We’re seeking current Year 12 high school students who have the prerequisites to study Materials Engineering at the University of Wollongong (UOW), OR first/second-year university students currently studying (or willing to transfer to) the fields of Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering as well as Science (Chemistry) at UOW.

Learn real-world skills related to your studies. You’ll gain a head start in your career journey and allowing you to realise your ambitions. You’ll work in key areas within BlueScope while studying at one of Australia’s leading universities.

Real projects and delivering real results. Rotating through various departments, you'll be exposed to different aspects of chemistry relative to where you’re at in your studies.

Ongoing development and opportunities. Our development programs aim to invest in you and your personal growth, allowing you to be the best version of yourself. Our BlueScope cadetships will equip you with a strong foundation to excel in your chosen field, possessing capabilities sought by future employers.

Earn while you learn. Our cadetships offer you employment on a competitive salary while providing financial support for your studies. Each week you are given time to attend university, as well as allocated time to sit exams.

Strong support network. Our experienced leaders and professionals are actively mentoring our cadets, sharing valuable knowledge and experience to ensuring you are set up for success whilst feeling empowered to achieve your goals and personal growth aspirations.

Since its inception almost 50 years ago, hundreds of students have been through our cadetship program, developing and growing throughout our business and becoming our future leaders. 

BlueScope is an Australian-born, global success story, spanning 18 countries, with a team of over 14,000 people. We’re inspired by innovation, from the coating expertise that has made COLORBOND® steel such an enduring success, to the robotics that drive efficiencies into our manufacturing and systems. We’re proud that the technologies in our brands shape, support and protect everything from homes, hospitals and schools, to bridges, stadiums and state-of-the-art commercial buildings. We are creating opportunity, creating strength.

A career with us provides the opportunity to grow and make a difference. You will achieve the following:

• make an enduring impact both within the organisation and in the broader community
• create and deliver innovative technical solutions that shape the world we live in 
• grow on a path of continuous learning and development—in Australia and overseas
• enjoy the sense of belonging that comes from working with people who genuinely look out for one another