Arief Hidayat is an experienced engineering professional, currently participating in the Fresh Graduate Program at Freeport Indonesia since March 2023. Prior to this, Arief worked as a Design Engineer at PT. Bukaka Teknik Utama Tbk from November 2021 to March 2023, and held the position of Quantity Surveyor at PT Truba Jaya Engineering from August 2018 to February 2019. Arief began the academic journey at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, serving as a Laboratory Assistant from September 2015 to December 2017 while obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering. Arief later earned a Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering from Universitas Gadjah Mada between 2019 and 2021, and demonstrated notable achievement by winning first place in the National Concrete Compressive Strength Competition in 2017.