Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role:
Are you seeking a role that encompasses reliability analysis and maintenance improvement of a wide range of equipment, working with world class smelting technologies? We have the opportunity for you!

Our Portland Smelter is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Reliability Engineer to join our team on a permanent basis. You will be required to work Monday to Friday  and be on the on call roster, with one flexi leisure day every four-week period you will enjoy the challenges of a technical site role coupled with work life balance.

You will play a key part in supporting our operations through:

• Identifying long term opportunities for improvement through the provision of technical expertise with a focus on equipment reliability and improving plant capacity,

• Providing single point accountability for engineering support in the day-to-day operations,

• Being a catalyst for change and contributing to improvements in Operation Area performance in both the short and long term.

Your role as a Reliability Engineer will be challenging and diverse, and require a strong customer focus with contribution to:

• Leading root cause analysis investigation of failures,

• Developing work scopes for major equipment repairs using fitness for service approaches

• Developing and improving equipment management strategies using a suite of reliability approaches,

• Implementing improvements and driving to completion,

• Involvement with Capital Projects, and

• Safety leadership; the corner stone of Alcoa operations!

• Sound business acumen to contribute to overall Smelter successes, and

• Passion and commitment to Environment, Health and Safety in the workplace.

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Monthly Leisure Day (remove if not applicable – full time employees only)

• Benefits allowance

• Performance related bonus (variable)

• 16 weeks paid parental leave scheme

• Paid annual volunteer hours

• Social and diversity focused engagement opportunities

What you can bring to the role:

To play a part in our ongoing success we are seeking someone with:

• A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering, with previous experience in maintenance, reliability, heavy industry or plant engineering.

• An understanding of risk management, quality improvement and reliability excellence processes.

• The ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organisation with a customer centric mentality.

• A track record in pro-active problem solving with your use of initiative and a desire to continuously improve business performance.

• An ability to prioritise a high workload and persevere through daily challenges.

Disclaimer: Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.

Additional information

• Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considered.

• You will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview, this process can take up to four weeks from the closing date.

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About the Location

Our Portland Smelter is a joint venture between Alcoa of Australia (55%), CITIC (22.5%) and Marubeni Aluminium Australia (22.5%). Alcoa manages the day-to-day operations at the smelter and we produce approximately 19 per cent of Australia’s total aluminium production in Portland.  We are proud of the long-standing relationships we have within our local community and are committed to supporting social and diverse causes.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.    

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!  

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.