Business Improvement Specialist

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

Join Pinjarra Refinery as an experienced Business Improvement Specialist, developing and implementing management systems and improvement initiatives. Partnering across maintenance, operations, supply, planning and execution, you’ll reduce waste, strengthen processes and embed Lean Manufacturing through the Alcoa Business System. This permanent, full-time role offers a Monday to Friday roster, broad business exposure and development for future leadership opportunities. Success is measured by the improvements you deliver and the capability you build in others.

You will be responsible for:

• Partnering with line leaders to improve costs, productivity, reliability and operational performance.
• Facilitating value-stream mapping, improvement events and workshops to address bottlenecks and root causes.
• Coaching teams in Lean Manufacturing, the Alcoa Business System and leadership behaviours.
• Building capability in waste identification, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, standard work and visual management.
• Embedding continuous improvement into daily management, making problems visible and strengthening team ownership.
• Working with finance and operations to validate benefits and sustainably reduce costs, inventory, losses, downtime, rework and delays.

What’s on offer

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.
• Paid employee volunteering hours within our community.
• My Alcoa Benefits program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
• Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.

What you can bring to the role

• Experience in operations and/or maintenance within mining or refining.
• A drive to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.
• Attention to detail and well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Experience with the Alcoa Business System, Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System or Six Sigma would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Tertiary qualifications in engineering or a related discipline would be well regarded.

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.

Be part of shaping our organisation and join us in building a legacy of excellence for future generations.

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About the Location

As one of the world’s largest alumina refineries, our Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery produces approximately 4.7 million metric tons each year. Located within the Shire of Murray in the Peel region of WA, just east of the Pinjarra town site, our workplace offers an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed.

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.