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.

Are you seeking a role that utilises your mechanical engineering skills and experience to tackle a wide range of equipment problems., interaction with diversely skilled teams, and the career satisfaction of working in a close-knit leadership team? We have the opportunity for you!

Our Wagerup Refinery is looking for suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our team on a permanent basis. The working roster is a day role Monday through Friday, with one leisure day every four-week period - one of the ways we encourage a work-life balance.

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

• Ensuring the equipment is running as designed.

• Provide mechanical engineering support to the operation and maintenance departments.

• Troubleshoot day-to-day machinery defects.

• Lead design changes and liaised with engineering consultants and suppliers.

• Write repair scope of works for major overhauls of equipment.

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

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

• Leading 5-why, fishbone, or fault tree root cause analysis investigation for major failures and followed with the strip-down analysis.

• Conduct routine inspections of equipment.

• Write a scope of work that meets the Australia and Alcoa standards for Ad-Hoc repair and major overhaul.

• Ensure critical equipment spare parts are in the BOM and recommend Min /Max number for stock holding.

• Assist the Maintenance department with yearly budget.

• Liaise with external engineering consultants for any design change or improvement projects.

• Ensure equipment meets safety compliance requirements.

• Working alongside with reliability engineer to identify bad actors in the plant and develop action plans to improve performance.

• Involvement with Capital Projects, and

• Safety leadership; the corner stone of Alcoa operations!

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Monthly Leisure Day

• 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 Engineering that is recognised by Engineers Australia, with previous experience in maintenance, reliability, heavy industry or plant engineering highly regarded.

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

• The ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation, crucial within our dynamic and diverse team environment.

• A sound 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 work load and persevere through daily challenges.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience in pumps, thickeners, tanks and other mining machinery will be advantageous.

• Well-versed in Australian standards.

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

Application Closing Date: Sunday, 18th August 2024

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

Alcoa's Wagerup Refinery is one of the world's most environmentally and technologically advanced alumina refineries, and produces approximately 2.9 million metric tons of alumina each year. Located approximately 150 kilometres south of Perth, it is located on the border of WA’s picturesque Peel and South West regions. Our workplace is 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.

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