Electrical Engineer - Smelting

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

We’re looking for a talented Electrical Engineer to join our team at Portland Aluminium in Victoria.

In this role, you’ll provide technical advice and problem-solving expertise to support the operation and maintenance of refinery or smelter equipment.

Your focus will be on improving equipment reliability and ensuring compliance with engineering standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities



* Develop and review equipment management strategies for critical electrical assets.


* Monitor equipment health and ensure compliance with standards.


* Investigate root causes of major equipment failures and implement corrective actions.


* Provide technical support for troubleshooting and day-to-day operations.


* Identify long-term reliability improvement opportunities and assist in business case development for capital projects.


* Ensure best practice technology is applied and transferred across the operation.


* Contribute to environmental health and safety compliance through audits and inspections.

What’s on offer



* Attractive remuneration


* Employee growth and development opportunities.


* Paid employee volunteering hours within our community.


* Employee assistance program for personal support services.


* Connect and be part of a community that celebrates diversity through our employee inclusion groups.

What you can bring to the role



* Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification.


* Strong problem-solving skills and ability to apply engineering principles in an industrial setting.


* Experience in equipment reliability and maintenance strategies.


* Ability to build positive relationships across teams and external stakeholders.


* Commitment to safety and continuous improvement.

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

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.

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