Senior Electrical 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.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfill our purpose and realize our vision to reinvent the aluminium industry.

Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with a better work-life balance and the equal opportunities that help everyone thrive.

You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better.

About the Role:

A new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join the team at our Wagerup Refinery, supporting the Powerhouse.

This position is based at the powerhouse Monday through Friday, with one flexi/leisure day every four-week period giving you an extra 13 days leave per year! This is a site-based role with the opportunity to be home every night so you can enjoy the challenges and diversity of a site based position without the FIFO roster.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will play an integral part as a member of the Wagerup Refinery Powerhouse team through:


* Identifying long term opportunities for improvement through a focus on equipment reliability, improving plant capacity, and the provision of technical assistance.


* Providing single point accountability for electrical engineering support in the day-to-day operations.


* Being a key contributor to the Powerhouse team to improve performance in both the short and long term.

Furthermore, your role will be challenging and diverse! It will require a strong customer focus with contribution to:


* Leading root cause analysis investigation of failures


* Providing expert engineering advice for operations and maintenance activities


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


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


* Identifying longer term business improvement opportunities


* Involvement with capital projects


* Safety leadership

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:


* A tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering


* Qualified in and experienced with HV Switching


* Previous experience in Maintenance, Reliability or Plant Engineering is highly regarded,


* Expertise on Combustion systems, Gas Turbines, Boilers / HRSG, Compressors, Air Dryers, Power Generation and Distribution,


* High self-motivation with a desire to learn new skills,


* A soundtrack record in proactive problem solving with your use of initiative and be a cata...