Senior Projects Engineer

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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

Are you an experienced engineer with the drive and passion to deliver capital projects? We have an opportunity for a senior project engineer to join the team at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery.

The working roster available is Monday to Friday with a leisure day off in every four-week period.

As the senior project engineer, you will provide technical direction and leadership for Alcoa's capital projects to ensure the refinery capital projects have adequate front end loading including the development of best practical solutions for the opportunity or problem defined as well as the commissioning management of the project.

You will also be accountable for project performance during the Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering and Construction Phases of the project.

Other responsibilities of the role:


* Leading the owner’s team for each project to develop cost effective, operable and maintainable solutions to well defined problem or opportunity statements.


* Ensuring the stakeholders understand and contribute to the progress of projects through the front-end loading phase and that issues that create potential for causing delays or cost overruns are well managed and raised appropriately.


* Facilitate longer term opportunities for improvement through the sharing of knowledge and development of resources within Alcoa and preferred engineering houses.


* Facilitate the delivery of timely and cost-effective project outcomes by meeting the refinery’s business needs.


* Ensuring projects align with statutory, Alcoa and plant requirements for design, construction, commissioning, and operation.


* Engage the technical development group and other appropriate external resources to ensure best practice design and implementation is achieved and to provide practical, cost-effective solutions aimed at minimising capital intensity.


* Provide Technical, Operational and Maintenance input into the Project Execution Plan with a focus on safety, environment, operability, maintainability, and ergonomics.

What’s on offer


* Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.


* Employee growth and development opportunities.


* Parental leave support for all caregivers.


* Employee assistance program for personal support services.


* Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.


* Generous leave entitlements including a leisu...