Electrical Reliability Engineer - Heavy Industry

Alcoa Australia; Lithgow; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remuneration and bonus plan

Five weeks annual leave

Parental leave support for all carers

18 weeks parental leave for primary)

Job summary

Alcoa Australia’s Portland Aluminium Smelter in Portland, Victoria seeks a Reliability Engineer - Electrical to enhance reliability, safety and lifecycle performance of critical electrical assets. You’ll support HV/LV systems, motors, drives, protection and instrumentation while driving defect elimination and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with maintenance, operations and projects to improve asset health, investigate complex electrical issues and contribute to safer, more reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in heavy industry, mining or smelting.
• Practical knowledge of HV/LV systems, motors, drives, protection, control and instrumentation.
• Experience in reliability engineering, root cause analysis, FMEA and defect elimination.
• Strong commitment to electrical safety, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review electrical equipment management and reliability strategies.
• Monitor asset health and identify reliability, lifecycle and obsolescence risks.
• Investigate electrical failures, complete root cause analysis and drive defect elimination.
• Provide technical support across HV/LV systems, motors, drives, protection and control.
• Provide electrical engineering input into projects, design reviews, commissioning and major repairs.
• Support electrical safety, compliance and continuous improvement across the Smelter.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

HV/LV systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

FMEA

Job description

Alcoa Australia’s Portland Aluminium Smelter in Portland, Victoria seeks a Reliability Engineer - Electrical to enhance reliability, safety and lifecycle performance of critical electrical assets. You’ll support HV/LV systems, motors, drives, protection and instrumentation while driving defect elimination and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with maintenance, operations and projects to improve asset health, investigate complex electrical issues and contribute to safer, more reliable