Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

Alcoa; Lithgow City Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

Career growth

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Volunteer hours

Wellbeing discounts

Novated car lease & share plan

Job summary

Alcoa is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Leader at our Portland Smelter to strengthen equipment reliability and regulatory compliance across operations.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary reliability team, drive engineering initiatives, and collaborate with operations, maintenance and project teams to optimise plant performance and safety.

Qualifications

• Degree qualifications in Electrical Engineering and eligibility for Engineers Australia membership.
• Extensive electrical engineering experience in heavy industrial, manufacturing, mining or smelting environments.
• Experience leading, supervising and coaching engineering or technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of electrical standards, compliance requirements and best practices.
• Proven reliability engineering experience, root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to influence across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to improve equipment reliability, integrity and performance across the site.
• Act as site electrical engineering discipline lead, owning standards and regulatory compliance.
• Lead and coach a multi-disciplinary reliability engineering team delivering high-quality technical support and outcomes.
• Identify, investigate and implement reliability improvements through data analysis, defect elimination and root cause investigations.
• Support capital projects and improvement initiatives applying ABS principles and engineering best practice.
• Drive continuous improvement, cost reduction and asset utilisation to enhance operational performance.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Heavy industry experience

Team leadership

Electrical standards

Reliability engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

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.

About the Role

Reporting to the Reliability Superintendent, you will play a key leadership role in supporting equipment reliability, electrical compliance, asset performance and continuous improvement across our manufacturing operations. As the site discipline lead for electrical engineering, you will provide technical direction, lead engineering initiatives and work closely with operational, maintenance and project teams to optimise plant performance and reliability.
You will combine technical expertise, leadership and innovation to deliver engineering solutions that improve safety, reliability, productivity and operational excellence in a complex industrial environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing technical leadership and engineering support to improve equipment reliability, integrity and performance across the site.
• Acting as the site electrical engineering discipline lead, including ownership, interpretation and application of electrical standards and regulatory requirements.
• Leading and coaching a multi-disciplinary reliability engineering team to deliver high-quality technical support and business outcomes.
• Identifying, investigating and implementing reliability and improvement opportunities through data analysis, defect elimination and root cause investigations.
• Supporting capital projects and improvement initiatives through the application of Alcoa Business System (ABS) principles and engineering best practice.
• Driving continuous improvement, cost reduction and asset utilisation initiatives that enhance operational performance and equipment reliability.

What’s on offer

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
• Employee growth and development opportunities.
• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.
• Paid employee volunteering hours within our community.
• Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
• Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.

What you can bring to the role

You are an experienced electrical engineering professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, developing engineering capability and driving operational improvement. You thrive in a collaborative industrial environment and are passionate about safety, innovation and reliability excellence and possess;

• Degree qualifications in Electrical Engineering, with eligibility for Engineers Australia membership.
• Extensive experience in electrical engineering within a heavy industrial, manufacturing, processing, mining or smelting environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading, supervising and coaching engineering or technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of electrical standards, compliance requirements and engineering best practices.
• Proven capability in reliability engineering, root cause analysis, defect elimination and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence outcomes and build effective working relationships across multiple disciplines.

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. We are proud of the long-standing relationships we have within our local community and are committed to supporting social and diverse causes.

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.