Conseiller.e senior haute tension, Amérique du Nord | Senior Advisor High Voltage North America

Alcoa; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading materials company is seeking a Senior Electrical / HV Engineer in Montreal to provide technical support for power systems at smelters. Responsibilities include establishing engineering standards and building staff relationships. Candidates should have at least a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, extensive experience, and strong English and French communication skills. Opportunities for travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Min 10 years’ experience as an Electrical Engineer / Practitioner.
• Min 5 years’ experience in an Electrical Engineering Leadership role.
• Smelting reliability experience is highly desirable.
• Multi-location / Global experience in technical Reliability leadership role.
• Flexibility for some traveling up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Establish Maintenance and Engineering standards for power systems.
• Build relationships to support Maintenance and Engineering objectives.
• Provide expert input into Power Systems Asset performance.
• Deploy best practice reliability frameworks and tools.
• Conduct periodic evaluation of Systems Asset Integrity.

Skills

Technical support

Relationship building

Problem-solving

Reliability frameworks

Bilingual in English and French

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s in engineering or related area

Job description

Overview

The Senior Electrical / HV Engineer – North America provides technical support in maintenance and engineering for power systems at Alcoa’s smelters. This position reports directly to the Regional Hub Director, North America.

Main Responsibilities

• Influence and leverage opportunities across all locations to establish Maintenance and Engineering standards and Best Practice for the consistent and stable operation of power systems.
• Build relationships that deliver the support and engagement of plant staff in executing Maintenance and Engineering objectives.
• Establish, maintain and manage customer / supplier relationships with the plant management teams, technical personnel and all other outside support groups across Operations.
• Provide expert Engineering and Maintenance input / analysis into Power Systems (HV) Asset performance, management and optimisation (strategies and roadmaps) at the Organisational and Site level.
• Provide and deploy best practice reliability frameworks, measures, tools and systems to support optimising AM and performance across locations.
• Deploy systems related training in support of sites
• Leverage the available resources worldwide to rapidly solve problems and implement solutions.
• Participate in the AM CoE Power Systems (HV) engineering and maintenance help chain to provide problem solving and troubleshooting service to locations.
• Conduct the periodic evaluation of Systems Asset Integrity at site level reporting results and recommendations for issue remediation to both the Global Power and Combustion Manager and Site Management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree: Electrical Engineering.
• Post Grad Degree: Master’s in engineering, Management or related area (highly desirable).
• Min 10 years’ experience as an Electrical Engineer / Practitioner.
• Min 5 years’ experience in an Electrical Engineering Leadership role.
• Smelting reliability experience (highly desirable).
• Multi-location / Global experience in technical Reliability leadership role.
• High level of written and verbal skills in English and French.
• Flexibility for some traveling up to 30%.