Senior Regional Electrical Project Engineering Specialist

Alcoa; Centre-du-Québec; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcoa in Canada seeks a Senior Regional Electrical Project Engineering Specialist to lead electrical, automation, and controls for major capital projects across multiple operations.

Reporting to the Regional Capital Projects Engineering Manager, you will act as the senior technical authority, ensure design maturity, support FEL phase-gate decisions, and drive engineering standards while coordinating with project managers, site teams, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and eligibility for Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.
• 15+ years in electrical engineering, automation, or capital projects.
• Experience with engineering firms, multidisciplinary teams, and heavy industry.
• Knowledge of combustion systems, safety interlocks, and control systems.
• Ability to influence decisions within capital governance and FEL processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical advisor for electrical, automation, and multidisciplinary integration in capital projects.
• Define and validate scopes, design criteria, interfaces, and deliverables through FEL.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and phase-gate decisions to ensure safety and value.
• Challenge solutions, estimates, schedules, and vendor proposals to ensure alignments with business goals.
• Ensure integration of combustion systems, control logic, and commissioning requirements.

Skills

Safety

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Machine safety

Bilingual (French & English)

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.

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.

Shape the Future of Industrial Capital Projects

Are you passionate about electrical systems, automation, and complex industrial projects? As a Senior Regional Electrical Project Engineering Specialist, you will play a key role in the successful delivery of major capital projects across multiple industrial operations. In this role, you will help shape engineering excellence by influencing technical decisions, strengthening standards, and driving project success throughout the project lifecycle. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the future of our operations and capital investments.

About The Role

Reporting to the Regional Capital Projects Engineering Manager, you will serve as the senior technical authority and trusted partner for project managers, site teams, engineering firms, and subject matter experts. You will help ensure the quality, consistency, and technical maturity of capital projects while supporting critical decisions from project definition through phase-gate readiness. Your expertise will be particularly valuable in electrical systems, industrial controls, automation, combustion systems, and safety-related integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical advisor for electrical, automation, controls, and multidisciplinary integration challenges within capital projects.
• Define and validate project scopes, design criteria, electrical and controls interfaces, and required deliverables throughout the FEL process.
• Participate in project reviews, design reviews, risk assessments, value engineering workshops, and phase-gate decisions to support effective project execution.
• Challenge technical solutions, estimates, schedules, execution strategies, and vendor proposals to ensure safe, reliable, and business-aligned outcomes.
• Ensure the successful integration of combustion systems, control logic, safety interlocks, critical instrumentation, and commissioning requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by developing engineering standards, integrating lessons learned, and enhancing engineering firm governance and KPI review processes.

What You Bring To The Role

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automated Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, combined with membership in the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (or eligibility).
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in electrical engineering, automation, industrial controls, industrial projects, or capital project environments.
• Significant experience working with engineering firms, multidisciplinary projects, and heavy industrial operations.
• Practical knowledge of industrial combustion systems, including instrumentation, electrical interfaces, control systems, and associated safety systems.
• Strong understanding of FEL processes, engineering deliverables, and capital project governance, along with the ability to influence decisions without direct authority.
• Strong commitment to safety, regulatory compliance, risk management, and machine safety practices.
• Functional bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written, is required due to the nature of the position and interactions with English-speaking partners, clients, or colleagues.

Interactions with

• PMs – Regional and site Project Managers;
• CPMs – Site Capital Project Managers (6);
• Internal project stakeholders including Reliability, Electrical Maintenance, Automation, Instrumentation, Operations, Process Engineering (SME), Health & Safety (HSE), and Environmental teams;
• Combustion, Control Systems, and Functional Safety specialists;
• Engineering firms (primary contacts and project managers) and system integrators.

Travel Requirements

Ability to travel regularly to Northeast regional operations to provide on-site support and maintain strong engagement with local teams.

Alcoa is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

We are also part of the global inclusion groups AWARE, AWN, EAGLE, and ABLE.

Only candidates selected for the recruitment process will be contacted.

About the Location

Established as an industry pioneer, Alcoa is a world-class company with operations on six continents. Alcoa's operations in Canada are concentrated in four locations: a Canadian headquarters in Montréal and three aluminum plants in the cities of Baie-Comeau, Bécancour and Deschambault.

Throughout our history, our employees have deployed game-changing innovations and developed best practices that have led to efficiency, safety, sustainability, global career development and stronger communities. Wherever you choose to join us, you will join a global team committed to advancing sustainable development and ensuring excellence and innovation.

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.