Alcoa is a global industry leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products, with a strong portfolio of value-added cast and rolled products and substantial energy assets. Alcoa is built on a foundation of strong values and operating excellence dating back nearly 130 years to the world-changing discovery that made aluminum an affordable and vital part of modern life. Since inventing the aluminum industry, and throughout our history, our talented Alcoans have followed on with breakthrough innovations and best practices that have led to efficiency, safety, sustainability and stronger communities wherever we operate. This kind of operating excellence takes a special kind of team, made up of special people. One of them could be you.

Open to internal & external candidates.

An opportunity exists for a suitably qualified and experienced Engineer to join the team of Reliability Engineers at our Huntly Mine Mobile Maintenance department.  This is a Monday to Friday drive in, drive out position.

As a Reliability Engineer you will play an integral role in supporting WA Mining Operations. In this role you will identify long term opportunities for improvement through a focus on equipment reliability, improving plant capacity, and the provision of technical assistance. You will also provide single point accountability for engineering support in the day to day operations.

Your role as a Reliability Engineer will be challenging and diverse. You will have a strong customer focus.  As part of the operating centre team, you will be a key player in improving mine performance in the short and long terms.

Your contribution will include:

• leading root cause analysis investigation of failures
• providing expert engineering advice for operations and maintenance “day to day” activities
• developing work scopes for major equipment repairs using fitness for service approaches
• developing and improving equipment management strategies using a suite of reliability approaches
• identifying longer term business improvement opportunities
• involvement with capital projects

To ensure your success in this role, you must possess a tertiary qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and have the ability to communicate at all levels.  A demonstrated commitment to Environment, Health and Safety is essential as is previous experience in a plant engineering environment. Previous experience in maintenance, reliability or plant engineering will be highly regarded.  You will be self-motivated with a desire to learn new skills, and have a sound track record in pro-active problem solving.  Your use of initiative and a desire to continuously improve business performance will be utilised in a dynamic team environment.

For the right candidate part time or flexible work arrangements would be considered for this role.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Monday 4th December 2017

It is Alcoa's policy that all employees must gain their Supervisor’s support prior to applying.

Alcoa embraces diversity and encourages applications from women and people of all backgrounds.

You will be contacted only if you are shortlisted for an interview, this process can take up to 4 weeks from the closing date.