Alcoa Corporation is a global industry leader in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminum, enhanced by a strong portfolio of value-added cast and rolled products and substantial energy assets. Alcoa Corporation draws on the innovation culture, customer relationships and strong brand of ParentCo. Previously known as the Aluminum Company of America,  pioneered the aluminum industry 128 years ago with the discovery of the first commercial process for the affordable production of aluminum. Since the discovery, Alcoa aluminum was used in the Wright brothers’ first flight (1903), ParentCo helped produce the first aluminum-sheathed skyscraper (1952), the first all-aluminum vehicle frame (1994) and the first aluminum beer bottle (2004).Today, Alcoa Corporation extends this heritage of product and process innovation as it strives to continuously redefine world-class operational performance at its locations, while partnering with its customers across its range of global products. We believe that the lightweight capabilities and enhanced performance attributes that aluminum offers across a number of end markets are in increasingly high demand and underpin strong growth prospects for Alcoa Corporation.Alcoa Corporation’s operations encompass all major production processes in the primary aluminum industry value chain, which we believe provides Alcoa Corporation with a strong platform from which to serve our customers in each critical segment.

Under the direction of the Lead Capital Engineer, the applicant will provide Mechanical Engineering support for plant production and maintenance facilities at the Intalco Smelter in Ferndale, WA. This position involves using mechanical experience and classroom knowledge to provide daily trouble-shooting, project design and execution, equipment and service selection and specification, advice and assistance to maintenance personnel to improve uptime and equipment reliability, and adherence to regulatory and Alcoa EHS requirements. Daily duties are performed in a “hands on” environment and include, but are not limited to, providing on-call response to restore flow and developing and implementing countermeasures to prevent problem recurrence.

Major Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day technical advice, problem solving and support to operations and maintenance by applying engineering principles, and reliability tools to drive problems to root cause.
• Initiating and/or implementing improvement projects including engineering solutions to eliminate safety and quality concerns, repetitive equipment failures and other major and minor issues.
• Managing capital project requests, schedules, costs, etc.
• Ensuring compliance of project work with appropriate engineering standards.
• Identifying and/or implementing new ideas and cost reduction opportunities.
• Identifying and addressing obsolescence issues with existing equipment.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating equipment files and drawings.
• Developing preventative/predictive programs/systems to improve process and equipment performance.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering from an accredited college/university.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications 

• 2 or more years working in an industrial environment
• Experience in product and process failure analysis and an understanding of world class manufacturing techniques such as lean manufacturing, JIT, SPC, TQM, etc.
• Strong maintenance background.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Proficient problem solving and creative thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications 

• 2 or more years working in an industrial environment
• Experience in product and process failure analysis and an understanding of world class manufacturing techniques such as lean manufacturing, JIT, SPC, TQM, etc.
• Strong maintenance background.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Proficient problem solving and creative thinking skills.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.