Mechanical Engineer

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.

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

About the Role:

Are you seeking a role that encompasses reliability analysis and maintenance improvement of a wide range of equipment, interaction with diversely skilled teams, and the career satisfaction of working in close knit leadership team? We have the opportunity for you!

Our Pinjarra Refinery are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join our team on an ongoing basis. The working roster is a day role Monday through Friday, with one leisure day every four-week period - one of the ways we encourage a work-life balance.

You will play a key part in supporting our Refinery through:

• Identifying long term opportunities for improvement through the provision of technical expertise with a focus on equipment reliability and improving plant capacity,

• Providing single point accountability for engineering support in the day-to-day operations including major overhauls, planned and unplanned maintenance,

• Being a catalyst and contributing to improvements in Operation Area performance in both the short and long term.

Your role as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will be challenging and diverse, and require a strong customer focus with contribution to:

• Developing work scopes for major equipment repairs using fitness for service approaches,

• Understanding and communicating equipment asset health to maintenance and production teams to drive continuous improvements,

• Implementing safety, environmental, asset integrity and reliability improvements and driving to completion,

• Involvement with Capital Projects, and

• Safety leadership; the corner stone of Alcoa operations!

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Monthly Leisure Day

• Benefits allowance

• Performance related bonus (variable)

• 16 weeks paid parental leave scheme

• Paid annual volunteer hours

• Social and diversity focused engagement opportunities

What you can bring to the role:

To play a part in our ongoing success we are seeking someone with:

• A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering, with previous experience in maintenance, reliability, heavy industry or plant engineering highly regarded,

• Experience with inspections and generating repair scopes for pressure vessels, dangerous goods tanks and shell & tube heat exchangers will be well regarded,

• Experience using AS1210, AS3788, API571, API579, API650, API653, AS4041 and AS4458 will be well regarded,

• An understanding of risk management, quality improvement and reliability excellence processes,

• The ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation, crucial within our dynamic and diverse team environment,

• A sound track record in pro-active problem solving with your use of initiative and a desire to continuously improve business performance,

• An ability to prioritise a high work load and persevere through daily challenges,

Disclaimer: Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.

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.

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About the Location

As one of the world’s largest alumina refineries, our Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery produces approximately 4.7 million metric tons each year. Located within the Shire of Murray in the Peel region of WA, just east of the Pinjarra town site, our workplace offers an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed.

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.