Shape Your World at Alcoa. As an Alcoan, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress and help shape the future of sustainability with world‑changing innovations and low‑carbon technologies.
About the Role Our Portland Smelter seeks a qualified and experienced Mechanical Reliability Engineer on a permanent basis. The role requires Monday to Friday work, on‑call roster, and one flexi leisure day each four‑week period.
Your key contributions will include:
- Identifying long‑term opportunities for improvement, focusing on equipment reliability and plant capacity.
- Providing single‑point accountability for engineering support in day‑to‑day operations.
- Being a catalyst for change and contributing to improved operational performance short‑ and long‑term.
Specific responsibilities also involve
- Leading root‑cause analysis investigations of failures.
- Developing work scopes for major equipment repairs using fitness‑for‑service approaches.
- Developing and improving equipment management strategies using a suite of reliability approaches.
- Implementing improvements and driving projects to completion.
- Participating in capital projects and exercising safety leadership.
- Contributing business acumen to overall smelter success and upholding commitment to Environment, Health and Safety. What’s on Offer - Career development opportunities to pursue your passion.
- Monthly leisure day (applicable to full‑time employees).
Qualifications - Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering with experience in maintenance, reliability, heavy industry, or plant engineering.
- Understanding of risk management, quality improvement, and reliability excellence processes.
- Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organisation with a customer‑centric mindset.
- Track record in proactive problem solving, initiative, and continuous improvement of business performance.
- Solid prioritisation skills to manage a high workload and persevere through daily challenges.
Location Our Portland
Smelter is a joint venture between Alcoa of Australia (55%), CITIC (22.5%) and Marubeni Aluminium Australia (22.5%). Alcoa manages day‑to‑day operations and produces approximately 19% of Australia’s total aluminium production in Portland.
EEO Statement We are values‑led, vision‑driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. We are committed to inclusion, diversity & equity, providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment, and reflecting the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
📌 Mechanical Reliability Engineer (Portland)
🏢 Alcoa of Australia
📍 Portland
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