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Company: Alcoa
Location: Portland, VIC, Australia
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, Aerospace

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.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfill our purpose and realize our vision to reinvent the aluminium industry. Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with a better work-life balance and the equal opportunities that help everyone thrive. You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better.

About the Role:

Join us and lead our next major capital project at our Portland Smelter!

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join our major capital team on a contract basis. The position will lead a circa $100m project to rebuild our Carbon Bake Furnace at our Portland Smelter with an estimated project timeline of 2-3 years.

The project is moving into FEL 3 where you will start to build our owner team and draw on third party furnace and refractory specialists to deliver against the project scope.

Based at our Portland Smelter, you will lead a team to deliver to the scope of works ensuring excellent stakeholder engagement with site and the leadership team throughout.

Your core responsibilities include:

  • Effective end to end Project Management & Best Practice

  • Estimating and Cost Control

  • Planning and Schedule Control

  • Threats and opportunity Management

  • Change Management

  • Procurement

  • Construction management

  • Commissioning

  • Handover

  • Review and Close Out

What's on offer:

  • 12-month initial contract based on a competitive hourly rate

  • 2-3 year anticpiated project duration

  • Relocation allowance if required

What you can bring to the role:

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

  • Degree qualified in engineering.

  • A background in brownfield project delivery within major fixed plant environments.

  • Any previous furnace experience would be highly desirable.

  • Strong stakeholder and contractor management skills.

  • A collaborative and engaging leadership style that ensures you get the best out of your team and creates a high performance culture.

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

Our Portland Smelter is a joint venture between Alcoa of Australia (55%), CITIC (22.5%) and Marubeni Aluminium Australia (22.5%). Alcoa manages the day-to-day operations at the smelter and we produce approximately 19 per cent of Australia's total aluminium production in Portland.  We are proud of the long-standing relationships we have within our local community and are committed to supporting social and diverse causes.

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. 


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