Senior Electrical Engineer – North America

Main Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in delivering improvements to all aspects of Alcoa’s Electrical equipment and systems via the transfer of best equipment, operating, engineering and maintenance practices
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) technical support for Alcoa’s Electrical equipment and systems to ensure optimal asset availability to support continuous operations
• Provide Electrical SME input to the Asset Management Capital annual and long-term planning process for Electrical equipment and systems and decarbonisation projects
• Lead communities of Best Practice, set objectives for these teams and lead problem solving/solution development activities to support the target state
• Support Electrical Safety policies and initiatives including High Voltage, Low Voltage, Arc Flash and Potroom DC systems
• Develop Reliability and Maintenance strategies for electrical equipment and systems with Reliability, Engineering and Maintenance Managers/Engineers within both the Asset Management functional groups and at each of Alcoa’s facilities
• Provide expert-level Maintenance and Engineering technical knowledge, skills and experience to support best practice application of these capabilities to all aspects of asset management – in particular for the management of high voltage assets across smelter switchyards and substations but also inclusive of low voltage
• Conduct Electrical Asset Integrity Assessments as part of the Asset Management Electrical Systems SME team, working with locations to identify, classify and develop mitigation strategies and solutions to identified risks
• Participate in the Asset Management engineering and maintenance help chain to provide problem solving and troubleshooting service to locations for critical events
• Build relationships that deliver the support and engagement of plant Electrical teams in executing Maintenance and Engineering objectives
• Establish, maintain and manage strategic equipment supplier and engineering service provider relationships

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree: Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 10 years’ experience as an Electrical Engineer
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an Electrical Engineering Leadership role
• High Voltage experience (highly desirable)
• Smelting engineering experience (highly desirable)
• High level of written and verbal skills in English / French (highly desirable)
• Post Grad Degree: Master’s in engineering, Management or related area (desirable)