Operations Supervisor

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:

Join us at Alcoa as an Operating Supervisor, where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of our Ingot operations.

As a leader you will foster a culture of responsibility and accountability, ensuring safe and efficient operations aligned with our business objectives whilst building strong relationships across site operations and functions.

This diverse role involves coordinating production schedules, balancing conflicting priorities, establishing process control systems, maintaining quality systems, and ensuring compliance with standards from customers and suppliers. It requires a high level of knowledge of complex process facilities and their interactions, as well as technical leadership and root cause analysis skills.

Core Activities:

• Facilitate the development of crew operating principles, plans, and milestones through coaching and skill development.

• Lead area production, maintenance, quality, safety & health, and personnel performance, while communicating business goals and expectations.

• Promote a safety culture within the crew, ensuring adherence to safe work practices through expectations setting and performance assessment.

• Conduct regular forums for information sharing and feedback on team performance.

• Motivate and challenge teams for continuous improvement, providing positive recognition and feedback.

• Provide training, development, and guidance to individuals to enable them to achieve department objectives.

• Act as a principal resource by providing on-the-job coaching and development and leading continuous improvement initiatives.

• Maintain and improve the performance of critical processes within the area through regular audits and continuous improvement efforts.

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• 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:

• Collaborative leadership style, with experience in coaching individuals and developing an inclusive team to achieve organisational objectives.

• Strong communication and influencing skills to build relationships at all levels.

• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and work with autonomy.

• Ability to identify continuous improvements opportunities in a manufacturing environment.

• Excellent safety leadership, with a commitment to maintaining a strong health and safety culture.

• Experience in working within a production environment where you have gained a comprehensive knowledge of process/production operational activities.

Application Closing Date: 16th April 2024

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 embrace change and provide equal opportunities to all, where you can thrive, and do your best work in a supportive environment. Join in and shape your career, the environment and industry, with us!

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.