Senior Risk Management Specialist

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.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role:

Are you able to analyse operational risk and develop innovate solutions to mitigate risk for our mine operations? Then we want to talk with you!

Operating from the Mining Hub near the Pinjarra Refinery, the Senior Risk Management Specialist oversees the establishment of the Risk Management framework for WA Mining operations encompassing, a varied risk profile including but not limited to environmental, operational and safety risk.

In this diverse role you will be tasked with identifying, monitoring, and reporting risks and audit issues that could affect our operations, providing specialised advice on risk and control, aligning with Alcoa’s business strategy and objectives.

This is a highly collaborate role working across a wide variety of teams, site leadership, internal and external audit and Risk Management teams, and regulatory bodies, so you’ll need to be able to engage and influence at all levels to drive effective outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and coach teams to identify potential risks associated with processes, systems, technology, and human factors under their supervision.

• Assist risk and control owners to develop and implement strategies to minimise operational risks, including the establishment of controls, policies, and procedures.

• Ensure that the organisation complies with industry regulations, internal policies, and external standards related to operational Risk Management.

• Analyse data and reports to identify trends, vulnerabilities, and areas for improvement in Risk Management processes.

• Manage and investigate operational incidents or breaches and developing plans to prevent recurrence.

• Prepare and co-present (with Risk Owners) operational risk reports to senior management and relevant stakeholders.

• Provide training and guidance to employees to enhance risk awareness and promote a risk-aware culture.

• Lead risk assessments, control testing, and validation activities to ensure the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures.

• Assess and monitor operational risks associated with third-party vendors and suppliers.

• Continuously evaluate and improve the operational Risk Management framework based on industry best practices. 

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Monthly Leisure (flexi) Day giving you great flexibility

• 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:

• Tertiary level qualification in Safety, Risk, or other relevant discipline

• Extensive experience in the provision of strategic advice and guidance to senior management on work health and safety risk and related issues.

• Extensive experience in the provision of work health and safety risk advice and management of change.

• Experience in developing and delivering Risk Management studies including facilitation.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Work, Health, and Safety legislation.

• A track record of effective communication across all levels of an organisation with an ability influence and guide varied internal and external stakeholders to deliver effective solutions

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 an Alcoan you are part of a global team committed to advancing sustainability and delivering excellence and innovation. We invented the industry and today we are redefining what it means to be a sustainable aluminium company from mines to metal. Join in and become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. We believe in inclusion, diversity and enabling all employees to grow and develop their careers with us, where they can pursue their passions. The power is in your hands to shape the things that matter to us all.

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.