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. 

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.

Global Alcoa Business System Director

As the Global Alcoa Business System Director, you will have the overarching global responsibility for Alcoa Business Systems implementation and ongoing best practice improvement to the processes. You will refine and support deployment of the Alcoa Business System (ABS) across Alcoa’s full global portfolio of operations and lead the development of Training and Development curriculum and program for Operations Process management In this role, you can help fulfill our purpose and realize our vision to reinvent the aluminum industry.

About the role

Reporting to the Vice-President Performance and planning, you will:

• Refine and support deployment of the Alcoa Business System (ABS) across Alcoa’s full global portfolio of operations
• Lead development of Training and Development curriculum and program for Operations Process management
• Refine development and maintain state of the art of the Alcoa Business System (ABS)
• Support deployment of ABS across Alcoa’s full portfolio of operations
• ABS & L&D Implementation strategy and deployment process
• Progress measurement & feedback processes of the ABS Program deployment
• Application of digital technologies to ABS & L&D
• Support Change Management Processes for Organization Transformation
• Facilitate Help chain support from other Continuous Improvement Coe’s and technical specialist areas, regional rollout of global programs as well as local contact point for regional VPs & Operations Managers

What you bring to the role

• Degree in Engineering, Science or Business is essential. Master’s degree is desirable.
• 10 years’+ experience in Technical, Business Systems, Lean leadership roles in a mining / process manufacturing environment
• Extensive knowledge of ABS/ and LEAN across at least one of Alcoa’s large manufacturing processes, with Alcoa experience highly regarded
• Extensive experience in leading change, building relationships, and working collaboratively through people without direct line authority
• A business orientation, focused on achieving appropriate balance between cost, risk, and long-term value creation
• Process understanding and analytical skills to improve operational stability and discipline.
• Evidence of coaching and mentoring skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills within multi-disciplinary technical teams.

Directeur(trice) global(e) système d'affaires d'Alcoa

En tant que directeur global système d'affaires d'Alcoa, vous aurez la responsabilité globale de la mise en œuvre des systèmes d'affaires d'Alcoa et de l'amélioration continue des meilleures pratiques des processus. Vous affinerez et soutiendrez le déploiement d'Alcoa Business System (ABS) dans l'ensemble du portefeuille global d'opérations d'Alcoa et dirigerez le développement du programme de formation et de développement ainsi que du programme de gestion des processus opérationnels. Dans ce rôle, vous pouvez nous aider à atteindre notre objectif et à réaliser notre vision de réinventer l’industrie de l’aluminium.

À propos du rôle

Relevant du Vice-président Performance et planification, vous :

• Affiner et soutenir le déploiement d'Alcoa Business System (ABS) dans l'ensemble du portefeuille mondial d'opérations d'Alcoa.
• Diriger l'élaboration d'un programme de formation et de développement ainsi que d'un programme de gestion des processus opérationnels.
• Affiner le développement et maintenir l'état de l'art du Alcoa Business System (ABS)
• Soutenir le déploiement de l'ABS dans l'ensemble du portefeuille d'opérations d'Alcoa
• Stratégie de mise en œuvre et processus de déploiement ABS & L&D
• Processus de mesure des progrès et de retour d'information du déploiement du programme ABS
• Application des technologies numériques à l'ABS & L&D
• Soutenir les processus de gestion du changement pour la transformation de l'organisation
• Faciliter le support de la chaîne d'aide d'autres centres d'amélioration continue et domaines techniques spécialisés, le déploiement régional de programmes mondiaux ainsi que le point de contact local pour les vice-présidents régionaux et les responsables des opérations.

Ce que vous apportez au rôle

• Un diplôme en ingénierie, en sciences ou en commerce est essentiel. Une maîtrise est souhaitable.
• Plus de 10 ans d'expérience dans des rôles de leadership technique, de systèmes d'affaires et de Lean dans un environnement minier/de fabrication de procédés
• Connaissance approfondie de l'ABS/et du LEAN dans au moins un des principaux processus de fabrication d'Alcoa, avec une expérience d'Alcoa hautement appréciée
• Vaste expérience dans la conduite du changement, l'établissement de relations et le travail collaboratif avec des personnes sans autorité directe.
• Une orientation commerciale, axée sur l'atteinte d'un équilibre approprié entre les coûts, les risques et la création de valeur à long terme.
• Compréhension des processus et compétences analytiques pour améliorer la stabilité opérationnelle et la discipline.
• Preuve de compétences en coaching et en mentorat.
• Compétences efficaces en matière de communication et de relations interpersonnelles au sein d'équipes techniques multidisciplinaires

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 treat all people with dignity and 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. Come shape your career 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.

As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.

If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.

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.