Process Control Engineer

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 shape 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

Our Process Control Product Line is a key part of the Information Technology and Automation Solutions Global Refining portfolio at Alcoa.

We deliver cutting-edge technical services to Alumina Refineries worldwide, driving process optimisation through advanced process control, regulatory control, and digital technologies such as advanced instrumentation, process modelling, and machine learning.

We are currently on the lookout for a Process Control Engineer to join our dynamic team, working across Alcoa’s Perth office and Honeywell in Rivervale.

Here, you’ll collaborate with experts to develop innovative solutions that reduce process variability, boost productivity, and enable safer, more sustainable operations - making a real impact on global refining.

Your key activities and contributions will be:


* Assisting in deploying advanced process control applications globally.


* Supporting initiatives leveraging digital technologies to maximise value.


* Developing and improving user interfaces for engineers and control attendants.


* Building monitoring tools to enhance controller effectiveness.


* Expanding your knowledge in advanced regulatory and process control.


* Collaborating with internal teams and external partners like Honeywell.

What’s on offer


* Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.


* Employee growth and development opportunities.


* Parental leave support for all caregivers.


* Paid employee volunteering hours within our community.


* Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.


* Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.


* Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.

What you can bring to the role


* Tertiary qualifications in Engineering specialising in Electrical Engineering, Chemical / Process Engineering, or a related discipline.


* Knowledge of APC and ARC control scheme development.


* Familiarity with Honeywell systems or other DCS platforms would be highly desirable.


* Ability to manage priorities between site-based tasks and projects from central teams.


* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a customer-focused approach to problem-solving and delivering solutions.

If you’re early in your career or a recent graduate with relevant exposure, we’d love to hear from you.

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