Operations Superintendent

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. As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfill our purpose and realize our vision build a legacy of excellence for future generations. Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with opportunities that help everyone thrive and build diverse, rewarding careers. You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better. About the Role Do you thrive on delivering planned and productive operations by leading high-performing teams and ensuring safety and quality? Due to a recent internal move, we now have an opportunity for a passionate Operations Superintendent – Rehabilitation to join the Alcoa family. This is a residential permanent, Monday to Friday role with the luxury of returning home from site each day. Alcoa’s rehabilitation objective is to establish and return a self-sustaining Jarrah Forest ecosystem. Reporting to the Huntly Mine Manager, you'll collaborate with others to execute the plan for Rehabilitation Earthworks whereby the mine pit areas are landscaped to be stable and to blend in with the surrounding forest. You will enhance safety and overall operational effectiveness by applying structured problem-solving and a focus on delivery of the rehabilitation plan and targets. This role requires specific expertise in managing and driving performance across a large contractor workforce. You will excel at contract management, ensuring alignment with Alcoa's standards while fostering a high-performance, quality, and safety culture across all teams. Your focus will be on executing in compliance with rehabilitation standards and designs to deliver the Rehabilitation season plan on cost, quality, and schedule. Key Responsibilities include: Oversee both an Alcoa and a significant Contractor workforce, holding both groups to the same rigorous standards when it comes to safety and quality of work. You will coach supervisors and teams on safe and efficient equipment operation, with a strong focus on pro-activeness to rectify issues to prevent problems. Guide, organise, oversee, and train rehabilitation teams (both internal and contractor) to meet targets while following all safety, health, environmental, and legal rules. You will demonstrate strong organisation, time management, contract management , and communication skills, build good work relationships, and be committed to learning and being an effective team member. Collaborate with planning and design teams to implement best practices for material movement, stockpile management, and other key cost drivers. Collaborate with environmental teams to adhere to quality standards, including drainage protection, erosion controls, and dieback management. Provide operations feedback to improve short and medium-term rehabilitation planning, sequencing, and designs by incorporating current operational status and best practice sharing. Ensure adherence to rehabilitation completion criteria and other relevant regulatory requirements. Champion the implementation of cost savings or productivity change initiatives and foster a culture of continuous improvement. What’s on offer Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan. Flexible hybrid working options available. Employee growth and development opportunities. Parental leave support for all caregivers, Paid employee volunteering hours within our community. Employee assistance program for personal support services. Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts. Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options. Connect and be part of a community that celebrates diversity through our employee inclusion groups. What you can bring to the role Collaborative leadership style with a track record in developing others to achieve their full potential and to deliver results through others. Experienced in engaging a diverse team and fostering an inclusive, safety-focused work culture Experienced in managing large contractor workforce and contract administration, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in project execution Ability to demonstrate a high level of strategic thinking, planning, problem solving skills, coordination and versatility. An advocate for continuous improvement and skilled change leader, who also demonstrates effective communication and influencing skills across all levels of the business. Relevant surface mining experience with a tertiary background in Civil or Mining engineering, or experience with large scale bulk earthworks projects and surface mining operations You should hold Schedule 26 - Statutory Supervisor, SSE and Quarry Manager accreditation. Alcoa will provide support in obtaining accreditation, you will need a Minimum 5 years’ experience in a leadership position or have worked in a similar operation or industry to Alcoa. Crucially, this role requires significant experience in planning and executing large-scale earthmoving operations, with a proven ability to strategically manage material in consideration of environmental protection measures. 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. About the Location Huntly is one of our two bauxite mines in Western Australia. Established in 1976 and located east of North Dandalup in WA, it is the world’s second largest bauxite mine, supplying ore to Alcoa’s Pinjarra alumina refinery. Bauxite ore from Alcoa’s Huntly and Willowdale mines helps to produce almost half of Australia’s alumina and approximately 19 per cent of Australia’s aluminium.Our workplace is an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr