Business Improvement 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.

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 low carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role:

We have an opportunity for an experienced Business Improvement Specialist to join the Integrated Operations team based at our Huntly Mine site, on a permanent basis working a family friendly Monday to Friday roster (8 hrs).

The primary role of the Business Improvement Specialist is to drive effective and efficient operation of the Huntly production system. The role will extend from maintaining and updating the Huntly operating strategy so that it is aligned with business objectives, to driving day-to-day performance across the operation and ensuring cross-department integration for key activities and business initiatives. Key responsibilities include demonstrating change through developing, coordinating and implementing management systems and executing initiates which drive business improvement. This role is responsible for undertaking the requisite business analysis such that business improvement opportunities can be identified, scope and execute, track and report opportunities across the Huntly mine.

The successful individual should have a strong level of communication and interpersonal skills to be able to interact and influence at all levels to ensure improvement initiatives are tangible and provide sustainable benefits.

Key responsibilities

• Designing, aligning, and optimising the Huntly operational strategy and integrated business plan.

• Driving daily, weekly, and monthly performance across Huntly Operations to ensure that we are meeting our targets and the needs of our customers.

• Integrated planning and execution of key activities and initiatives across operational and functional departments to ensure alignment and deliver improved performance.

• Maintaining and improving the Huntly management operating system, KPI reporting and improvement process.

• Apply your problem-solving skills to create a continuous improvement culture by analysing the activities of people, designing systems to identify problems and coaching people to routinely solve problems.

• Assist in the identification of opportunities to improve safety and culture, reduce cost, increase production, and maintain the improvement project pipeline.

What's on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Monthly Leisure Day

• The chance to build a legacy for the next generation

• 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:

• Tertiary qualifications or bachelor's degree in mining, process, or business-related discipline will be held in high regard

• A good understanding of and significant experience working in mining or other heavy industry

• Ability to drive continuously improvement operational performance through implementation of key initiatives, with good problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated change management experience.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to interact and influence at all levels.

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.