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About the Role
Our Global Impoundment team has a rare opportunity for a highly analytical, forward‑thinking Risk Analyst to help elevate impoundment risk management across Alcoa’s global operations. Your expertise will enhance our risk frameworks, strengthen operational excellence, and contribute to safeguarding our people, communities, and environment.
As a key member of our global team, you’ll play a central role in ensuring that Alcoa’s tailings, residue, and water storage facilities meet world‑leading standards. Collaboration will be at the core of your work as you partner with site engineers, technical experts, and global leaders to support safe, efficient, and sustainable impoundment development, operation, and closure.
Key Purpose & Activities
Lead global impoundment risk management, including identifying dam safety risks and developing, maintaining, and applying risk analysis tools, processes, and frameworks to prevent impoundment failures.
Support and participate in Alcoa’s 25‑year Impoundments Master Planning, contributing to strategic studies and governance processes that ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable tailings storage through to closure.
Execute and uphold governance processes by verifying critical risk controls and validating outcomes from design, construction, audits, and assurance activities across global operations.
Prepare and communicate clear risk and planning reports to senior leadership, outlining current risk status, recommended mitigation actions, and implications for short‑ and long‑term strategies.
Contribute to long‑term infrastructure, rehabilitation, and closure planning, ensuring impoundment development remains safe, sustainable, and aligned with future operational needs.
What’s on offer
Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
Employee growth and development opportunities.
Parental leave support for all caregivers.
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 Civil, Geological, or Mining Engineering, with experience in civil engineering, risk management, or planning roles.
Demonstrated experience in executing deep analysis into risk processes including development of risk assurance activities and communication of risk status, strategies and mitigating actions to relevant personnel including senior leadership.
Sound knowledge of internationally recognised Tailings Management Standards and Guidelines, such as ICMM, ANCOLD, ICOLD, MAC/CDA, and USBR, combined with proven risk management skills.
Well‑developed communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse cultures, stakeholders, and technical disciplines.
Practical experience with tailings in an operational environment is highly desirable, along with demonstrated capability in risk analysis tools, strategic planning, and application of risk-based decision-making.
Previous experience within the resources sector is beneficial, along with the ability to work across multiple time zones, including participating in weekly evening calls and ad-hoc travel.
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.
Be part of the early stages of our impoundment risk‑management transformation, bringing fresh thinking and a structured approach to building robust, sustainable practices.
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About the Location
Alcoa Australia’s company headquarters is located at 235 St Georges Terrace in Perth CBD, Western Australia, on Whadjuk Noongar land. The office is conveniently close to public transport and parking, and hosts employees from various business functions, including Commercial, Finance, Sustainability, Communications, and Human Resources, as well as expert teams supporting local and global locations. Our head office offers modern, open-plan working facilities and excellent end-of-trip amenities within a state-of-the-art building.
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!
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