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    Technician - Portland, Australia - Alcoa

    Alcoa
    Alcoa Portland, Australia

    Found in: Talent AU C2 - 1 week ago

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    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 share 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:

    Do you love solving problems? Do you thrive working in a diverse role where every day presents new challenges and activities? Then we have just the position for you

    A rare opportunity exists for a Technician to join our Occupational Hygiene team supporting our smelter operations and the Environment, Health & Safety team. Working across all levels of our operations, you will be a key contributor in carrying out the site exposure monitoring and assessment program which enables effective identification, evaluation and control of hazardous work-place exposures to prevent workplace injuries.

    You will be required to produce reports and communicate your findings based on the sampling, analysis and interpretation of the results that you've acquired. The data collected and information prepared is used to uphold Alcoa's values in health and safety and to comply with corporate EHS policies, standards and legislation.

    Other duties and responsibilities will include:

  • The development and periodic maintenance of a plant job/task dictionary.
  • Conducting and completing the site quantitative base-line exposure assessment monitoring plan using air sampling, biological monitoring and physical measuring techniques.
  • Working with the operating department supervisors and employees to ensure that personal exposure monitoring can be carried out with area cooperation.
  • Interpreting exposure data collected to identify significant and unacceptable exposures for the areas and makes recommendations to identify means of controlling and minimising potentially hazardous exposures.
  • Entering and maintaining relevant Occupational Health data into the computer data management systems.
  • Responding to EHS related requests for help from areas within the plant in answering and resolving workplace health issues, including those relating to hazardous material mgt.
  • Assisting the areas where significant exposure hazards have been identified and evaluate feasible control options in consultation with the Occupational Hygienist and EHS team.

    • What's on offer:

  • Career development opportunities to pursue your passion
  • Monthly Leisure Day
  • 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:

  • A hunger to learn new things and take on new challenges – We will train you
  • A love of all things technical and solving problems – No two days will look the same so you need to be able to adapt to the changing demands of your role – it will certainly keep you challenged and engaged
  • Experience within a heavy industrial/mining environment or looking to kick start your career in our industry.
  • Ability to complete structured work meeting deadlines with a high level of attention to detail in your work.
  • Experience in collaborating closely within a small team, with great communication skills and team mentality.
  • Completed or willing to work towards a post-secondary Certificate, Diploma or Tertiary qualification in science or health related field.
  • Occupational exposure monitoring experience across a wide range of stressors is highly desirable but not essential - You can learn this on the job but your commitment to the health and safety of others is paramount.
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