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The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.\nAbout the Role\nBring your electrical engineering expertise to one of Australia’s largest aluminium smelters and play a key role in improving the reliability, integrity and lifecycle performance of critical electrical assets at our Portland Aluminium Smelter in Portland, Victoria.\nAs a Reliability Engineer - Electrical, you’ll provide technical engineering support across the operation, working closely with maintenance, operations, engineering and project teams to improve equipment reliability, solve complex electrical issues and manage asset risks.\nYou’ll apply your engineering knowledge across low and high-voltage systems, motors, drives, protection, control and instrumentation, while using reliability strategies and performance data to identify opportunities for improvement. 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