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About the Role
We currently have an opportunity for an innovative and experienced Technical Writer to join Alcoa’s WA Mining Asset Productivity team based at the Pinjarra Hub with site travel required across the Huntly & Willowdale operations. Working Monday to Friday each week, with a monthly Leisure Day, you can achieve work-life balance in this role while enjoying all the Peel and Murray regions have to offer.
In this role, you will be developing and maintaining technical documents to a high standard, thus contributing to ensure that our WA mining operations personnel are trained, informed and able to perform their roles safely and proficiently.
Main responsibilities include:
1. Documentation for all aspects of WA Mining, working closely with multidiscipline (operational, maintenance, electrical, planning, projects, etc) stakeholders from the Hub, Huntly mine and Willowdale mine. This role will liaise with subject matter experts (SME’s) to ensure technically accurate content that meets Alcoa’s documentation standards. The SME’s may include Managers, Superintendents, Coordinators Supervisors, Engineers, Tradespeople and Mine Workers as required. The incumbent must be a proficient technical writer.
2. Management, review and governance of documents in our Controlled Document System (CDS).
3. Actively seeking opportunities to consolidate documents in Alcoa’s Controlled Document Management System to reduce the overall number of documents to as few as practicably possible, eliminating the ambiguity associated with having multiple documents covering the same or similar topic, updating metadata to make it easier to search for documents
4. Overseeing and coaching operations personnel on updating, revising, and producing documents that are concise and pitched for readers for training and instructive purposes. This includes Standard Work Instructions (SWIs), user guides, training materials, isolation procedures, technical specifications, and checklists.
5. Leading the process to lift the competence of Document Owners and Document Reviewers, who are developing SWI’s within an approved standard framework.
What’s on offer
6. Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
7. 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.
8. One additional paid Alcoa Flexi Day.
9. Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
10. Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.
11. Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.
What you can bring to the role
12. Extensive experience in technical publishing activities, technical writing or professional publishing gained in the mining industry or similar.
13. The ability to create, integrate and convey technical material in a concise and effective manner.
14. Demonstrated experience in the collection of operational and system knowledge condensed into technical documentation to support operations
15. Sound knowledge of technical writing fundamentals, industry standard writing styles and content organisation.
16. Persistence and excellent active listening skills to ensure technically accurate content, with the ability to guide others in the best method of presenting information.
17. Ability to establish rapport and strong working relationships, enabling you to work with a variety of people across our business. Subject matter experts you liaise with daily will include Superintendents, Coordinators Supervisors, Engineers, Tradespeople and Mine Workers.
18. Demonstrated critical thinking, judgement, and complex problem-solving skills.