Electrical Instrumentation Technician
Alcoa · Australia, WA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Metals
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- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Alcoa (metals) in Australia, WA. You’ll use your technical expertise and fault-finding skills to help maximise plant availability, improve reliability and support safe, efficient operations.
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $54k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 38 live postings that list pay, out of 1903 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 38 other live reliability postings in Washington.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 54%
- PLC 36%
- Welding 28%
- Root cause 23%
- EHS / safety 21%
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This plant: Alcoa in Australia
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About the Role
As an Electrical Instrumentation Technician at Alcoa’s Pinjarra Refinery, you’ll play an important role in maintaining the reliability and performance of our electrical and instrumentation systems within a complex, continuous-processing environment. This is a hands-on role offering exposure to a diverse range of electrical and instrumentation equipment within Alcoa’s refinery operations. You’ll use your technical expertise and fault-finding skills to help maximise plant availability, improve reliability and support safe, efficient operations.
What you can bring to the role
- ◆A Current Unrestricted WA Electrical Licence
- ◆Certificate 4 in Instrumentation
- ◆Experience maintaining electrical, instrumentation and control systems in an industrial environment.
- ◆Strong technical fault-finding and problem-solving capability.
- ◆A safety-first mindset and commitment to quality workmanship.
- ◆A collaborative approach and the ability to communicate confidently across maintenance, operations and engineering teams.
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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 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.
What’s on offer
- •Family friendly rosters that allow you to be home after each shift.
- •Employee growth and development opportunities.
- •Employee assistance program for personal support services.
- •Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
- •Connect and be part of a community that celebrates diversity through our employee inclusion groups.
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 shaping our organisation and join us in building a legacy of excellence for future generations.
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About the Location
As one of the world’s largest alumina refineries, our Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery produces approximately 4.7 million metric tons each year. Located within the Shire of Murray in the Peel region of WA, just east of the Pinjarra town site, our workplace offers 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.