Principal Aluminium Smelting - Johannesburg at South32

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role is a permanent full-time position.

As a Principal Aluminium Smelting, you will be responsible for Providing highly specialised technical support, governance and guidance to the global South32 Aluminium smelters/Projects design/expansions in regard to specific technical processes in Aluminium Smelting (Reduction, Carbon, Casthouse and gas treatment plants), and supports operational staff in their application of operational practices. This covers the South32 smelters at Hillside, MOZAL and Alumar.Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Designs and owns technical standards and governance practices applicable to the smelters;
• Designs and executes governance for relevant technical areas such as raw material qualification;
• Executes the Level 2 technical governance audits for the South32 Aluminium smelters across relevant production areas of technical stewardship (e.g. Reduction, Carbon, Casthouse, Projects, Life of Operations Plan (LoOP);
• Provides technical support to the South32 Aluminium smelters, Projects design/ expansions, relating to relevant technical stewardship areas in Reduction, Carbon, Casthouse;
• Drives the consistent expectations, understanding and application of Aluminium smelting across Senior Leadership;
• Provides guidance to Senior Leadership on technical risk management and relevant mitigating actions for the South32 global Aluminium Operations at Hillside, MOZAL and Alumar.

ABOUT YOU

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Minimum 15 years’ experience with Aluminium Pechiney AP30+ technology, which include: Reduction experience (required),Carbon Plant experience (required),Casthouse (optional) and Gas treatment plants (optional);
• Depth of applied technical knowledge from working in Aluminium smelting operational context.Qualifications for this role are:
• Relevant technical Degree (Chemical or Metallurgical Engineering);
• Commercial/Business Degree/Diploma will be highly regarded.