Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry. EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals.
EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.
JOB PURPOSE:
Provides specialist expertise and internal consultancy for the development of new cell design and lining material and support cell lining, pot room process control and operation with mathematical modelling to achieve the best possible KPIs with optimal costs within both EGA sites, ensuring alignment with the overall technical strategy.
2.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Team Guidance
- Ensures the provision of subject matter expertise for the assigned domain and provides counsel on all related areas to facilitate the achievement of technical strategy and functional objectives.
- Provides guidance and on the job training for junior colleagues and conducts knowledge sharing to facilitate achievement of team objectives and completion of tasks in an efficient manner which is consistent with operating procedures and policy.
- Promotes the organization’s values and ethics in all activities within the team to support the establishment of a value drive culture within the organization.
Budgeting and Financial Performance
- Monitors the financial performance of a given area of activity versus budgets and ensures all activities are carried out in line with the approved guidelines while promptly reporting on any variances to management.
- Provides inputs and implements policies, systems, and procedure for the assigned area so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements, fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service.
Operational Management
- Optimizes existing reduction cell technologies, improving cell performance to achieve excellent KPI's by using modelling and analytical tools. This is done by using thermo-electric, thermo-mechanical, electro-magnetic, MHD and CFD models and validates the models.
- Evaluates different cell design performance through working closely with reduction and process control team and propose required lining material or structure changes to enhance.
- Leads/ interacts with Technical Consultants, Material Suppliers, Operations, Process Control, Process Development, Engineering, and IT departments for the various modelling activities.
- Develops modifications to EGA cell designs and control logics (D18, D18+, CD20, D20, D20+, DX, DX+) to reduce energy consumption and improve current efficiency, reduce operation and relining costs, increase cell service life.
- Provides technical input and collaborates with technology modelling team to identifies software, hardware resource requirement and develop in-house thermal, electrical, mechanical, CFD and magnetic modelling capabilities.
- Conducts measurement campaigns on existing cells improving the model’s accuracy.
- Maintains a close loop with technology development team to link of continuous development between in cell design, software, and models in which is reflected on lining material testing, enhance cell design and unit cost.
Safety, Quality & Environment
- Ensures compliance with all relevant safety, health and environmental management policies, procedures, and controls.
- Ensures employee safety, legislative compliance and a…
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