Utility Operator

Job description / Role

Job Purpose:To support Pot Line operations through on-the-job training by assisting Cell Operators in the safe and efficient production of molten aluminium.

Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in anode changing, pot beam raising, tapping preparation, and metal sampling
- Support pot operations including skimming, bath tapping, material addition, and housekeeping
- Assist in gutter, basement, and equipment cleaning
- Attend anode effects and PTM (Pot Tending Machine) training as required
- Ensure safety standards, proper placement of pot shields/doors, and adherence to 5S practices
- Identify and report hazards to maintain a safe work environment

Qualifications & Skills:

Minimum: Secondary School Certificate
- 1 year experience in heavy industry preferred
- Physically fit and willing to work shifts in potrooms
- Basic understanding/learning ability of aluminium smelting process
- Basic English communication skills
- Should you require any further information, feel free to reach out.

Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma (completion of technical secondary school) with a relevant trade certification.

Minimum Experience:
- 1 to 2 years of experience in a production plant is highly preferable (e.g. alumina, gas, oil or petrochemical plants). Preferably, having a certification or training that will provide the position holder with the required basic knowledge alumina refinery fundamentals.

Skills
- Physical fitness and ability to work within plant work Basic knowledge of industrial processes / industrial background.
- Knowledge of continuous process operations
- Ability to complete routing operations support tasks within the assigned Operations centre with minimal supervision.
- Understanding of safety, quality and environmental management and control procedures
- Good communication skills
- Risk awareness

About the Company

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is owned equally by Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai. EGA is an aluminium conglomerate with interests in bauxite/alumina and primary aluminium smelting; with plans for significant local growth and international expansion.

EGA’s core operating assets are Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) – whose combined production is 2.4 million tonnes per annum (“tpa”), ranking EGA among the five largest primary aluminium producers in the world. Both companies are renowned for maximising the health and safety of people and the surrounding community, reducing operational environmental impact and investing in social and economic development.