Senior Process Engineer - Control Room Supervisor
Queensland Alumina Limited
Dec 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 2 months)
Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is one of the largest alumina refineries in Australia.
As the senior process authority in the Central Control Room (official title: Specialist – Operations Controller), I led a team of four operators with plantwide accountability for production, safety, and environmental performance across all refinery units.
The role required real-time process decision-making to optimise throughput and energy efficiency, manage operating risk, and safely recover from short- and long-term process upsets, while coordinating closely with site operations, maintenance, and technical engineering teams.