Regional Manager – Major Projects Management

Description du poste

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.

Joining Alcoa means contributing to large-scale projects that shape the industrial future in a responsible and sustainable way. In this high-visibility strategic role, you will lead a portfolio of major projects across our North American operations, with direct impact on operational performance, safety, and value creation.

À propos du rôle

Reporting to regional leadership for projects and capital investments, you are responsible for the governance, strategic direction, and delivery of a portfolio of major industrial projects.

You ensure disciplined execution by balancing EHS, costs, schedules, quality, and value creation, while harmonizing practices across sites and contributing to the evolution of the major projects program.

Responsabilités clés

Stratégie et gouvernance de projet

• Define and deploy execution models (EPC, EPCM, multi-package), governance frameworks, and organizational structures
• Lead strategic decision-making (including FID) and challenge business cases
• Prepare and present executive reviews (status, risks, trade-offs, impacts)

Leadership de portefeuille multi-sites

• Lead and engage multidisciplinary project teams across multiple sites (Quebec / U.S.)
• Ensure consistency of practices and foster best practice sharing
• Align priorities and performance across sites

Performance globale et gestion des risques

• Ensure overall performance (EHS, cost, schedule, quality)
• Embed EHS requirements in all decisions
• Ensure compliance with internal and external standards (quality, regulatory)
• Lead risks, issues, and change management with robust mitigation strategies

Gestion des parties prenantes et des fournisseurs

• Manage relationships with internal teams (operations, maintenance, finance, procurement)
• Oversee external partners (EPC/EPCM, contractors)
• Supervise contract performance, changes, and claims management
• Ensure rigorous integration and tracking of vendor deliverables

Excellence dans l’exécution

• Validate the robustness of execution plans (PEPs), schedules, estimates, and construction plans
• Ensure constructability, commissioning, and operational readiness
• Manage complex interfaces and inter-project dependencies
• Resolve resource conflicts and competing priorities

Clôture et amélioration continue

• Oversee structured project close-out
• Capture lessons learned and strengthen organizational standards
• Contribute to the maturity and continuous improvement of the major projects program

Ce que vous apportez

Formation

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field
• MBA or Master’s degree (asset)
• Project and risk management certifications (PMP, PMI-RMP or equivalent) (asset)

Expérience

• 12–20 years of experience managing major industrial capital projects (multi-million CAPEX)
• Experience with EPC/EPCM projects in complex, high-risk environments
• Proven experience in multi-site leadership, including geographically distributed teams and projects
• Experience in cross-border environments (Canada / United States)
• Demonstrated experience in executive governance, strategic decision-making (FID), and contract management

Expertise technique et opérationnelle

• Strong knowledge of execution models (EPC, EPCM, multi-package)
• Deep expertise in integrated planning and project controls (cost, schedule, risk)
• Solid understanding of heavy industrial environments, including:EHS and regulatory requirementsQuality and compliance (internal and external standards)Constructability, commissioning, and operational readiness
• Ability to challenge and optimize business cases and secure value creation throughout the project lifecycle
• Expertise in contract, supplier, change, and claims management, including tracking of critical deliverables

Leadership et influence

• Recognized executive leadership and strong credibility
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align diverging interests
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
• Strong strategic judgment and ability to make decisions in complex, high-pressure environments
• Results-driven with an exemplary safety mindset

Atouts clés supplémentaires

• Proficiency in both French and English is required due to the nature of the role, particularly for interactions with stakeholders who do not speak French in a North American context
• Willingness to travel frequently between sites in Quebec and the United States
• Experience managing large-scale project portfolios and complex interfaces concurrently
• Ability to operate effectively in a highly visible, matrixed organization

Informations additionnelles

The use of masculine terms in this posting is intended solely to simplify the text.

Alcoa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a company committed to affirmative action.

We are also part of global inclusion networks (AWARE, AWN, EAGLE, ABLE).