About the Role

This role provides leadership for Potline operations and the Technical Support function, with accountability for safe, stable, and efficient aluminum production. The role focuses on ensuring consistent day-to-day operations while identifying and implementing improvements that optimize production performance, quality, and cost.

Working closely with Department Lead Teams and cross-functional partners, this position helps set operational direction, align resources to business priorities, and support the achievement of annual financial and production goals. A strong emphasis is placed on safety, continuous improvement, and people development, ensuring Alcoa’s values are demonstrated through daily actions and decisions.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Leading the daily operation of Potlines and providing oversight for the Technical Support function
• Driving operational stability and initiating improvements to optimize production and reduce costs
• Establishing budgets, objectives, and strategies aligned to plant and business goals
• Ensuring quality control practices and critical work standards are consistently applied
• Supporting execution of annual financial targets and key performance metrics
• Leading or supporting Kaizen, TPM, and safety events
• Coaching and developing superintendents, front-line supervisors, and other staff
• Ensuring consistent application of policies, systems, and EHS expectations
• Promoting Alcoa’s values and supporting Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policies

What You Can Bring to the Role

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do.

To be successful in this role, you bring a combination of manufacturing experience, leadership capability, and a commitment to working in a process-driven environment. You are comfortable partnering across functions, using data to guide decisions, and motivating teams to deliver safe, consistent results.

This role is well-suited for candidates with:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Management, or a related field
• At least 5 years of manufacturing experience, including experience in smelting operations
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams in an operational environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Yellow or Green Belt preferred)
• Preferred experience includes:
• Experience managing operations within a bargaining unit environment
• Previous smelter operations management experience

What’s on Offer

At Alcoa, our care for people philosophy is backed by our excellent total rewards package that we provide our employees effective on your date of hire, such as:

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs.
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period)
• Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dental, vision, flexible spending account, health savings account (generous employer contribution), life and accident insurance
• Work-life balance programs: flexible work scheduling, hybrid/remote working
• Paid time off: 15 vacation days prorated in the 1st year based on hire date, 10 holidays including 1 flexible holiday of your choice, 7 illness days, Care for Family leave up to 40 days, up to 5 bereavement days, maximum of 30 jury duty days, and up to 10 days annual training for military leave

*This benefit information applies to US based applicants only. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.