What are the responsibilities and job description for the Potroom Manager position at Alcoa?
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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.
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:
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:
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:
Alcoa “Warrick” based in Newburgh, Indiana just outside of Evansville, IN has been present in the lives of many families in our community for over 60 years. We’ve grown and we’ve matured together. Now we are looking for our next generation of Alcoans to bring us into the future. You can be one of them! Join us and get ready to experience endless opportunities!
We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.
If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.
This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!
Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.
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.
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
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
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.
Alcoa “Warrick” based in Newburgh, Indiana just outside of Evansville, IN has been present in the lives of many families in our community for over 60 years. We’ve grown and we’ve matured together. Now we are looking for our next generation of Alcoans to bring us into the future. You can be one of them! Join us and get ready to experience endless opportunities!
We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.
If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.
This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!
Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.