What are the responsibilities and job description for the Melt Shop Foreman position at The Partners Alliance?
Melt Shop Foreman
Location: Bridgeville, PA
Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly driven and operationally focused Melt Shop General Foreman to lead daily Melt Shop operations in a high-production specialty steel environment. This role is responsible for driving production from scrap build through EAF melting, AOD refining, teeming, and bottom-pour ingot production while ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations.
The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership abilities, deep melt shop operational knowledge, firsthand maintenance awareness, and the ability to aggressively manage production schedules, manpower, refractory life, furnace availability, and downstream flow. This individual must thrive in a fast-paced, unionized heavy industrial environment and be capable of coordinating operations across multiple departments and shifts.
This role is not a desk-management position – the successful candidate must be highly visible on the floor, capable of troubleshooting operational bottlenecks in real time, and able to push production safely while maintaining quality and equipment reliability.
Specific Responsibilities:
Specific primary responsibilities are defined by the following, but those listed are not all-inclusive.
- Support Melt Shop Manager
- Lead, motivate, manage, and direct Melters and hourly staff
- Control and improve safety, process consistency, productivity, cost and equipment effectiveness
- Enhance safety, morale – identify and reduce hazards
- Ensure compliance with Safety & Health, Environmental, and Quality policies
- Manage, control, and coordinate manpower schedules and work assignments
- Through example, create a culture driven by a sense of urgency, and attention to detail
- Secure and deploy resources to support Melt Shop
- Plan, execute, and monitor work
- 7-day horizon
- 72-hour detail
- Make decisions, solve problems