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.
About the Role:
Alcoa is seeking an Area Potroom Supervisor to join the team at our Massena, NY location. This professional will be responsible for providing leadership for the operational and administrative services in the Potrooms, to meet both safety and production goals. Operate pot lines at peak efficiency to gain maximum quality production. Ensure all operations follow established SOPs while leveraging materials and process control systems to optimize quality and reduce costs. Oversee experimental projects and effectively manage manpower allocations.
Oversee resources in compliance with EHS policies and prioritize safety, while supporting initiatives such as Behavior-Based Safety, audits, Safety Council activities, and Safety Advisors.
Manage the day-to-day operation of the Potrooms to ensure costs meet, or better, the departmental expense budgets. Accountable to ensure work hours, headcount, KPI’s, and inventories meet Plan.
Support departmental ABS activities. Apply ABS principles to identify and implement improvements to production process.
Provide mentorship, counseling and support to direct reports to ensure their personal development and positive contribution towards achieving departmental goals.
Accountable for direct reports following SOPs such that processes remain stable and product quality consistently meets or exceeds customer requirements.
Maintain open line of communications with his/her counterparts in the customer’s organization.
Serve as shift decision maker/SPA for such items as planned maintenance priorities, special engineering projects, production / process and crew scheduling, etc.
Coordinate the delivery of molten metal to meet the needs of the Ingot Plant.
Work with Technical Process Leader reports to coordinate efforts on developmental projects and to correct pot inefficiencies.
Enhance communication practices to foster better collaboration between hourly and salaried teams.
Assign daily tasks and audit performances to ensure conformance. Take corrective action when required.
Direct and control activities during emergency operations in the Potrooms during off shifts.
What You Can Bring to the Role:
High School Diploma or GED, required.
Broad understanding of the Smelting facility, the process, materials, and people
Demonstrated knowledge of Potroom operations, preferred.
Supervisor experience or successful completion of the Supervisor Assessment Center is a mandatory requirement.
Demonstrated ability in providing leadership, achieving results and driving change is required.
Demonstrated PC skills are required, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS-Schedule/Exchange.
What we offer:
Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs, and stock-based compensation awards (3-year vesting schedule)
Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA
401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a non-qualified deferred compensation plan
12 paid holidays per year.
15 days of paid vacation (pro-rated from hire date).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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Base salary: $74,500 - $102,500 USD annuallyTotal rewards packages listed, including base salary and bonus eligibility, applies to US based applicants only. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on a range of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies in conjunction with multiple components of the Employee Total Rewards Package. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.About the Location
Our Massena facility in New York State, established in 1902, is home to the longest continuously operating smelter in the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY is the center for commercial, industrial, and manufacturing success in St. Lawrence County. Massena’s caring sense of community, affordable cost of living, and extremely low-cost locally supplied energy, coupled with four public and private universities nearby, make Massena a great place to call home. And within a two hour drive (or less) are cosmopolitan and historic Montreal and Ottawa, Canada to the north, and to the south are the tall, beautiful views of Adirondacks and within it is Lake Placid The Olympic Village.
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.
Application close date is: 25 March 2026, however Alcoa reserves the right to change this date at its discretion.