Potroom Supervisor

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.

At Alcoa, you’re 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.  Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace.  You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better.

About the Role:

As the Potroom Supervisor will be responsible for leading the operational and administrative services to meet both safety and production goals for Alcoa’s Massena location.

This professional will operate pot lines at peak efficiency to gain maximum quality production.

Ensure proper SOPs are being performed and utilize materials to manage quality and costs.

Manage innovative projects while maintaining workforce requirements.

Manage assigned resources in compliance with EHS policies to assure that environment, health and safety are the priority of the business.

Support key safety initiatives such as Behavior Based Safety, Audit processes, Safety Council activities, Safety Advisors, etc.


* Provide mentorship and support to team on personal development and positive contribution towards achieving departmental goals.


* Oversee the daily operation of the potrooms while ensuring costs are meet and within budgets.


* Manage work hours, headcount, KPI’s, and inventories meet plan.


* Responsible for direct reports following standard operating procedures such that processes remain stable and product quality consistently meets or exceeds customer requirements.

Maintain open line of communications with his/her counterpart 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.


* Collaborate with Technical Process Leader to coordinate efforts on developmental projects and to correct pot inefficiencies.


* Improve the communication processes between hourly and salary.


* Delegate daily tasks and audit performances to ensure conformance.

Take corrective action when required.


* Directs and controls activities during emergency operations in the potrooms during off shifts.


* Support departmental APS activities.

Apply APS principles to identify and implement improvements to production process.

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 and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:


* Previous supervisory experience, preferred


* Experience working w...