Casthouse Scrap 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.

About the Role

This position will supervise and coordinate the incoming and outgoing scrap, dross, and off grade material.

Coordination, administration and general daily management of the Casthouse scrap related processes, transactions and planning to help maximize scrap utilization while minimizing operating costs and be SPA for inventory control.

Additional key responsibilities include:


* Provide leadership and direction to hourly employees related to billet/rod/sow/scrap/dross.


* Responsible for safety issues/investigations, Human Performance Toolbox meetings, SSOP’s and housekeeping in the shipping area.


* Responsible for developing and maintaining pack/load SSOP’s for billet/rod/sow/scrap/dross.


* Inventory and order necessary pack/load supplies for shipping.


* Implement visual factory concept in the storage areas.


* Become proficient with the overall administrative aspect of shipping function.


* Monitors scrap consumption, generation, receipts and inventory levels.


* Manage connections to scrap suppliers (Internal, Extrusion, Arconic, Cleveland, other, etc.).


* Organize and define triggers for commercial metals ordering.


* Monitor scrap tub quality, including repair, replacement and scrapping.


* Develop scrap/alloying storage layout with signage and storage lanes.


* Interface with production control on alloy scheduling and scrap consumption and ingot supervisors.


* Train supervisors and operators on charge calculation techniques.

(ACES)


* Plan pre-staging of scrap for furnace consumption using out of specification scrap.


* Accountable for scrap utilization metrics, development of reaction plans, and reaction to signals indicating out of control situations.


* Manage dross sales, segregation and approve material to be returned, and consumption of resultant RSI.


* Interface with Knoxville Metal Reclamation Manager to increase consumption.


* Daily audit scrap levels to generate/modify a scrap plan.


* Ensure all scraps are properly identified with Alloy and weight.

Working Environment:


* Onsite within an industrial manufacturing environment.


* Frequent collaboration with hourly and salaried employees working varying shifts.


* Routine presence in production areas, which may involve exposure to noise, extreme heat/cold, and industrial equipment.


* Standard business schedule with occasional flexibility required to support operational priorities.


* Model Alcoa’s safety values and champion a safety‑first culture.

What You Bring


* A high school diploma or a GED from an accredited institution is required. 


* Solid understanding of Casthouse facilities, the process, materials, and people with demonstrat...