Cathode/Services 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.

This is an opportunity to bring your smelter experience, supervisory leadership, and problem-solving mindset to a role where safety, coordination, and execution directly support production performance.

As the Cathode / Services Supervisor at our Newburgh, IN location, you’ll help shape the way work gets done by leading teams, partnering across departments, and driving practical improvements in a heavy industrial environment.

About the Role

As the Cathode / Services Supervisor, you will supervise, schedule, and lead employees to meet departmental goals while supporting safe, efficient, and quality-focused operations across the Cathode and Baghouse process areas.

You will serve as a first level of authority in the workplace, providing leadership, coaching, and clear direction so employees work safely, meet customer demand, solve problems, eliminate waste, and achieve operational goals.

Schedule: This is a day shift role.

The normal schedule is Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m.

to 2:00 p.m.; however, the successful candidate should be ready to begin pre-shift preparation at 5:00 a.m.

Occasional overtime, weekend work, and coverage on other shifts may be required based on business needs.

Key Responsibilities



* Lead employees in the Services department to meet production, safety, quality, on-time delivery, and people-related goals while providing clear daily direction and accountability.


* Monitor departmental performance, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions to support reliable execution and continuous improvement.


* Coordinate with pot rooms, maintenance, and other support departments to solve problems, remove barriers, and keep work moving safely and effectively.


* Apply Alcoa Business System, lean, and root-cause problem-solving practices to prevent recurrence, improve work processes, and support 5S, standardized work, flow, and TPM improvements.


* Maintain required production and quality records in accordance with record retention expectations and departmental requirements.


* Foster positive employee and labor relations through effective communication, contract administration, grievance handling, and day-to-day issue resolution.

What You Bring to the Role



* High school diploma or equivalent, along with at least two years of supervisory experience in a heavy industrial environment.


* Smelter experience, with the ability to understand the safety, production, and coordination demands of an aluminum operating environment.


* A strong safety mindset and the ability to use human performance tools and concepts to identify hazards, reduce risk, and support compliance with environmental, h...