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

Alcoa is seeking a Casthouse Scrap Supervisor to lead critical scrap management operations within our Massena NY facility.

This role plays a key part in optimizing material utilization, controlling costs, and ensuring accurate inventory management across casthouse scrap streams.

In this role you will directly oversee the end-to-end management of scrap, dross, and off-grade materials, ensuring efficient flow, accurate tracking, and continuous process improvement.

Additional key responsibilities include:


* Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to hourly employees across billet, rod, sow, scrap, and dross operations


* Lead safety initiatives including incident investigations, Human Performance Toolbox meetings, SSOP compliance, and housekeeping standards within the shipping area


* Oversee the administrative and operational aspects of the shipping function


* Develop, maintain, and enforce pack/load SSOPs for billet, rod, sow, scrap, and dross


* Manage and maintain scrap tub quality, including repair, replacement, and disposal


* Monitor consumption, generation, receipts, and inventory levels to ensure accuracy and efficiency


* Audit levels and adjust plans as needed while ensuring materials are properly identified by alloy and weight


* Plan and coordinate pre-staging of scrap for furnace consumption, including use of out-of-spec materials


* Develop and maintain storage layouts, including signage and defined storage lanes


* Manage relationships and material flow with internal and external suppliers


* Develop and manage trigger points for commercial metal procurement to ensure alignment with production demands and inventory optimization


* Interface with Production Control and Ingot Supervisors to align alloy scheduling and scrap consumption


* Collaborate with Knoxville Metal Reclamation to increase scrap utilization


* Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize usage and reduce operating costs


* Train supervisors and operators on charge calculation techniques (ACES)


* Manage dross segregation, sales, approvals for returned material, and consumption of resultant RSI

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


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