Night Shift Operations Site Lead

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.

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminum, revolutionizing the way the world lives, builds, moves, and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

This professional will lead the safety of the team during the over nightshift and provide support with troubleshooting equipment, safely and time management.

About the Role:

• Guide technicians and operators to complete projects and production-related activities.

• Demonstrated knowledge in ceramic processing, such as blending, forming, compaction, and densification.

• Demonstrated knowledge of molten metal handling, cell operation, and casting activities.

• Responsible for solving problems to root cause, identifying opportunities for improvements, and implementing innovative solutions to improve process and equipment performance.

• Diligently communicates progress and results through written emails, reports, and presentations if applied.

• Ability to physically perform work in laboratory and industrial environments.

• Ability to work over nightshift.

• Flexibility to work on day shifts for training and potential possibility for rotation in the future.

What you can bring to this 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:

• 10+ years of experience in R&D and/or industrial environmental preferred.

• Experience in ceramic, compound fabrication, smelting and/or casting.

• Solid understanding of safety in the work environment.

• Mechanical aptitude, ability to work hands-on, troubleshoot equipment issues, and identify resource needs to solve problems methodically and disciplined.

• Demonstrated ability to work and lead effectively in a team environment.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work with resources within and outside the program team to accomplish the work required.

• Strong organization and analytical skills for data management, analysis, and results presentation.

• Lead by example, awareness of environmental, health, and safety principles in a laboratory and manufacturing environment.

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 HAS.

• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan.

• Holiday Pay: 10 holidays and one flexible holiday of your choice.

• 8 hours of Paid annual volunteer hours.

• Alcoa has been chosen as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek.

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About the Location

Every day is a new and exciting challenge at the Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington, PA, just north of Pittsburgh. We develop new technologies with our Breakthrough Technologies team that has the potential to impact the life of millions of people and foster the sustainable footprint from Alcoa to the world. It was here where we developed the technology recently announced in partnership with Rio Tinto, called ELYSIS™, where we will produce aluminum with ZERO emission of greenhouse gases. In fact, we will actually be generating oxygen to our atmosphere during the aluminum production process– a revolution to the aluminum industry!

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 dedi