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 for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the role:

The Fuels Group Leader will be responsible for scheduling, directing work, collaboration with other departments and leading the hourly fuels team at Alcoa Warrick power plant. This job entails a lot of coordination of time off, shift switches, and vacation planning for the team members to ensure the basic jobs of the department are covered daily. Ensuring that coal goes to the silos every day is the primary goal of the fuels department. The group leader will be responsible for the safety and well-being of their team in their work assignments. Toolbox talks, safety meetings, tracking metrics, hours on jobs, and keeping up with work completed and to be completed will be key components of this role. A basic understanding of mechanics, mobile equipment, the coal combustion process, and conveyors is required.

Major activities/Key challenges:

• Schedule hourly job assignments, overtime, vacations, hours on jobs daily for crew
• Keep organized, detailed and up to date records of the coal processing done daily
• Understand roadblocks of team and find ways to reduce downtime and improve efficiency of team and equipment
• Attend calls and regularly connect with planner, logistics coordinator and fuels coordinator to discuss ongoing and future work for the department.
• Develop budget, timeline, project details and communicate updates to management for assigned projects
• Collaborate with internal and external teams including suppliers, contractors, and colleagues to meet objectives and improve processes and communications
• Identify critical metrics and own development of dashboard or transparency method to clearly and concisely share these metrics on a timely basis
• Communicate regularly with hourly and salaried personnel on status of equipment, projects, information, and feedback from meetings
• Compliance with all related health, safety and environmental rules and regulations pertaining to areas of the fuels department
• Conflict resolution for operational and human relations issues, striving to boost morale and retain positive team mentality
• Communicate expectations and give timely and construction feedback of performance, workmanship and company goals

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:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
•  3+ years’ experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment, preferably in a coordinator, superintendent or supervisory role
• Meticulous and detail-oriented record keeping and organization skills
• Capability to use Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft suite of software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good time management and self-motivation in driving results and discerning priorities
• Excellent data management, analysis, and timeliness in providing data requests and updates
• Ability to work as a team member and to be a leader of a team
• Lead by example when pertaining to health, safety and environmental related awareness, principles, and adherence to company and government related rules

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay as well as recognition and rewards programs
• Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA
• 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.
• Alcoa has been chosen as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek

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About the Location

Alcoa “Warrick” based in Newburgh, Indiana just outside of Evansville, IN has been present in the lives of many families in our community for over 60 years. We’ve grown and we’ve matured together. Now we are looking for our next generation of Alcoans to bring us into the future. You can be one of them! Join us and get ready to experience endless opportunities!

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 dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.  

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This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!  

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.