Operations Supervisor

Alcoa•US ATR New Kensington, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Supervisor leads pilot-scale manufacturing operations supporting Alcoa’s ELYSIS and ASTRAEA breakthrough technologies. The role oversees technicians and technologists working rotating crews in support of planned 24/7 campaigns, translating campaign and project requirements into coordinated staffing, production, maintenance, materials, and documentation plans. The supervisor helps strengthen manufacturing as operations mature from R&D to pilot-scale production, working with engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams to support campaign objectives, protect product quality, improve process capability, and ensure disciplined execution in a technical manufacturing environment. The position provides people leadership and floor-level technical coordination across campaign operations, including start-ups, process changes, troubleshooting, maintenance activities, equipment commissioning, and return-to-service decisions. It promotes safe work, operational readiness, strong shift handoffs, accurate documentation, and continuous improvement across safety, quality, schedule, yield, throughput, downtime, reliability, material flow, inventory, and equipment effectiveness. The role is based at Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least 3 years of relevant manufacturing, industrial, pilot-plant, or process-operations experience.
At least 2 years of direct leadership experience coordinating people, priorities, and safe work execution.
Experience supporting continuous or shift-based operations, production campaigns, start-ups, shutdowns, or other time-critical manufacturing activities.
Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills across technical and leadership audiences.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop technicians and technologists by setting expectations, assigning work, providing feedback, and supporting cross-training and capability development.
Plan and coordinate 24/7 campaign operations, including crew coverage, shift assignments, handoffs, start-up and shutdown activities, escalation paths, and operational readiness.
Reinforce EHS requirements, hazard identification, pre-job planning, permit expectations, PPE, housekeeping, and stop-work responsibility.
Translate campaign priorities into daily and weekly production plans, aligning personnel, equipment, materials, maintenance, quality requirements, and delivery expectations.
Monitor operational performance across safety, quality, schedule, yield, throughput, downtime, reliability, material flow, inventory, and equipment effectiveness, and lead corrective actions as needed.
Provide floor leadership and technical coordination during start-ups, process changes, troubleshooting, non-routine work, maintenance activities, equipment commissioning, and return-to-service decisions.
Coordinate shift turnover, documentation and standard work, material and spare-parts readiness, structured problem-solving, and communication of risks, priorities, resource needs, and next steps.
Work closely with engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams to support campaign objectives and disciplined execution.