Production Superintendent

Kaiser Aluminum is known around the world for its superior quality. Our secret is what we put into it—innovative thinking, industry-leading reliability, and a world-class commitment to customer service. In short, the same qualities we look for in our people. We are searching for a Production Superintendent to join our largest plant operations in Newburgh, Indiana

Working in this integral leadership position, your key responsibilities are ensuring Environmental, Health, and Safety results, productivity improvements, employee development, maximizing the value of diversity, and customer delivery through implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles, including Daily Management, TPM, 5S, etc. The Operations Superintendent will ensure consistent implementation and execution of policies and systems in order to guarantee customer (internal and external) expectations are met at the lowest cost and always with safety at the forefront of every activity.

This role will sit in our Fabricated Products production center with Warrick operations.

What’s in it for you

To support our teams and their families beyond the workplace, we provide an outstanding benefits package effective day one of employment

• Industry leading compensation program.
• 401K options that begin vesting day 1.
• First-rate vacation plan for valuable work-life balance.
• Relocation assistance for new team members.
• Employee resource groups.

About you:

• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing or process industry.
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Influential and flexible leadership with experience encouraging and championing a diverse workforce.
• Ability to lead the team and develop the team
• Building of culture of ownership, engagement, and empowerment
• Must be willing and able to take on ownership of the production center and the team
• Should be forward-thinking regarding continuous improvement plans (Hoshin)
• Be able to encourage and enable leadership development among their team
• Sound understanding/experience of project management working to cost and schedule metrics
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills

Additional Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for labor issues within a manufacturing environment, preferably in a union environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Business or other 4 year degree, or years of relative experience.
• Hands on experience in Lean Manufacturing, ISO, Six Sigma is a plus.
• Preferred experience in working knowledge of coil coating, coil slitting, metal rolling processes, environmental regulations, metal planning, and standards-based operating is desired.

TEAM KAISER

Talented people join our team because we are a company passionate about environmental sustainability, employee growth, contributing back to our communities and championing a diverse and inclusive culture. We are strongly committed to expanding inclusion, equity, and diversity – how we hire, develop, and inspire our diverse team members that reflects and relates to the increasingly multicultural community.

Kaiser Aluminum encourages applications from women, people of diverse backgrounds and those with different skills and life experiences. Kaiser is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.