Job Description

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 will help shape a safe, reliable workplace by leading the team that maintains heating, cooling and related facility systems across Warrick Smelter. This role is an opportunity to combine hands-on HVAC knowledge with practical leadership, daily planning and cross-functional coordination in an industrial environment.

About the role

You will supervise a small crew of HVAC/facilities maintenance mechanics and coordinate the safe, efficient execution of preventive maintenance, service calls and emergency work. You will plan and schedule the team’s daily activities, support troubleshooting and repairs, and partner with production, maintenance, planning, engineering and other support groups. The position is primarily day shift, Monday through Friday, with overtime, early starts, extended hours or scheduled off-hours work as operating needs require.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the daily start-up of the crew, assign work and set priorities for preventive maintenance, planned work and service calls across the plant.
• Coordinate the inspection, troubleshooting, service and repair of heating and air-conditioning equipment serving production shops, maintenance areas, break rooms, lunchrooms and offices, including steam, gas and electric heating systems.
• Provide technical direction during equipment failures and emergencies, collect relevant information for further analysis and ensure urgent work receives timely attention.
• Lead safety pre-job reviews, observe work in progress and reinforce safe, inclusive and collaborative work practices in an industrial environment.
• Plan and document work through the site’s maintenance management processes, including accurate work-execution reporting and effective use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Maintain close coordination with production, maintenance planners, engineers, support groups and other supervisors to sequence work, minimize disruption and improve the quality and efficiency of maintenance execution.

What you bring

• High school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated HVAC maintenance experience, with the ability to troubleshoot and support repair of commercial or industrial heating and cooling equipment. Candidates with strong electrical or mechanical backgrounds and meaningful HVAC experience will also be considered.
• Maintenance or facilities leadership experience, including the ability to organize work, prioritize changing service needs and guide a small skilled-trades team.
• Experience working safely in an industrial or similarly complex operating environment, with the ability to lead pre-job reviews and respond appropriately to breakdowns and emergencies.
• Working knowledge of CMMS tools and general computer applications, including Microsoft Office, to schedule, coordinate and document work.
• Strong communication, leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and adapt to overtime or off-shift needs when required.

Preferred qualifications

• Welding and brazing experience.
• Experience supervising employees in a union environment.
• Experience troubleshooting PLCs and hydraulic or pneumatic circuits.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, codes and standards.

How you will lead

Success in this role means taking accountability for safe execution, communicating clearly and effectively, prioritizing and executing the highest-value work, and creating a collaborative environment where the crew and partner teams can perform at their best.

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. 

If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com. 

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.