Night Aluminum Supervisor

Summary

The Night - Aluminum Supervisor oversees operations, processing, and shipments of all Aluminum orders at Ellwood Aluminum.  This position is required to work with customers and suppliers (internally and externally) to assure the castings we make exceed expectations of quality and timing in a safe condition.   

As a member of the ELLWOOD team, you can expect:

• To be treated with dignity and respect
• Competitive wages
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans at affordable rates
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Company paid training to enhance you career
• Company-paid benefits such as Life, AD&D, and disability programs

What you will do:  

• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by defining and enforcing standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations.
• Responsible for meeting daily casting requirements including but not limited to metallurgical requirements, schedule adherence and workforce management.
• Directs the creation of charge plans to create the lowest cost mix that will meet customer requirements.
• Reduce downtime and increase efficiency of equipment.
• Lead, motivate, and develop a crew while demonstrating dignity and respect in conjunction with the ELLWOOD culture.
• Develops and trains employees to work in an efficient, safe manner.
• Responsible for maintaining all documents to support the Quality Management System.
• Ensures that established policies, rules and regulations, and procedures are followed and applied in a fair and consistent manner.
• Review/approve Timesheets in UltiPro for payroll processing.
• Make recommendations for staffing needs, job advancement, promotional opportunities, or other change of status regarding department employees.

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in heavy manufacturing operations, preferred.
• 3 years’ experience in a supervisory/leadership capacity, preferred.
• Knowledge/Experience of molten metal casting, preferred.
• ISO 9000 Certification Experience, preferred.
• Experience with automotive standards, preferred.
• Experience with Aerospace, preferred.
• Experience working in a non-union environment.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of engineering and manufacturing methods and procedures.
• Supply management and manufacturing control planning.
• Problem solving and Root Cause Analysis tools/skills – 5 Why’s, Fishbone, FMEA
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Safety focus: manage safety training and ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Possess sound judgement with ability to make independent decisions.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to plan, organize and prioritize.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products, Syteline experience is a plus.
• Team player with strong customer focus and interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively in a multi-discipline team environment and maintain good working relationships with customers co-workers from different backgrounds, educational levels and with skill sets.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at the highest level, along with possessing integrity and trust.
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal work hours.
• Ability to travel regionally and nationally occasionally (<10%); reliable transportation and valid driver’s license required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand, walk, use hands to operate equipment, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The work environment has exposure to both inside and outside environmental conditions including temperature changes and may at times be exposed to extreme heat (above 100 degrees) for periods of more than one hour. This position requires travel occasionally by land and/or air.

 Education and Experience

• Aluminum Casting experience.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• BS degree in management or related field is preferred or equivalent work experience.

Ellwood Aluminum Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity. All employment decisions at EA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, ethnicity, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation or sexual preference, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, political beliefs, because of an individual’s engaging in protected activities or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CRF 60-1.35(c)