Production Supervisor

Arconic creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, build and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensure customer success and shareholder value.  

Arconic Aluminum Extrusion serves the global aerospace and automotive markets with the most specialized engineering, highest quality, and the greatest breadth and depth of forgings and extrusions. Our vertically integrated capabilities and deep materials science expertise in aluminum and titanium structural casting is taking the industry to new heights. AEX is a business unit of Arconic (NYSE: ARNC).

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• A minimum of 2 years of manufacturing experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. Green Card Holder), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

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The primary purpose of this role is to be the first level of authority in the workplace.

Essential Functions: The Extrusion Production Supervisor within AEX requires technical and interpersonal skills essential to team work.  Major duties include but are not limited to: 

• Responsibility for meeting or exceeding production goals and people initiatives within a traditional unit supervisor role.
• Providing leadership, coaching, and clear direction to ensure people are working safely, meeting customer demand, solving problems, eliminating waste, and meeting goals.
• Accountability for supervising, scheduling, and leading a group of union employees to meet departmental goals.

General duties for the Extrusion Production Supervisor include but are not limited to: 

• Leading safety initiatives. 
• Monitoring performance against goals and implementing corrective actions to meet goals. 
• Identifying and Implementing improvement plans. 
• Solving problems to the root to prevent a recurrence. 
• Effectively communicating with others within and outside the work group. 
• Managing labor relations and conflict issues within the work group. 
• Maintaining visual systems within area of accountability. 
• Leading small group problem solving activities utilizing resources available. 
• Providing leadership and direction, and motivation to people in assigned areas.