Maintenance Supervisor

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’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all plant equipment operates at maximum efficiency and output. This role oversees preventative maintenance programs, manages mechanical and electrical breakdowns, and drives continuous improvement initiatives. The supervisor supports production goals by coordinating maintenance activities, promoting safety, and ensuring high-quality, reliable execution of work.

This position has primary responsibility for maintenance operations, with extended scope into production supervision and contractor management as needed. The role directly impacts equipment reliability, plant efficiency, safety performance, and overall operational success.

Job Duties

• Lead and enforce a strong safety culture by ensuring all team members perform their work in compliance with established safety policies and procedures
• Ensure optimal equipment performance by overseeing TPM programs, troubleshooting mechanical and electrical failures, and minimizing downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability and overall plant performance.
• Maintain strong technical knowledge of plant operations and maintenance activities, including contractor-performed work.
• Coordinate maintenance scheduling with the planner, ensuring alignment with operational priorities and optimal team utilization.
• Monitor and communicate current and anticipated equipment conditions to production, ensuring timely awareness of maintenance needs.
• Create and manage work requests in the maintenance system, including SOW and BOM, while coordinating activities with internal teams and external partners.
• Ensure team members have the tools, parts, and resources needed to safely and effectively perform their duties.
• Evaluate employee performance, support development, and provide coaching and feedback.
• Manage and oversee contractor and third-party work to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with standards.
• Ensure all work activities—internal and external—are performed according to established procedures.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture across all maintenance activities.
• Monitor maintenance performance metrics, including schedule completion and equipment reliability.
• Collaborate with the reliability team by providing feedback on equipment performance, assisting in assessments, and supporting reliability improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date maintenance records and documentation.

What You Can Bring to the Role

Education required

High School Diploma or GED

Experience required

• Strong safety leadership with experience enforcing high-risk work controls.
• A relevant Trade Craft background
• 5+ years of supervisory experience, prefer experience leading Trade Craft personnel
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a union environment and work effectively within a labor agreement.
• CMMS experience managing work execution (work order quality, scheduling coordination, closeout discipline).
• Strong organizational, leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work on other shifts and/or come in early or stay late as needed.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and maintenance/planning using computer software systems preferred

Communication skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with management, team members, and contractors.
• Ability to train employees on new and current processes.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs.

• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period)

• Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dental, vision, flexible spending account, health savings account (generous employer contribution), life and accident insurance

• Work-life balance programs: flexible work scheduling, hybrid/remote working

• Paid time off:  15 vacation days prorated in the 1st year based on hire date, 12 paid holidays, 7 illness days, Care for Family leave up to 40 days, up to 5 bereavement days, maximum of 30 jury duty days, and up to 10 days annual training for military leave

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About the Location

Just about halfway from Houston and New Orleans Alcoa's Lake Charles Carbon Plant is located in historic Lake Charles, LA. The city of Lake Charles is a growing city with a vibrant art, cultural and dining scene. Parks scattered throughout the city, and easy access to shimmering Lake Charles, via our beautiful Lakefront Promenade, call to outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds. One of the most prominent aspects of Cajun culture and Southern charm is the natural willingness for people to go out of their way to treat company or complete strangers like family. 

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.