Anode Assembly Superintendent
Alcoa · Indiana
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 60+ years
- Industry
- Metals
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor manufacturing role at Alcoa (metals) in Indiana.
- They ask for
- 60+ years
- Tools it names
- Casting
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Indiana: typical posted base $80k–$101k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 31 production supervisor openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 27 other live manufacturing postings in Indiana.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (60+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 71%
- Tooling 43%
- Root cause 39%
- CNC 36%
- Machining 36%
- EHS / safety 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Alcoa
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Bring proof to the interview
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Full description from AlcoaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
About the Role
You will lead the daily operations of Anode Assembly, with responsibility for safety, production, quality, cost, reliability, and employee engagement. You will provide direction and development to five supervisors and the hourly workforce, partner closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and other support teams, and maintain visible leadership across shifts. The position generally follows a 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday schedule, while requiring flexibility to support off-shift operational needs and serve as acting Carbon Manager when needed.
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Lead daily Anode Assembly operations to meet safety, production, quality, cost, and customer requirements.
- ◆Build a strong safety culture through visible field leadership, routine walkthroughs, hazard identification, clear expectations, and consistent accountability, including work involving heavy equipment and crane operations.
- ◆Coach, develop, and align five frontline supervisors while strengthening communication, teamwork, employee engagement, and performance across the hourly workforce.
- ◆Plan staffing, crewing, overtime, equipment, materials, and other resources to support safe, efficient, and reliable production across multiple shifts.
- ◆Drive continuous improvement by monitoring performance, conducting operational audits, addressing gaps, and implementing corrective actions that improve safety, productivity, quality, cost, and efficiency.
- ◆Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to prioritize repairs, coordinate preventive maintenance, improve equipment reliability, and minimize downtime; communicate operational status to employees, leaders, and support departments.
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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 are an essential part of our purpose to turn raw potential into real progress. As Anode Assembly Superintendent at Warrick Operations, you will shape a safer, more accountable, and higher-performing workplace by setting clear expectations, developing leaders, and guiding teams through the day-to-day demands of Carbon operations.
What You Bring
- •Strong leadership or supervisory experience in manufacturing, smelting, casting, Carbon operations, or another heavy industrial environment; experience supervising other supervisors is not required.
- •A demonstrated commitment to safety and operational excellence, with the confidence to identify hazards, reinforce standards, and hold others accountable.
- •Clear, effective communication and the ability to work well with employees, peer leaders, management, and cross-functional partners.
- •Proven coaching and employee-development skills, including setting expectations, providing feedback, and building capable, engaged teams.
- •Experience leading continuous improvement and structured problem-solving efforts that strengthen operational performance.
- •Strong planning, organization, and decision-making skills, with the flexibility to manage competing priorities and support operations across shifts.
What's On Offer
At Alcoa, our care for people philosophy is backed by our excellent total rewards package that we provide our employees effective on your date of hire, such as:
- •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, 10 holidays including 1 flexible holiday of your choice, 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
- •This benefit information applies to US based applicants only. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.
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.
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.