Maintenance Outage Foreman

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick•Newburgh, IN

About The Position

Planning, tracking, and reporting outages to ensure deadlines are going to be met or extended. Kaiser Aluminum is known around the world for its superior quality. Our secret is what we put into it—innovative thinking, industry-leading reliability, and a world-class commitment to customer service. In short, the same qualities we look for in our people. We are looking for an Outage Foreman to join the Kaiser Aluminum Warrick team outside of Evansville Indiana! What’s in it for you! To support our teams and their families beyond the workplace, we provide an outstanding benefits package effective day one of employment! Industry leading compensation program. 401K options that begin vesting day 1. First-rate vacation plan for valuable work-life balance. Relocation assistance for new team members. Employee resource groups. What you will work on: Ensure Environmental, Health, and Safety Results. Ensure consistent implementation and execution of policies and systems in order to guarantee customer (internal and external) expectations, maintain a budget, and always with safety at the forefront of every activity. Planning all Furnace Complex, Casting Outages, and providing downtime reports, and supplying prints with job packages. Ordering and managing materials for outages. Cross functional communication with Operations and Engineering Department for outage needs. Coordinating Outage Needs with Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance Planners. Contracting Out Oversite Manager. Contractor Onsite Service Manager. Supervise Union Craft within the maintenance department when needed. Tracking and reporting outages to ensure deadlines are going to be met or extended. What you will bring to the position: Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Business or other 4-year degree or equivalent years of experience. A minimum of 10 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for labor issues within a manufacturing environment, preferably in a union environment. Excellent communication skills with proven ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization. Sound understanding/experience of project management working to cost and schedule metrics. Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills. Preferred experience in working knowledge of metal rolling processes, environmental regulations, metal planning, and standards-based operating is desired. About Kaiser Aluminum Warrick: We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered based on job-related qualifications and abilities. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran, or disability status. Kaiser Aluminum encourages applications from women, people of diverse backgrounds and those with different skills and life experiences. Kaiser is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation is a leading producer of semi-fabricated aluminum products. Manufacturers and major suppliers around the world look to Kaiser to deliver highly engineered solutions for their most demanding aerospace, automotive and industrial applications. The reason is simple: we adhere to the same strong commitments to quality, innovation and service today as when the company was founded in 1946. Kaiser operates 12 production facilities across North America. Collectively, these facilities allow us to produce an impressive range of value-added plate, sheet, and extruded products. This latter category includes extruded shapes as well as rod, bar, tube, forged stock and wire products. Each of our facilities specializes in manufacturing products for specific industries, allowing us to not only develop a deeper understanding of each market but also differentiate our processes to more efficiently meet the needs of our customers operating in those markets. Our commitment to continuous improvement is a big reason customers turn to Kaiser Aluminum time and again to deliver effective, innovative solutions. In fact, many customers have been with us since our founding. The fact is, our customers know there’s something different about the way we do things at Kaiser. They recognize our dedication to developing leading-edge solutions is backed by an uncommon commitment to good old-fashioned customer service and an uncompromising passion for exceeding expectations. It’s not an experience that’s easy to find these days. But it is The Kaiser Experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Business or other 4-year degree or equivalent years of experience.
A minimum of 10 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for labor issues within a manufacturing environment, preferably in a union environment.
Excellent communication skills with proven ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.
Sound understanding/experience of project management working to cost and schedule metrics.
Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in working knowledge of metal rolling processes, environmental regulations, metal planning, and standards-based operating is desired.

Responsibilities

Ensure Environmental, Health, and Safety Results.
Ensure consistent implementation and execution of policies and systems in order to guarantee customer (internal and external) expectations, maintain a budget, and always with safety at the forefront of every activity.
Planning all Furnace Complex, Casting Outages, and providing downtime reports, and supplying prints with job packages.
Ordering and managing materials for outages.
Cross functional communication with Operations and Engineering Department for outage needs.
Coordinating Outage Needs with Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance Planners.
Contracting Out Oversite Manager.
Contractor Onsite Service Manager.
Supervise Union Craft within the maintenance department when needed.
Tracking and reporting outages to ensure deadlines are going to be met or extended.