Cast House Supervisor

What we offer you

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts


• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions


• Education Assistance


• Bonus Plan Eligibility


• Parental Leave

Job Summary:

Shifts Available and Hours:

Continental night shift, Off every other weekend

What you will be doing

• Oversees the operation of all processes throughout Cast House


• Directly responsible for the safety and development of employees


• Interviews prospective employees as requested by the Human Resource dept.


• Maintains records for his/her shift concerning pounds/hr., efficiency, utilization, and recovery rates


• Directs and coaches the foreperson in his/her area


• Develop and monitor remelt processes


• Conducts daily visual inspection in department to detect safety concerns


• Helps forepersons to increase production rates and establish new procedures


• Monitors house keeping


• Establish reasonable production rates on new jobs


• Monitor that all inspection reports are being filled out on his/her shift


• Monitor monthly safety reports are being done


• Perform special projects at the dept. manager’s request


• Attends monthly safety meetings


• Handle department personnel concerns


• Support and maintain established Hydro Quality and Management System


• Must maintain a high level of trust and transparency at all time


• Required to report any all-quality related issues to the process supervisor when the issue occurs


• Required to participate in the investigation of such incidents that may occur by assisting their teams using tools like 5 why and root cause analysis


• Sponsor and support of all Continuous Reliability Improvement standards and practices through implemented predictive measures


• Other duties as assigned

What will make you successful?

Required Education/Experience:

• 5 years’ experience in the aluminum casting, extrusion, or related industry


• 5 years of prior supervisory experience in an industrial plant


• In depth knowledge of casting process, operation of equipment,


• aluminum alloys and standards, use of precision instruments and customer orders and specifications.


• Experience with ISO 9000 and/or ISO/TS 16949 Quality Systems

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience where similar knowledge is acquired


• Experience with lean 6 sigma a plus


• Ability to use various systems to track, understand, report, and improve on all KPIs


• Excellent communication skills


• Adaptable to change


• Results oriented


• Ability to communicate orally and in writing effectively with supervisors, peers, and subordinates


• Ability to manage multiple assignments, setting priorities and meeting deadlines