Casting technology and operational excellence lead

Alcoa Canada; Montreal; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcoa Canada recherche un expert casting pour soutenir les casthouses au Québec et dans les installations associées, en travaillant à distance. Vous apporterez une expertise technique, un leadership de processus et une collaboration avec les équipes mondiales.

En reportant au Directeur d’Excellence du Casting, vous mappez des priorités, migre prod vers des solutions innovantes et assure l’installation des nouvelles technologies, tout en garantissant la conformité HSE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 10+ years in casthouse operations or casting technology.
• Direct experience with Vertical Direct Chill (VDC) casting of billets or slabs.
• Proven track record in process optimization and technology deployment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical expertise to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Drive productivity, process capability, quality, throughput, and cost improvements.
• Lead or coordinate projects and technology deployments across locations.
• Ensure validation and readiness for new equipment and facility modifications; build business cases.
• Facilitate new product qualification with operations, customers, and support teams.
• Transfer best practices across locations and promote Lean and reliability.

Skills

Casting processes

Lean manufacturing

Process optimization

Project leadership

Operational reliability

Cross-functional collaboration

VDC casting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Façonnez votre monde

Chez Alcoa, vous deviendrez une partie essentielle de notre objectif: transformer le potentiel brut en progrès réel. De notre point de vue, chaque Alcoan est un façonneur de travail, un façonneur d’équipe, un façonneur d’idées, un façonneur de monde.

Job Description

Would you like to put your casting expertise to work across multiple locations and turn technical challenges into tangible improvements? At Alcoa, you will contribute to operational stability, technology deployment, and process improvement. This opportunity will allow you to combine hands-on expertise, technical leadership, and collaboration with a global network of specialists.

About the Role

Reporting to the Casting Excellence Director, you will provide technical expertise and process leadership to casthouses, primarily in Quebec. You will support teams in resolving operational issues, setting priorities, and delivering improvement and technology deployment projects. You will also collaborate with customers, Customer Technical Support, and commercial teams to facilitate new product qualification and the transfer of best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Support casting operations by providing hands-on expertise to resolve technical issues, optimize processes, and improve operational reliability, consistency, and stability.
• Drive performance improvements related to productivity, process capability, quality, production throughput, and costs, while contributing to annual and long-term planning and the alignment of priorities and resources.
• Lead or coordinate projects and technology deployments through direct and indirect influence to deliver agreed outcomes across locations and the global network.
• Ensure process validation and operational readiness for new equipment and facility modifications, and develop supporting business cases for investments in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Facilitate new product qualification by coordinating the technical requirements of operations, customers, Customer Technical Support, and commercial teams.
• Transfer proven technologies and practices across locations, particularly in Lean manufacturing and reliability, by benchmarking performance and clearly communicating technical information to diverse stakeholders.

What You Bring to the Role

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering and at least 10 years of relevant experience in casthouse operations, casting technologies, or process engineering, enabling you to provide technical expertise tailored to site-specific challenges.
• In-depth knowledge of casting processes and technologies. Direct experience with Vertical Direct Chill (VDC) casting of billets or slabs is highly desirable. Experience in process optimization, operational problem-solving, and technology deployment in a production environment is a strong asset.
• Demonstrated experience in operational improvement, with initiatives that have contributed to productivity, process capability, quality, production throughput, cost control, or operational stability.
• Ability to lead projects and influence stakeholders across individual locations and the global network. Experience in Lean manufacturing, equipment reliability, commissioning, operational readiness, investment business cases, and the transfer of best practices is particularly valued.
• Fluency in French and English, with strong communication skills. English proficiency is required due to the nature of the role and regular interaction with stakeholders who do not speak French in a global environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards in a complex process environment, with the ability to integrate these considerations into technical support and improvement initiatives.

Work Location and Travel

This is a remote position, primarily supporting the Bécancour, Deschambault, and Baie-Comeau facilities.

Travel: Approximately 25% to 50% of the time, depending on place of residence.

Alcoa is proud to provide an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Alcoa is also home to global inclusion groups, including AWARE, AWN, EAGLE, and ABLE.

Only candidates selected to move forward in the selection process will be contacted.

À propos de l’emplacement

Établie comme pionnière de l'industrie, Alcoa est une compagnie d'ordre mondial avec des opérations sur six continents. Les activités d'Alcoa au Canada sont concentrées sur quatre emplacements: un siège social canadien à Montréal et trois alumineries dans les villes de Baie-Comeau, Bécancour et Deschambault.

Tout au long de notre histoire, nos employés et employées ont déployé des innovations révolutionnaires et élaboré des pratiques exemplaires qui ont mené à l’efficacité, à la sécurité, à la durabilité, au développement de carrière professionnel mondial et des communautés plus fortes. Quel que soit l'endroit où vous choisirez de nous rejoindre, vous intégrerez une équipe mondiale qui s'engage à faire progresser le développement durable et à assurer l'excellence et l'innovation.

Nous sommes guidés par des valeurs, animés par une vision et unis par notre objectif de transformer le potentiel en progrès réel. Nos engagements en matière de diversité, d'équité et d'inclusion sont de fournir des lieux de travail sûrs, respectueux et ouverts à tous les individus, exempts de discrimination, d'intimidation et de harcèlement, et qui reflètent la diversité des communautés au sein desquelles nous opérons.

C’est un endroit où vous êtes habilité à faire de votre mieux, à être vous-même authentique et à ressentir un véritable sentiment d’appartenance. Venez nous rejoindre et façonner votre carrière!

Votre travail. Votre monde. Façonnez-les pour le mieux.

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