Materials & Maintenance Expeditor

Alcoa; Massena Springs (NY); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation including pay

401(k) with 6% match

Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dent

Paid time off: 15 vacation days + 10 U

Life and accident insurance

Job summary

Alcoa is seeking a Massena-based Materials & Maintenance Expeditor to ensure critical materials are available for maintenance and operations. You will link maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and suppliers to keep work moving, expediting POs and tracking deliveries.

The role requires strong organizational skills, ERP/CMMS proficiency, and collaborative problem-solving across teams to minimize downtime and optimize inventory levels.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; additional training in supply chain, procurement, maintenance, or related field is an asset.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, inventory control, and materials management.
• Proficiency with ERP, procurement, inventory, and CMMS systems.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to collaborate across maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Expedite purchase orders and deliveries to support maintenance and operational requirements.
• Monitor material status and proactively communicate delays, shortages, risks, and supply chain disruptions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with suppliers, procurement teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery commitments and material availability.
• Track critical and emergency orders to support uninterrupted operations and maintenance activities.
• Maintain visibility of open purchase orders, delivery schedules, and material status within procurement and maintenance systems.
• Partner with maintenance planners and supervisors to identify, source, and prioritize materials required for upcoming work and urgent needs.
• Verify material availability and coordinate material staging for scheduled maintenance, outages, and shutdowns.
• Resolve material-related constraints, order discrepancies, shipping issues, and invoicing concerns that impact work execution.
• Support inventory management activities, including cycle counts, stock record maintenance, and inventory accuracy initiatives.
• Identify stock-outs, obsolete inventory, and opportunities to optimize inventory levels and material availability.
• Monitor critical spare parts inventories to ensure operational readiness.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while managing quotations, lead times, shipments, and delivery performance.
• Generate reports on purchase orders, open orders, and material availability to support decision-making.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance material management, inventory control, and supply chain processes.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Inventory control

Materials management

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Relationship building

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Additional training in supply chain or related field

Tools

ERP systems

CMMS

Procurement software

Inventory management software

Job description

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.

Join our Massena team as a Materials & Maintenance Expeditor and play a fundamental role in supporting reliable and efficient operations. You'll serve as the link between maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and supplier teams, ensuring critical materials are available when and where they are needed. Your ability to proactively resolve material-related challenges and maintain stakeholder relationships will be key to supporting maintenance execution and operational success.

About the Role

• Expedite purchase orders and deliveries to support maintenance and operational requirements.
• Monitor material status and proactively communicate delays, shortages, risks, and supply chain disruptions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with suppliers, procurement teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery commitments and material availability.
• Track critical and emergency orders to support uninterrupted operations and maintenance activities.
• Maintain visibility of open purchase orders, delivery schedules, and material status within procurement and maintenance systems.
• Partner with maintenance planners and supervisors to identify, source, and prioritize materials required for upcoming work and urgent needs.
• Verify material availability and coordinate material staging for scheduled maintenance, outages, and shutdowns.
• Resolve material-related constraints, order discrepancies, shipping issues, and invoicing concerns that impact work execution.
• Support inventory management activities, including cycle counts, stock record maintenance, and inventory accuracy initiatives.
• Identify stock-outs, obsolete inventory, and opportunities to optimize inventory levels and material availability.
• Monitor critical spare parts inventories to ensure operational readiness.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while managing quotations, lead times, shipments, and delivery performance.
• Generate reports on purchase orders, open orders, and material availability to support decision-making.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance material management, inventory control, and supply chain processes.

What you can bring to this role

• High school diploma or equivalent required; additional training in supply chain, procurement, maintenance, or a related field is an asset.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, inventory control, and materials management.
• Proficiency with ERP, procurement, inventory, and/or computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to collaborate across maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and operations teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, or industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting industrial or manufacturing operations.

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
• Paid time off: 15 vacation days pro-rated in the 1st year based on hire date, 10 paid holidays.
• This benefit information applies to US based applicants only. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.

Base Salary: 76,700 - 115,400 USD annually

Total rewards packages listed, including base salary and bonus eligibility, applies to US based applicants only. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on a range of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies in conjunction with multiple components of the Employee Total Rewards Package. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.

About the Location

Our Massena facility in New York State, established in 1902, is home to the longest continuously operating smelter in the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY is the center for commercial, industrial, and manufacturing success in St. Lawrence County. Massena’s caring sense of community, affordable cost of living, and extremely low-cost locally supplied energy, coupled with four public and private universities nearby, make Massena a great place to call home. And within a two hour drive (or less) are cosmopolitan and historic Montreal and Ottawa, Canada to the north, and to the south are the tall, beautiful views of Adirondacks and within it is Lake Placid The Olympic Village.

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 [e-mail].

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.

Application close date is: 8 November 2026, however Alcoa reserves the right to change this date at its discretion.