Melt Superintendent at Golden Aluminum

Fort Lupton, Colorado, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Jun, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

13 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Leadership, Safety Management, Production Management, Cost Control, Scheduling, Continuous Improvement, Inventory Management, Melt Loss Reduction, Blending Optimization, Molten Metal Quality, Maintenance Prioritization, Coaching, Mentoring, Change Leadership, Melt Equipment Knowledge, Caster Equipment Knowledge

Industry

mining

Description

Description The future. It’s on you. You & Golden Aluminum. We are a continuous casting aluminum rolling mill who established operations in 1984 and is located in Fort Lupton Colorado, 35 miles north of downtown Denver. We are the proud owner of a patented casting process that supplies coiled aluminum sheet to the packaging and automotive markets with a broad range of alloys, thicknesses, and coatings. We care about our environment, our people, and our community because we can’t do it alone. We require your exceptional skills to be responsible for the vision and longevity of our complex foundry and mill equipment in an industrial manufacturing environment. POSITION SUMMARY The Melt Shop Superintendent provides safety, quality, and production leadership in alignment with department and company objectives. Additional responsibilities include managing day to day operations, continuous improvement cost control, production, scheduling, and engaging in and leading department initiatives. The Superintendent’s areas of responsibility also include Raw Materials inventories, melt loss reduction, blending optimization, molten metal quality, and setting priorities for maintenance. Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Golden Aluminum; therefore, the superintendent must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Maintain a safe work environment through cultural development, behavior based safety, and adherence to Work Instructions, RCA on safety incidents and near misses, and completion of safety observations. · Establishes weekly personnel schedules, and labor requirements to achieve production goals and objectives. · Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity, production shortfalls, and operating concerns for remediation. · Responsible for selection and mentoring of Leads. · Ensures adherence to/compliance with company policies, rules and regulations relating to safety/health, performance standards, operating procedures, processes, and training requirements. · Ensures compliance with federal and state regulations and participates in annual inspections with the Department of Environmental Protection. · Manages critical raw material inventory level and actively manages charge mix for cost optimization. · Responsible for implementing NCR corrective actions including re-training of hourly personnel. · Collaborates with Department Manager to plan departmental work flow in order to achieve long term goals established by senior management. · Identifies and evaluates production practice changes. · Schedules and implements necessary employee training. · Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures. · Directly supervises 18-21 employees: monitors work quality, including conducting performance appraisals and providing counseling for improved performance. Requirements POSITION REQUIREMENTS · Strong leadership skills · Proven ability to coach and develop high performance teams · Excellent critical thinking skills · Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the company and with vendors and customers. · Solid communication, listening, and follow-through skills. Natural collaborator and team builder. · Must possess good leadership and coaching skills, have a solid comfort level with change, and the ability to lead change is essential and critical to this position. · Woks with and instills a sense of urgency · Strong Melt and Caster/Hot Mill equipment knowledge is highly desired. · Ability to write routine reports and correspondences and prepare management presentations. · Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. · Ability to apply common sense and solid business judgment to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form. · Ability to work independently with stakeholders on both requirements gathering and business improvement strategies; · Ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously. · Basic computer knowledge including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word). Compensation: $85,000 - 110,000 depending on experience Because Golden Aluminum thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity.

Responsibilities

The Melt Shop Superintendent is responsible for providing safety, quality, and production leadership, managing daily operations including cost control, scheduling, and leading department initiatives. Key duties involve overseeing raw material inventories, melt loss reduction, molten metal quality, and setting maintenance priorities while strictly upholding safety standards.