PDM & Reliability Supervisor

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.

About the Role:

The PDM & Reliability Supervisor plays a critical role in driving equipment, reliability and operational excellence. This position focuses on identifying and eliminating the root causes of equipment failures, leading predictive and preventative maintenance efforts, and supervising a team dedicated to improving plant performance. The role is essential in reducing O&M expenditures and increasing equipment uptime and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) processes.

- Implement solutions to address repetitive failures and maintenance issues.

- Collaborate with planners to evaluate work requests and determine the need for root cause evaluations.

- Continuously review and optimize Preventative Maintenance (PM) activities based on predictive data.

- Directly supervise the Predictive Maintenance Department (Electrical & Mechanical), including five hourly employees.

- Enhance Reliability Group processes, deploy new technologies, and develop asset health metrics.

- Manage departmental budget, plan contract work, and oversee contract labor.

- Provide technical support for system troubleshooting and documentation.

- Support engineering, maintenance, and operations teams to ensure equipment reliability.

- Contribute to training programs that promote operational excellence.

Working Conditions:

- Full-time, on-site role at a power generation facility.

- Requires availability for occasional after-hours support during critical events or outages.

- Work may involve exposure to industrial environments, including noise, heat, and rotating equipment.

Environmental Responsibilities:

- Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and company sustainability goals.

- Promote environmentally responsible maintenance practices.

- Support initiatives that reduce environmental impact through improved equipment reliability.

Safety Responsibilities:

- Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and company sustainability goals.

- Promote environmentally responsible maintenance practices.

- Support initiatives that reduce environmental impact through improved equipment reliability.

What you can bring to the role:

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do. To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:

Minimum Qualifications:

- 5+ years of experience in heavy industry or power generation.

- Proven supervisory experience, preferably in a unionized environment.

- Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems and failure modes.

Preferred Qualifications:

- 10+ years of experience in heavy industry or power generation.

- Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, or Reliability Engineering).

- Experience with predictive maintenance technologies and reliability-centered maintenance.

- Familiarity with CMMS systems and data-driven maintenance strategies.

Skills and Competencies

- Strong leadership and team development skills.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

- Effective communicator with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.

- Proficient in data interpretation and presentation to drive decision-making.

- Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

What’s on Offer:

- Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay as well as recognition and rewards programs

- Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA

- 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan

- Holiday Pay: 10 holidays and one flexible holiday of your choice.

- Alcoa has been chosen as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek

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About the Location

Alcoa “Warrick” based in Newburgh, Indiana just outside of Evansville, IN has been present in the lives of many families in our community for over 60 years. We’ve grown and we’ve matured together. Now we are looking for our next generation of Alcoans to bring us into the future. You can be one of them! Join us and get ready to experience endless opportunities!

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

gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.

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.