Senior Maintenance Operations Leader - Hot Mill

Arconic is currently in search of Senior Maintenance Operations Leader - Hot Mill to join our Global Rolled Products based in Lancaster, PA.

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

In this role, you will

• Lead in a manner that drives the identification, implementation and documentation of maintenance and reliability best practices. Connect with other Arconic locations and outside companies to benchmark and share best practices.
• Oversee and provide support to the mill technicians include their day-to-day activities.
• During repairs and outages, ensure that details such as clearances, tolerances, materials of construction, procedures, etc., are provided and documented. This includes providing support in managing contractors for maintenance outages and general tasks.
• Ensure that repair techniques, procedures and equipment specific training are documented and available. This also includes making sure that emergency technical support is provided for critical plan operations.
• Support and drive Reliability Excellence (REX) strategic plans for the Hot Mill and Paint Line. This includes participating in the REX Steering Committee.
• Engage available resources to meet business objectives set by the Lead Team. Objectives should be achieved by seeking opportunities to work collaboratively and in cooperation with other areas of the plant and will not detrimentally impact the vitality of the Lancaster facility.
• Ensure maintenance activities are coordinated with Production, SCM, Engineering, Planning and Scheduling, and EHS.
• Assist with driving a proactive team that stays focused on problem solving and continuous improvement (A3s) during the structured weekly meetings (War Room) with the maintenance, engineer, and production teams.
• Coach and develop skills of direct and indirect reports which includes identifying succession plans for technical roles.
• Partner with the Human Resources function to establish, coordinate and monitor department-specific people systems (performance management, reward and recognition, compensation, employee engagement, employee development, succession planning, hiring process, new employee onboarding, etc).
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for cost reduction and/or productivity improvements with regards to maintenance activities, particularly seeking to minimize the investment required for spare parts and maintenance supplies. This includes partnering with Procurement function to ensure appropriate contracts and service agreements are in place to support the operations.
• Ensure compliance with EHS standards (HP, audits, housekeeping) for all Process Maintenance areas. This position also has the responsibility to work safely and promote safety consciousness among other employees using the tools of Human Performance (HP).