Jobs at Kaiser Aluminum

Design, build, and maintain near real-time manufacturing dashboards and decision-support tools. Translate plant needs into intuitive visualizations, create reusable components, ensure data reliability and performance, collaborate with OT/IT and operations, and provide documentation, training, and governance-aligned deployment.

The Electrical Project Engineer manages electrical projects, ensuring scope, budget, and schedule compliance while coordinating installations and troubleshooting systems.

Analyze, design, and optimize aluminum extrusion and drawing manufacturing processes to improve throughput, quality, and cost. Lead continuous improvement (Kaizen, Six Sigma), conduct time studies and root cause analysis, implement process controls and SOPs, support automation and capital projects, train staff, and ensure regulatory, safety, and quality compliance.

This role focuses on improving manufacturing capabilities through control system design, troubleshooting, and process improvement initiatives.

The Plant Project Engineer will plan, coordinate, and execute engineering projects in a heavy industrial facility, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Machinists operate and maintain machining equipment, fabricate and repair tools, and perform precision work on critical equipment. They interpret blueprints, perform assembly work, and conduct inspections while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

The CNC Machinist sets up, operates, and maintains CNC machines to produce precision parts, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.

The Data Scientist will analyze, design, test, and implement applications for product improvement, utilizing advanced data analytics and machine learning techniques, while supporting plant projects and mentoring team members.

The Lead Electrical/Controls Engineer optimizes manufacturing processes through automation, supports operations, leads projects, and mentors staff.

The Mechanical Project Engineer manages capital and process improvement projects, providing support through feasibility, cost estimation, and team coordination, ensuring compliance with regulations while optimizing mechanical systems.

Kaiser Aluminum seeks Production Technicians to perform tasks supporting production in an aluminum extrusion facility, ensuring smooth operations and adhering to safety standards.

Support and enhance the Jobscope ERP on IBM i (AS/400) by developing and debugging RPG/RPGLE programs, working with DB2 for i and SQL, customizing ERP modules, performing testing and deployments, troubleshooting production issues, optimizing integrations, and collaborating with business users and IT teams.

Manage and continuously improve the AS9100/ISO 9001 Quality Management System for the Newark plant. Lead internal and external audits, oversee document and record control, perform supplier evaluations and audits, handle customer quality issues, implement corrective actions, and train internal auditors. Report QMS performance to plant leadership and ensure compliance with customer, statutory, and regulatory requirements.

Serve as technical and quality liaison between customers and internal teams. Provide metallurgical support, quality assurance, investigations, specification compliance, qualification programs, vendor audits, and report analysis to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction.

Manage all plant financial processes including cost accounting, planning, reporting, internal controls, capital tracking, and financial analysis. Serve as business partner to plant leadership, lead accounting staff, drive cost savings and process improvements, ensure SOX compliance, and support cross-functional projects and audits for a publicly reported manufacturing facility.

The Electrical Manufacturing Engineer optimizes automated equipment and processes, leads reliability projects, provides technical support, and improves manufacturing operations.

Supervise tube mill and extrusion production on 12-hour shifts to meet schedules, enforce safety and quality, manage staffing and timekeeping, coordinate maintenance, record downtime, coach employees, and produce shift reports.

The Metallurgical Process & Product Development Engineer will lead R&D projects, collaborate with manufacturing for process improvements, and utilize data for product control enhancements.

The Technical Manager oversees aluminum manufacturing processes, ensures product quality, conducts supplier audits, and manages technical support and compliance activities.

The Controls Engineer is responsible for optimizing manufacturing processes focusing on PLC-based controls, electrical systems, and technical project management within a safety-compliant environment.