REAL ALLOY is the market leader in third-party aluminum recycling and specification alloy production. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, we have 16 plants strategically located across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. We convert aluminum scrap and by-products into reusable aluminum metal for a growing number of applications across various industries. We are ideally positioned to respond to the needs of an increasingly recycling-conscious world. Advanced technologies enable us to process a large variety of scrap and dross and reduce the amount of residual waste from aluminum manufacturing that would otherwise end up as landfill.
ResponsibilitiesREAL ALLOY Production Supervisor
Our Production Supervisor will oversee employees to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations while maintaining quality standards. The Production Supervisor ensures production activities are conducted in accordance with Real Alloy policies, procedures, and applicable laws and directly supervises 5–10 production employees.
- Schedules and directs employees in assignment and completion of production work. Creates and trains a team of workers to achieve or exceed budgeted production goals while maintaining compliance with environmental and other regulatory requirements.
- Checks the types, location, quantity, and availability of materials needed to complete the production requirements for the shift. Checks records from previous shift, and alerts maintenance of potential equipment problems. Directs incoming material shipments where, when, and how to unload.
- Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet schedules. Determines overtime work schedule and approves time in Kronos.
- Monitor’s production output and quality data. Maintains time and production records. Compiles reports for management review. Provides hands-on operation of furnaces with responsibility for optimizing recoveries.
- Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase employee efficiency.
- Conducts meetings with employees and ensures compliance with all health, safety and environmental regulations, and company policies and procedures.
- Provides relief supervision on weekends, nights, holidays or as needed.
Production Supervisor Salary range $66,000 - $83,000/yr. plus bonus.
Qualifications- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and two to three years directly related experience; or equivalent combination of education and directly related supervisory experience.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Proven ability to develop, implement and manage systems and procedures and work with minimal supervision while also leading others toward plant goal achievement.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel. Oracle experience preferred.
- Highly motivated, goal oriented, ethical and challenge driven. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Valid driver’s license required
REAL ALLOY is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Our HR teams will reach out to the applicants who met the qualifications and most closely aligned with requirements of the positions.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED and two to three years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and supervisory experience
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to speak effectively before customers or employees
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations involving whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages
- Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs
- Ability to develop, implement, and manage systems and procedures
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and lead others toward plant goals
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel
- Oracle experience
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
What We Do
Real Alloy is a North American aluminum recycling and alloy-production company. It converts aluminum scrap and aluminum-processing by-products, including dross, into reusable metal and specification alloys. Its products are supplied as molten metal, ingots, recycled secondary ingot (RSI), and cones. The company operates 16 facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, serving automotive, consumer-goods, packaging, and other industrial customers.









