Hot Line Technical Manager

Job Summary:

Leads the technical management of plate and coil operations with a focus on enhancing performance, maximizing material utilization, and minimizing waste through strategic technical initiatives, employee training, and robust process controls. Ensures compliance with metallurgical, technical, and quality standards to meet customer specifications for plate and coil products. Oversees the Hotline Quality Management System, driving improvements that elevate customer satisfaction. Acts as the technical authority and direct supervisor for process and quality teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Hot Line technical team to reduce quality losses and improve processing practices for product capability, efficiency, and material recovery.
• Supervise and mentor area quality/process engineers and metallurgists, ensuring effective training and process improvements.
• Oversee project tracking, reporting, and achievement of quality KPIs.
• Provide technical expertise for daily operations and manage compliance with customer specifications and quality systems.
• Drive root cause analysis and implement data-driven solutions for complex, multi-area issues.
• Manage lubrication process engineering and ensure coolant systems meet industry standards through training and control.
• Lead investigations, qualification of new equipment processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and update SOPs, calibration documentation, FMEAs, and control plans.
• Support new product development for plate and coil products.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Metallurgy or Materials Science preferred) or equivalent experience, required.
• 5–10 years of manufacturing experience, ideally in aluminum rolling, required.
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor technical professionals.
• Strong project management skills with a track record of successful execution.
• Skilled in leading cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
• Advanced analytical and statistical problem-solving capabilities.
• Familiarity with Lean principles and Six Sigma methodologies, strongly preferred.
• Effective time management with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, preferred.

About Constellium:

With ~1,100 employees, Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is one of the world’s largest rolled products facilities, offering customers the most powerful plate stretchers in the world, as well as one of the largest cold rolling mills. Built in 1957, the plant houses 62 acres (about 250,900 m²) of production facilities, and is one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia. 

We produce plate, sheet, and coil products for aerospace, defense, transportation, marine, and industrial uses. As the global leader in aluminum aerospace technology, we specialize in high performance plates, sheets and extrusions that bring cost and performance benefits to space programs and military and commercial aircraft. Our advanced aluminum products manufactured in the US, France and Switzerland can be found in platforms manufactured by Airbus, Applied Materials, Blue Origin, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, General Dynamics, LAM, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and others. The Ravenswood facility is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Ohio River. It is the largest employer in Jackson County, and one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia.

A culture of family, community, and hard work runs deep in Jackson County. Located in the western region of West Virginia, it is one of the most productive regions in the state, with Ripley as its county seat and Ravenswood serving as its largest municipality. Ripley sits between the Parkersburg and Charleston metropolitan areas.

The region offers plenty of activities, both open-air and indoors, for a wide range of interests. These include parks, lakes, forests, Civil War trails, golf courses, historical landmarks (covered bridges, a heritage house, a castle), museums and galleries, conference centers, the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Charleston Light Opera Guild, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without

                                                                                                     regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.