Internship – Potroom

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 Smelter Potroom Intern will support operational excellence and improvement initiatives across the potroom.

This hands‑on internship provides exposure to real industrial processes within a heavy manufacturing environment.

The intern will work closely with supervisors, operations teams, and continuous improvement personnel to enhance standard work practices, reduce scrap, optimize equipment performance, and improve visual management systems.

Key Responsibilities



* Provide supervisor support, including assisting with daily operational tasks, basic reporting, and workflow coordination.


* Support development, documentation, and reinforcement of standard work practices.


* Assist with 5S improvements in garage and line areas, including organization, labeling, and workplace visual controls.


* Contribute to Level 1 Daily Management System (DMS) activities through data collection, board updates, and improvement tracking.


* Support Polka/MeVisio integration, including updating digital visual management tools and helping transition from manual systems.


* Participate in scrap reduction initiatives, collecting data and supporting root-cause analysis.


* Assist with crusher optimization efforts, including field observations, data gathering, and basic problem‑solving activities.


* Collaborate with engineering, operations, and CI teams to implement improvements and support assigned project work.

Working Conditions



* Work occurs in a heavy industrial smelting environment, including active potroom, garage, and operational areas.


* Exposure to heat, noise, dust, moving equipment, and aluminum production processes.


* May involve walking, standing for extended periods, climbing stairs, or observing production activities.


* Standard weekday schedule with potential variation based on project or operational needs.

Environmental Responsibilities



* Follow all environmental policies and compliance requirements within the smelting operation.


* Support projects linked to waste reduction, improved material flow, and more efficient resource usage.


* Demonstrate environmentally responsible behavior in all field and shop activities.

Safety Responsibilities



* Adhere to all smelter safety policies, procedures, and required PPE.


* Participate in hazard identification and safe‑work assessments related to potroom and garage activities.


* Practice safe behaviors during fieldwork, equipment observations, and improvement project participation.

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.

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