Foundry Lead Melt Supervisor - Night Shift

Foundry Lead Melt Supervisor - Night Shift

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We are ME Elecmetal, a global company with more than 100 years of experience as a top manufacturing supplier and strategic partner to the rapidly expanding critical minerals and mining industry. Surging global demand for rare earth elements, minerals, and precious metals has us poised for significant growth. Our career opportunities offer a dynamic landscape for professionals seeking stable careers with strong long-term outlooks or as we like to say, we have strong jobs for strong people!

Our Tempe, AZ Foundry is seeking a night shift Lead Supervisor of Melting and Pouring. The role is responsible for overseeing safe, efficient, and consistent operations of Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF) in a steel and iron foundry environment. This role provides direct leadership to furnace operators and support personnel, ensuring production targets, quality requirements, and safety standards are met. The Lead Supervisor serves as the technical and operational authority on shift and drives continuous improvement in melt practices, energy efficiency, and metallurgical control.

• Promote a strong safety culture with visible leadership on the melt deck and in the pour bay.
• Lead and enforce all safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct safety audits and job safety analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee shift EAF operations including charge makeup, melt schedules, tap timing, alloy additions, slag practices, and temperature control.
• Ensure meeting of production schedules, yield targets, and delivery commitments.
• Monitor furnace performance metrics.
• Troubleshoot process upsets and lead recovery actions to minimize downtime.
• Ensure compliance with melt chemistry specifications and metallurgical practices.
• Review heat data, spectrometer results, and trend reports to drive process stability.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and mentoring to furnace operators and support staff.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, cost, energy efficiency, productivity, and quality.
• Utilize data and KPIs to drive fact-based decision making.

• Minimum 7-10 years of foundry supervision experience preferably with Electric Arc Furnaces.
• Strong working knowledge of EAF operations, metallurgy, charge materials, alloys, and slag.
• Proven ability to lead teams in a high-temperature, industrial environment.
• Strong communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Familiarity with energy management, electrode optimization, and refractory life management.
• Ability to work in a heavy industrial environment with exposure to heat, noise, and molten metal.
• Ability to work extended shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays as required.
• Ability to wear required PPE and perform duties in a physically demanding setting.

• We offer top pay in the market to partner with the best people and the best talent.
• We reward team success with quarterly bonus payments when we achieve our goals.
• We offer innovative and rich benefit programs without the rich costs for our people.
• Work life balance is BIG! Enjoy 3 weeks vacation, 11 holidays, and 48hrs of sick time yearly.
• Personal, professional, and financial growth with our local and global job opportunities.
• Strong job stability from 100 years of experience in the growing global mining industry.

The next 100 years has started. Apply to begin our journey together!

$90,000 - $110,000

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Mining