Job Description

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.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help us fulfill our purpose and realize our vision to reinvent the aluminum industry. Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with a better work-life balance and the equal opportunities that help everyone thrive. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

What you will do:
Our HR Manager will lead all HR activities across the Massena plant (~550 employees). Responsibility includes labor relations, talent acquisition, employee experience initiatives and talent management. In addition, this role is responsible for the location’s diversity and inclusion strategy and action plan. The HR manager leads, coaches and advises on a cohesive and defined HR strategy through employee feedback, people processes and relationship building. Directs a team of HR professionals, managing their work and development.

Job Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Functions:

• Lead team to ensure all departments are staffed appropriately based on headcount needs. Workforce planning, analysis of turnover and future staffing needs with departments to ensure the workforce is prepared and ready for the current and future needs.
• Local employee relations leader acting the primary liaison between management and local union representatives. Resolves location grievances. Interprets and enforces labor contract to ensure fair treatment and prevent legal issues.
• Provides guidance to management and supervisors on employee relations matters, to include disciplinary actions and strategies to maintain positive labor relations.
• Leads talent management including succession planning, employee development and ensuring local participation in talent reviews
• Demonstrates organizational effectiveness and leadership development
• Translates business strategy into HR strategy through change management, influence and working cohesively with the plant manager and other site leaders.
• Responsible for leading and executing local internal and external communications for the plant.
• Actively participates with the site lead team and advises on team building and development opportunities.
• Develops and executes on employee experience initiatives and engagement strategy for the location
• Creates a diverse workforce and inclusive environment, coaches’ other leaders to do the same
• Helps organizational structure and design evolve to fit the business strategy, advises staff on vital facility changes
• Develops plant HR team’s members to allow them to capitalize on their inherent capabilities for personal growth and to better serve the company.
• Advises staff on leading their teams effectively by demonstrating Alcoa’s PDP, focusing on contribution and help to resolve conflicts.
• Serves as a member of the Plant Lead Team and act as a business partner to the team as they build and implement business strategy.

Transactional HR Functions:

• Supervises the annual compensation planning processes for the site, coaching managers and analysis of the plant recommendations.
• Ensures compliance on all federal, state and local employment laws, policies and processes
• Responsibility for site recruiting, partnering with the Talent Acquisition CoE and hiring managers to evaluated roles and find the best qualified candidates
• Maintaining the site disciplinary and grievance process, assisting in any investigations, recommendations and corrective actions
• Developing, interpreting and administrating Alcoa’s policy and procedures in the Human Resource area

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in HR, Business or related field of study.
• 7+ years of progressive people experience
• Experience working in a large manufacturing facility
• Experience handling labor relations including grievance resolution, interpreting and enforcing labor contract language and being the primary company representative and liaison with local union leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Creating/maintaining positive employee relations environment
• Strong planning, organizational, group facilitation, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage both strategically and operationally, with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence and communicate across the spectrum of the workforce (i.e. from management through to operators and maintainers)
• Strategically partnering with HR CoE resources to deliver location results
• Excellent computer skills, including Workday and MS Office (advanced excel and power point skills),

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs, and stock-based compensation awards (3-year vesting schedule)
• Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
• Holiday Pay: 11 holidays and one flexible holiday of your choice.
• 4 hours of Paid annual volunteer hours

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Base salary: $128,500 - $176,500 USD annually Total rewards packages listed, including base salary and bonus eligibility, applies to US based applicants only. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on a range of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies in conjunction with multiple components of the Employee Total Rewards Package. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.

About the Location

Our Massena facility in New York State, established in 1902, is home to the longest continuously operating smelter in the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY is the center for commercial, industrial, and manufacturing success in St. Lawrence County. Massena’s caring sense of community, affordable cost of living, and extremely low-cost locally supplied energy, coupled with four public and private universities nearby, make Massena a great place to call home. And within a two hour drive (or less) are cosmopolitan and historic Montreal and Ottawa, Canada to the north, and to the south are the tall, beautiful views of Adirondacks and within it is Lake Placid The Olympic Village.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.

If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at

gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.

Application close date is: 21 November 2025, however Alcoa reserves the right to change this date at its discretion.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Local area, Flexible hours,

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