# Potroom Operator (PCO)

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. This is your opportunity to shape your career through the skills and experience you bring to the role now and by training for the roles you may want in the future. Our success depends on great teams, where you can thrive and do your best work in a supportive environment. About the Role The Potroom Operator (PCO) is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the routine functions of electrolytic pots in the aluminum smelting process. This includes changing anodes, tapping pots, moving materials, and operating overhead cranes to ensure efficient and safe operations. Key Responsibilities Monitor pot operations using visual inspections, millivolt readings, and process control computer systems. Adjust pot voltage and current distribution to maintain optimal performance. Tap pots using siphon, vacuum crucible, and siphon lid. Operate overhead cranes and other heavy equipment. Replace anodes, clean bath from butts, and manage anode distribution. Distribute alumina and bath materials

- **Id**: 324175
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alcoa-potroom-operator-pco>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Newburgh, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-29T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-04-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:50:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 195
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5242
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Manufacturing, Metals & Metallurgy, Non-ferrous Metals

## Company

- **Id**: 4293
- **Name**: Alcoa
- **Domain**: alcoa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/alcoa>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 92
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.313
- **Repost share**: 0.125
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 40000
- **Max usd**: 69000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 7889

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 194

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T16:45:18Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 7 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 7

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.165
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 194
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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