The Partners Alliance pleased to announce that it was exclusively retained by a major steel company in Ohio to locate and to help hire a Senior Steelmaking Manager to manage 25 salaried management personnel and 210 hourly employees in its Melt Shop. The Melt Shop contains an Electric Arc Furnace that has 175-ton capacity. This role reported directly to the Plant Manager and was successfully completed in 10 weeks.
A fascinating search to work on!
The Partners Alliance has been retained by a $4B automation firm that specializes in renewable industry solutions, to hire a BESS manager for their solar group. This exciting position has been created to lead the engineering design efforts and to serve as the main customer interface. This position can be remote with occasional trips to headquarters and customers.
Semi-Retained Executive Search Success
The Partners Alliance has been exclusively retained by Metallus, formerly Timkensteel to hire a Lead Refractory Engineer for their plant located in Canton, Ohio. This position reports to the Plant Manager, was created to reduce a major expenditure in the EAF and is available due to a pending retirement. Responsibilities include working with vendors to extend refractory brick life, purchasing bricks and maintaining brick inventory. Successful candidates should have experience in refractory sales or 3 years of industry experience with refractories. Please contact Jim at to learn more about this important opening.
A great search to help fill this role
The Partners Alliance recently placed a Plant Manager with a steel company in Michigan as part of a successful retained search.
Our candidate met all of our client requests, including full P&L experience, experience managing a plant that refurbishes components used in Rolling Mills, and did not require relocation assistance.
For more information about our semi-retained or contingent search services, please view our website at www.partnersalliance.com or email Jim at Jim@PartnersAlliance.com
Another great success story
The Partners Alliance recently completed a search for which it was exclusively retained.
The client: an international manufacturer of hardware and software whose products are used in industrial quality assurance settings.
The position: a Director of Customer Service to manage nine nationwide Service Technicians, who coordinates with Sales and can convert the Installation and Troubleshooting department into a profit center for the company.
This role reports directly to the President of the company's North American business, and was completed in three months. The new incumbent did not require relocation.
This search was a real pleasure to work on.
The Partners Alliance recently completed a search for which it was exclusively retained.
The client: a primary metals manufacturer with a storied past, including helping to guide America through the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s.
The position: an Engineering Manager to help modernize the facility by managing new equipment installation, developing cutting edge preventive maintenance programs, improving efficiency, and managing a team of young problem solvers on staff.
This role reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer, and was completed in 10 weeks. The new incumbent did not require relocation.
Thank you for the opportunity to fill this role!
The Partners Alliance was recently exclusively retained by JSW Steel in Baytown, TX to fill a critical Vice President of Reliability Engineering position. The result was an exhaustive and comprehensive deep-dive into the available candidate pool, followed by weekly meetings and detailed search-status-reports. Partners Alliance senior industry advisors helped to enhance candidate screening. The entire process took place over two months.
JSW Steel Baytown produces carbon steel plate and hot rolled band coil for pipe, tubers, and original equipment manufacturers.
It was a pleasure working with the team at JSW Steel who helped facilitate this seamless project.
Development in Semi-Retained Executive Search Capacity:
The Partners Alliance recently placed the Melt Shop Manager with a specialty metals company in Pennsylvania. The search took less than one month to complete. The Partners Alliance, founded in 1998, is a national recruiting firm that specializes in the metals, aerospace, construction, manufacturing and mining industries.
Recent Semi-Retained Executive Placement
The Partners Alliance recently placed a Vice President/General Manager with a wire extrusion company located in California.
The position required a leader with full P&L management experience of over $100 million budgets, high-volume, low-margin manufacturing experience, and extensive expertise in operations & business development.
This extensive search was concentrated in California and required a full year of significant research.
Current Open Positions:
We are hiring for a variety of positions in multiple heavy industrial settings, in several locations:
Nashua, NH
1. Product Engineer (2)
Sayreville, NJ
1. Melt Shift Supervisor
Buffalo, NY
1. Maintenance Coordinator
2. Production Planning Manager
3. Rolling Mills Manager
4. Technical Manager
Pittsburgh, PA
1. Maintenance Engineer (2)
2. Electrical Engineer
3. Electrical Specialist
4. Environmental Manager
5. Production Shift Supervisor
6. Senior Operations Manager
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7. Galvanizing Furnace Technologies Engineer
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8. GM of Human Resources
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9. Maintenance Coordinator
10. Laboratory Supervisor
11. Maintenance Supervisor
12. Production Supervisor
13. Process Metallurgist
14. Remelt Supervisor
15. Technical Manager
Youngstown, OH
1. Quality Engineer
2. Technical Services Engineer
Louisville, KY
1. Engineering Technology Specialist (2)
2. Environmental Specialist
3. Lab Technician
4. Maintenance Supervisor
5. Process Engineer (2)
6. Production Planner/Scheduler
7. Senior Production Planner/Scheduler
8. Production Shift Supervisor
9. Senior Operations Manager
10. Tool & Die Technician
Atlanta, GA
1. Financial & Accounting Analyst
Find out what makes our proven method work seamlessly for so many businesses, needing to source capable candidates
https://www.partnersalliance.com/current-jobs
Success Alert!
Our Recent Placement: Be Like Jeremy
Alumni Spotlight, December 2020
Over the summer we began a working relationship with GrafTech International Holdings, a long standing and well-respected manufacturer of graphite electrodes for steel furnaces. GrafTech needed a Quality Assurance Engineer and so we found, screened and presented and corresponded with, Jeremy Kizuka, the latest addition to their corporate team.
Jeremy is an experienced, industrial problem solver with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a successful career stretching back 15 years. When we met Jeremy, he was being tasked with setting up a Q.A. lab at an essential oils farm. Nothing like this had existed there before, so his job was to build from scratch. This work revolutionized the operation, but he was eager to return to heavy industry.
Jeremy is a gracious, grounded guy with a great penchant for fixing things and developing people. In his new career, he is happy and thriving.
To all of you job seekers out there: want to succeed like Jeremy?
Interviewing is key!
Always make sure to practice your answers to common questions in the mirror or with a friend. Research the company beforehand, bring your best self to the office, ask several questions to demonstrate your engagement, and ask for a business card at the end to obtain contact information.
To all of you companies out there: if you want great candidates like Jeremy, let us find them for you!
Visit our website at www.partnersalliance.com, or give us a call at 724-538-3598.
Our proven track record shows our success in making your life easier and your operation run smoother.
Happy Holidays from the Partners Alliance
German American Chamber of Congress
Thank you, German American Chamber of Congress, for welcoming Jim Kalnas and Partners Alliance into your community! We are proud and excited to be your newest members!
Our community at Alignable.com has spoken!
"Partners Alliance was fundamental in my career growth. They were always professional and did the right things to ensure that my career path was growing in the greatest possible ways. I would recommend Partners Alliance to any professional seeking career growth and optimal opportunity." Chad Johnson from Southern California Gas Company
"Expert recruiting, works with clients to understand needs and place well qualified candidates."
Jason Sinkhorn from ElectroMechanical Engineering Associates, Inc.
"The Partners Alliance is the best recruiting company I have ever worked with, as a client and as an employee. Jim Kalnas, the owner, is a very straight forward, down to earth guy, who puts his heart into all decisions concerning his company. The employees are hand-picked by him and represent the best in their field. Their ability to match potential hires to the needs of the clients is exemplary. The Director of HR, Kerry Plunket, does an amazing job of working with new hires and getting them quickly through the maze of paperwork and checks that need to made prior to their start dates, so that they can be are there on time and ready to start work that first day. Partners Alliance also takes that extra step of communicating status to their clients on a weekly basis so their is no question of where the hiring process stands. If you're looking for a recruiting company, call Jim first. Their a national recruiting company that competes with the best out there, and their among the top."
Anne Moore from KANDA Consulting, LLC
Thank you, everyone, for the kind words!
On your next staffing project, let high integrity, high capability, strategic partnership and effective solutions guide your way to desirable outcomes.
Showcase of Alumni Success
Alumni Success Spotlight
In this edition, we spoke to Jim Resosky of Eaton Corporation (pictured abover) about his experience as a Contract employee through Partners Alliance and his subsequent promotions to full-time and beyond.
Jim was a Program Manager at Fore Systems Marconi 17 years ago, overseeing every step of the process from design, engineering, prototyping, pilot runs and into mass production. He was laid off, however, and quickly began planning his next move.
A mutual contact introduced him to Jim Kalnas and he was offered a contract role at Eaton (then E. Cutler Hammer). Mr. Resosky had never worked as a contractor before and was reluctant, but after being “Set up for success,” he signed a 1 year contract and it “couldn’t have been a better choice.”
Within 6 months, Eaton recognized his strengths and offered him a full-time position. This launched him into the role of Regional Client Director, managing accounts in the oil and gas segment. Today, Jim handles several large, national accounts as well.
He describes Partners Alliance as the most competent staffing firm he encountered during his time between jobs and maintains a relationship with Jim Kalnas, occasionally trading hockey tickets outside work.
Every year, Jim expands his role as a natural fit for the job. He feels his career has benefited enormously from that chance encounter, and from taking the initial leap into an unfamiliar circumstance.
Thanks for taking the time, Jim!
Alumnus Success Spotlight
Here, we showcase our success by sitting down for an Alumni Spotlight.
Greg Woodrum is a wealth of knowledge in the field of Utilities, as a Scheduler for American Electric Power. Greg had recently been laid off when one of our technical recruiters contacted him and encouraged him to consider a contract role with The Partners Alliance. The recruiter recognized that Greg’s strong background in construction scheduling and project cost estimation would be beneficial to our client.
Within three weeks of the initial call, Greg interviewed and was offered the job. Greg excelled in his role as Contract Scheduler and after a fifteen-months assignment, was offered full-time role. He accepted.
This was Greg’s first encounter with a recruiter, and it led to a positive career step for him. He says his experience was very much a positive one, he “sure would” recommend Partners Alliance services to colleagues or organizations.
Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, and good luck on your next steps, Greg!
In the wake of unrest...
A note from leadership :
We know that over the last few weeks, Black families in our country are hurting deeply. We are not comfortable being silent in the wake of this. We want it to be known that we stand with all those hurting in our community and will continue to drive positive change through our commitment to working toward equality for all of our employees and colleagues.. In the fight for an anti-racist world, we all share the responsibility to combat hate, discrimination, and unfair treatment of our fellow human beings.
