Primary aluminum producer with integrated bauxite, alumina, and anode operations
Century Aluminum operates a vertically integrated primary aluminum business spanning mining (Jamaica), refining, smelting (US and Iceland), and electrode manufacturing (Netherlands). The tech stack is industrial-focused—SAP PM, CMMS, SQL Server, Oracle Fusion—and hiring is accelerating across engineering and ops, with half the open roles concentrated on maintenance and reliability (RCM programs, predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring). The active project list signals internal operational maturity efforts: the company is moving from reactive maintenance backlog to data-driven asset management, while also closing gaps in accounting process centralization and environmental compliance reporting.
Century Aluminum is a publicly traded primary aluminum producer headquartered in Chicago with approximately 2,000 employees. The company operates primary aluminum smelting facilities in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Iceland; manufactures carbon anodes and cathodes in the Netherlands; and owns bauxite mining and alumina refining assets in Jamaica. The business is structured around three strategic levers: optimizing safety and environmental performance, reducing cost structure through productivity improvements, and expanding upstream and downstream capacity. Century common stock trades on NASDAQ under ticker CENX.
Century operates primary aluminum smelters in Hawesville KY, Sebree KY, Mt. Holly SC, and Grundartangi Iceland; electrode manufacturing in Vlissingen Netherlands; and alumina refining and bauxite mining in Clarendon Jamaica. Headquarters is in Chicago.
Core enterprise stack includes SAP (with PM module), CMMS, SQL Server with Reporting Services, Oracle Fusion, C++ and C# for development. The company is focused on SAP PM utilization and process centralization across accounting and GL functions.
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