Sr Process Engineer

Position Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Position Overview

The Novelis Bay Minette, AL team is seeking a Sr. Process Engineer to work on site. This role will work with the Process Leader of the hiring Manufacturing Unit. The ideal candidate will be responsible for assisting in the development of the cold rolling processes and providing all necessary support to contribute to the achievement of the plant’s safety, quality, production, sustainability, and budget objectives. This position will support the activities of others related to the cold mill process and keep current with the constantly evolving technology, balancing it with the needs of the operations to bring forth improvements in automated systems and methods.

Responsibilities:

• Work safely, in compliance with all corporate, plant, local, state and federal safety rules and regulations, and staying on top of current policies, procedures, ensuring outside vendors/contractors align with the same. Investigate, develop and provide recommended solutions for any safety issues related to plant equipment requiring field or project engineering as assigned.
• Establish, complete and audit routine management on the manufacturing unit with KPI, CIV and COV monitoring/control charts
• Technically work alongside operators and other manufacturing unit staff as needed to solve and prevent problems that impact product quality and productivity.
• Assist in solving, sophisticated analysis and identify areas of potential advancements in the processes, equipment, and facilities to achieve increased profitability through reduced costs, increased efficiency, improved quality, increase production output and optimized equipment uptime.
• Lead RCAs and FMEAs related to product quality and performance, and participate in others RCA and FMEA to improve other indicators such as MTBF, MTTR and drive continuous improvement
• Write and review work instructions and control plans
• During plant construction and start-up, work with equipment suppliers as well as the Lead Process Engineer and internal team members to develop conceptual and functional requirements for short- and long-term process and equipment development consistent with the business plan.
• After plant start-up, optimize the aluminum manufacturing process by working closely with the operations, engineering, and process groups.
• Ensure that the processes result in a product that meets or exceeds our internal and external customer expectations.
• Application of innovative technology and techniques to resolve complex problems
• Understand and be mindful of any process projects including budget control, schedule, and compliance with safety, environmental and sustainability requirements, to assure performance against expectations.
• Continually review process methods, equipment, and technology for robustness, reliability, and obsolescence. Develop plans for modifications and/or upgrades as needed.
• Constantly search for innovations and continuous improvement.
• Must possess strong decision making and problem-solving skills including the ability to tackle problems while exhibiting practical judgment and realistic understanding of the issues involved.
• Must be able to overcome obstacles and find reasonable resolutions to situations on a case-by-case basis as encountered.
• Embrace the Novelis Safety Principles embracing a zero-injury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Open, Say Anything, Build Trust and Be Authentic!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. (Mechanical, Automation or Material Science is preferred)
• Strong technical and process leadership skills are required in this position, with ability to work multiple projects simultaneously.
• Hard skills in problem-solving and data analysis.
• Proven leadership skills to advise, coach and develop other personnel to accomplish personal, plant and corporate objectives
• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to connect with all levels in the organization
• Desire to take initiative and develop a pro-active relationship with employees through follow-up, understanding their needs and encouraging a collaborative relationship
• Ability to travel up to 30% (North America and Internationally) in the first 3 years. After that period, the travel will be less than 10%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Rolling process experience desired.
• 3 - 5 years of professional experience of process engineering
• Background in equipment reliability and/or process control

What We Offer:

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs

Location Profile

Novelis’ newly announced Bay Minette facility will be located 35 miles northeast of Mobile AL and 45 miles west of Pensacola FL and is expected to create approximately 1000 high-paying advanced careers in modern manufacturing and become fully operational in 2025. This highly advanced rolling and recycling facility will be the first of its kind. It will primarily serve our customers in the beverage can and automotive markets. Novelis is committed to the community and will actively build partnerships in Baldwin County focused on recycling STEM education and workforce development. At Novelis we believe our culture of collaboration is our competitive advantage and we would love for you to consider building a career with us.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

Disclaimer

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis