Mechanical Engineer- Casthouse

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 Cast House Mechanical Engineer to work on site. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for handling all aspects of the Mechanical Engineering function, such as design, construction, and installation of original equipment and equipment modifications. With the opportunity to work with every type of machinery that you can imagine, you will analyze, recommend and help implement preventive maintenance replacement programs and provide value analysis engineering, as well as training a new group of Maintenance professionals, while driving the continuous improvement of the plant.

Responsibilities

• Embrace the Novelis Safety Principles to build a zero-injury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Open, Build Trust, Say Anything, and Be Authentic.
• Analyze advanced analyses and identify areas of potential advancements in the processes, equipment, and facilities to achieve increased profitability through reduced costs, increased efficiency, improved quality, increased production output and optimized equipment uptime.
• Support the aluminum manufacturing process by working closely with the Operations, Engineering, Administrative, and Process groups.
• Work closely with the Reliability & Engineering and Utility Managers to develop conceptual and functional requirements for short- and long-term process and equipment development (facility planning) consistent with the business plan.
• Provide after-hours and weekend support as needed to assist maintenance in the resolution of issues having an immediate impact on plant performance. This can involve providing direction/mentorship remotely and/or onsite.
• Train and lead maintenance technicians and engineers as needed- to resolve and prevent maintenance and engineering problems and to develop training programs on processes and equipment for the maintenance staff, as it applies to recycling, remelting and casting.
• Develop and manage relationships with suppliers and other technical resources inside and outside of the Site and Company
• Review Site equipment and technology for robustness, reliability and obsolescence. Develop plans for modifications and/or upgrades when needed.
• Assist and support capital projects from conceptual to implementation phases
• Use the facility's internal and corporate resources, along with third parties to develop a facility Reliability Master Plan and perform Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) as specified
• Understand and use the Key Performance Indicators for Mechanical reliability. Provide data for the monthly Mechanical Reliability Dashboard.
• Develop and refine the Mechanical preventive/predictive maintenance program in a systematic, professional manner coordinating all efforts with operations, engineering and the electricians, to ensure the program is accurately approved and endorsed.
• Interact with operators, mechanical technicians, planners, process leaders, and engineers on a regular basis to manage the effectiveness of the PM/ PdM system.
• Provide administration, training, control and analysis of all data, records and equipment histories to continually review and refine PM/ PdM frequencies.
• Understand and perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for all significant failures in your functional area.
• Ensure all equipment recommended, repaired or modified meets all company and governmental safety and health rules and regulations to support the safety and wellbeing of employees
• Contribute engineering expertise to project work and selection of replacement or new equipment to help ensure consistency and standardization of components and ease of maintenance
• Oversee maintenance of equipment covering all phases of heavy industrial plant engineering, typical of the metals industry
• Provide a strong mechanical understanding of process, civil, and Mechanical components involved in their equipment
• Solve encounters that center around meeting production needs in the face of tight, frequently revised schedules and/or equipment failures, the start-up of new equipment, and the development of new products and processes
• Optimize equipment utilization and efficiency by applying the latest development in machine procedures, diagnostic equipment, and more reliable Mechanical components
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering .
• 3-5 years of professional experience
• Experience supporting the process groups and the maintenance groups in reliability efforts
• Willingness to work in a self-managed team environment
• Good methodical skills in equipment problem-solving and related issues.
• Leadership skills to advise, lead 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
• Project management skills
• Result oriented and decision-making capabilities
• Experience must include developing scope of work using P&ID's, specifications, and project requirements to specify and complete the mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic.
• Digital literacy skills with software applications proficiency , including Microsoft Office, AUTOCAD.
• 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 10% (North America and Internationally.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Steel or Aluminum recycling and remelt processes.
• Experience with Furnaces and casting equipment
• Experience in assessing refractory wear and material selection
• Experience with hydraulics, refractories and combustion systems desirable
• Experience with large pieces of equipment (conveyors, Shredders, Gearboxes, spindles, Fume Exhaust fans)
• Basic understanding of capabilities for controls and servo systems and an understanding of maintenance procedures and principles of equipment reliability.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical systems including hydraulics, pneumatics, tooling issues, measurement feedback systems, and basic design adaptability.
  
  

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 in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance
  
  

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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. 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.

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