Lead Mechanical Engineer - Novelis North America HQ

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 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

Novelis – Bay Minette, AL is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer for our new integrated Rolling Facility in Bay Minette Alabama. 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 and 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

• Improvement & 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 electrical components involved in their equipment.
• Responsible for solving 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, development of new products and processes.
• Optimize equipment utilization and efficiency by applying the latest development in machine procedures, diagnostic equipment, and more reliable electrical components.
• Develop practical solutions to repetitive equipment failure problems that contribute to the effectiveness of the maintenance effort.
• Support training and trouble shooting.
• Contribute engineering expertise to project work and selection of replacement or new equipment to ensure consistency and standardization of components and ease of maintenance.
• Ensure all equipment recommended, repaired, or modified meets all company and governmental safety and health rules and regulations to help ensure safety and wellbeing of employees.
• Assist in the development of engineering or maintenance procedures and repair work to ensure they are safe, effective, and efficient. Expand, continually, knowledge of engineering and maintenance principals and practice.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of a Quality System by serving as a resource to Operating Teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university or institution.
• 7-11 years of relevant work experience
• 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 fostering a collaborative relationship.
• Ability to organize and prioritize responsibility; manage multiple tasks at once without sacrificing attention to detail.
• Must be flexible and able to operate in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
• Must also possess leadership skills to direct, lead and develop other personnel to accomplish personal, plant and corporate objectives.
• Good computer skills and experience with AutoCAD, Inventor, or other 3D modeling software.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and other relevant software applications is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aluminum manufacturing experience
• Proven understanding or Certification in Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma

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!

Disclaimer:

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:

• Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis
• Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers – Novelis

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.