Sr Automation Engineer - Novelis Lincolnshire Manufacturing Facility

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

The Novelis' Lincolnshire team is seeking an Automation Engineer. This position is responsible for identifying new manufacturing technology, determining productivity benchmarks, and participating in the Company’s continuous improvement programs.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working with vendors and design teams, follow through the build phase, and implementation of this equipment in production before handing it off to the manufacturing team
• Evaluate automated equipment, processes, solve automated equipment, and employee training issues
• Review related manuals, blueprints, & schematic diagrams to determine tasks to be performed
• Provide leadership and direction for all areas of production, including people management, productivity benchmarks, work center performance, and efficiency opportunities
• Drive employee engagement and participation in the Company's continuous improvement programs by promoting teamwork and open and honest communications
• Interact with vendors, customers, contractors, and employees at all levels of the organization; able to make decisions "under fire"
• Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering technology, Automated or Application Engineering and 2+ years’ experience in an industrial manufacturing setting.
• Must possess leadership skills to direct, lead, and develop other personnel to accomplish plant and corporate objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in mechanical and electrical industrial maintenance
• 8 to 10 years of applicable experience in PLC System Automation
• Proven proficiency at Ladder Logic programming, I/O management, and troubleshooting
• Experienced in trouble shooting mechanical systems including pneumatics, tooling issues, measurement feedback systems, and basic design robustness
• Strong working knowledge of purchasing, PLC systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and overall machine design
• Basic understanding of capabilities for controls and servo systems
• Basic understanding of tooling and fixture design
• Must have experience using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook) with an emphasize on editing documents.
• Excellent communication skills: the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Strong project management skills.
• Good mechanical and/or electrical proficiency.
• Experience working in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Good methodical skills for solving equipment and related issues.
• Prepare and/or modify Electrical drawings, specifications, calculations, charts, and graphs.
• Provide technical training to all applicable personnel regarding electrical systems and functions.
• Ability to perform CAD with AutoCad software.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.

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

The finishing mill in Lincolnshire Illinois is located 26 miles from Chicago and was established in 1966.  The facility cold rolls aluminum to a desired gauges anneals to tempers levels and slits the rolled sheet to size.  The facility which employees around 100 people produces mill finish coils for the building construction and transportation industries where its’ products are used for gutters siding soffits and facia.  Lincolnshire is committed to the local community through its ongoing volunteer initiatives with a number of local organizations.

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.