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.

Automation Engineering Intern

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.

Position Overview:

Novelis in Guthrie, KY has an opportunity to participate in our on-site summer 2025 internship. The team is seeking an Automation Engineering Intern that can join the team for approximately 12 weeks. The person in this role will have the opportunity to participate in relevant work and gain hands on industry experience. The intern will report to the Engineering Leader and will gain experience with our local engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Learn about industrial networking and infrastructure, application development, database management, and communication techniques between systems.
• Provide support for various Automation Engineering Projects.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of plant MES system and manufacturing process automation systems.
• Contribute to scripting interfaces and messaging between MES and sub-systems.
• Contribute to maintenance of an automation cluster and application including server, storage, and virtual environment.
• Participate in the deployment of O.S. and specific application update on all automation devices.
• Application of state-of-the-art technology and techniques to resolve complex engineering problems.
• Performs special study programs involving technical data of a complex nature.
• Support manufacturing by working closely with the Operations, Engineering and Process Groups.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Enrolled in an accredited 4-year University.
• Must be a Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or recent Graduate.
• Interested in gaining hands-on industry experience prior to graduation.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills which are essential for interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SQL programming and relational databases (MS SQL Server, T-SQL preferred)
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages and scripting (C# preferred).
• Experience with application messaging (MSMQ preferred).
• Experience with web development (RESTful APIs, Angular, NodeJS preferred).
• Experience in multi-threaded applications development.
• Experience with version control (Git preferred) and DevOps (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Experience in Windows operating system management and configuration, including user management (AD).
• Experience with network management (Cisco preferred).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere preferred).
• Experience with OPC (Kepware preferred).
• Experience in building client/server applications HMI/SCADA systems (WinCC preferred).
• Experience in PLC systems such as Siemens TIA Portal is a plus.

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:

• Combined housing and relocation stipend for out of state interns or interns outside an extended radius
• Competitive pay

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, state or local laws.

Novelis in Guthrie Kentucky is approximately 15 minutes from the Tennessee state line near Clarksville Tennessee and 30 minutes from Hopkinsville Kentucky. As Novelis’ newest facility Guthrie houses a heat treatment and pretreatment line as well as a recycle center that will serve the North American automotive market and employ 300 residents. From stagecoaches to railroads Guthrie has played an important part in transportation from the 1820’s through today because of its central location to major cities. The city of Guthrie says it’s “a place where friends are always welcome”. In addition to hunting fishing and hiking nearby we are less than an hour commute to Nashville Tennessee home of country music. The Guthrie team enjoys partnerships with Hopkinsville Community College and Todd County School System along with several community agencies including local chambers and rotary clubs.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.