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

The Novelis Bay Minette, AL team is seeking a Process Engineer for Coolant Room to work on site. This role will work with the Process Leader of the hiring Manufacturing Unit. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in the development of the hot 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 hot 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

• 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!
• Establish, complete and audit routine management on the coolant room with KPI, CIV and COV monitoring/control charts
• Technically work alongside operators and other mills process engineers as needed to solve and prevent problems that impact product quality and productivity.
• Assist in solving sophisticated analysis and identifying areas for 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.
• Write, review, and conduct trainings on work instructions and control plans for the Coolant room
• During equipment commissioning 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 emulsion package 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
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry.
• 3-5 Years of experience in chemical engineering/chemistry in an industrial/heavy manufacturing setting.
• Strong technical and process leadership skills, along with the ability to work with multiple teams simultaneously
• Hard skills in problem-solving and data analysis with a hands-on mentality.
• Must be able to overcome obstacles and find reasonable resolutions to situations on a case-by-case basis as encountered.
• Ability to travel (minimal during training period).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Rolling process experience desired.
• 3 - 5 years of professional experience of coolant process engineering
• Background in equipment and coolant room systems

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

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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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