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 Lincolnshire team is seeking an Associate Operations Leader. This position is responsible for leading and developing the plant operations team and the facility to meet and exceed customer expectations in a lean, customer-oriented environment. A successful candidate will be able to achieve established production objectives in a safe and efficient manner within approved budgets, company guidelines and legal requirements.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and direct employees in assignment and completion of production work.
• Create and train a team of workers to achieve or exceed budgeted production goals while maintaining compliance with environmental and other regulatory requirements
• Check the type, location, quantity, and availability of materials needed to complete the production requirements for the shift.
• Check records from previous shift, and alert maintenance of potential equipment problems.
• Direct incoming material shipments where, when, and how to unload.
• Support FFL initiatives and projects which drive continual improvement, foster a culture of safety leadership, development of employees, and support business objectives.
• Establish or adjust work procedures to meet schedules; determine overtime work schedule and approve employee time in Kronos.
• Enter all production information daily
• Interpret instructions, specifications, or job orders to employees.
• Monitor production output and quality data. Maintain time and production records. Compile reports for management review. Provide hands-on operation of furnaces with responsibility for optimizing recoveries.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase employee efficiency.
• Analyze and resolve or assist workers in resolving work related problems.
• Conduct meetings with employees and ensures compliance with all health, safety and environmental regulations, and company policies and procedures.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments or shifts.
• Provide relief supervision on weekends, nights and holidays or as needed.
• Directly supervises 10 to 20 production employees.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Novelis policies and applicable laws.
• Work collaboratively with Maintenance and Engineering departments to support initiatives and activities for reliable people, processes, and equipment.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and two to three years directly related experience; or equivalent combination of education and directly related supervisory experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations is required.
• Proven ability to develop, implement and manage systems and procedures and work with minimal supervision while also leading others toward plant goal achievement.
• strong interpersonal, communication and team leadership skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel).
• Highly motivated, goal oriented, ethical and challenge driven.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Valid driver's license required.

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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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.

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