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.

The Central Services team, located in Bay Minette, is seeking a Power Distribution Electrical Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, commissioning support, operation, maintenance, and reliability of electrical power distribution systems, including 34.5kV and below in addition to providing Electrical support for the Plantwide Utility Systems. You will play a key role in supporting safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations by implementing robust preventive and predictive maintenance practices.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for future design and specify power distribution systems (switchgear, transformers, MCCs, breakers, protective relays) for 34.5kV, 13.8kV, 480V, and 120V systems.
• Maintain one-line diagrams, cable schedules, load studies, and grounding/bonding strategies.
• Support future capital projects and electrical infrastructure expansions, including power studies (load flow, short circuit, arc flash).
• Monitor power system performance; identify and address voltage imbalance, load harmonics, and energy losses.
• Work with plant leadership to ensure electrical systems meet production and uptime requirements.
• Support energy efficiency initiatives and power factor correction projects
• Support electrical operational needs for Central Services Utility Systems – Compressed Air, Cooling / Deionized Water Systems, Wastewater Treatment and Chemical Addition Systems in addition to other Balance of Plant Equipment.
• Lead in the development and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical equipment, including infrared thermography, insulation resistance testing, breaker testing, and relay calibration.
• Support root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for electrical failures.
• Collaborate with maintenance planners to ensure accurate scheduling, documentation, and completion of work orders (SAP/CMMS preferred).
• Ensure spare parts strategy for critical power system components.
• Ensure systems meet or exceed applicable codes and standards (NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, IEEE).
• Provide electrical safety training and enforce LOTO procedures and arc flash protection standards.
• Participate in electrical incident investigations and corrective action implementation.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of experience in power distribution engineering within a heavy industrial, metals, mining, or utility setting.
• Strong working knowledge of medium-voltage (34.5kV and 13.8kV) and low-voltage systems.
• Proficient with ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower, and electrical drafting tools such as AutoCAD.
• Experience with protective relays, switchgear, MCCs, transformers, and circuit breakers.
• Familiarity with maintenance planning tools (e.g., SAP PM module or equivalent).
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance techniques, including thermography, ultrasound, and motor circuit analysis.

Preferred qualifications

• PE license
• Prior experience in aluminum manufacturing or continuous process industries.
• Strong understanding of arc flash hazard mitigation.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate simultaneously with operations, maintenance, and project teams.

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

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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