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 Oswego has an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer! The candidate will have the opportunity to work with heat treatment of various alloys for automotive applications. This candidate must have excellent communication skills as well as being able to work effectively with all levels of the organization. 

The major challenge of this position is determination and elimination of the causes of quality defects, effective resolution of operational roadblocks, and the facilitation and completion of product and process developments and improvement projects through the cooperation of other employees.

Responsibilities

• Development of process control strategy to ensure long-term product and process capability
• Determining and eliminating the causes of quality defects, championing problem-solving methodologies like 8Ds, 5 Why’s, cause mapping, etc.
• Strategize and execute continuous improvement plans to enhance process and product performance
• Resolve process deviations that decrease quality, utilization, and throughput
• Facilitate and support business decisions with considerations to their effect on upstream and downstream processes, within and outside manufacturing unit
• Support daily operations by troubleshooting upset conditions and proposing problem resolution
• Development and implementation of projects ranging in scope from near-immediate needs to long-term strategic initiatives to optimize process
• Develop and perform routine audits of procedures and work instructions in EtQ
• Responsible for adherence to regulatory requirements and standards certifications as required by the business unit
• Supports process team and leader on management reviews, major quality initiatives, and maintaining conformance to QMS and customer requirements
• Collaborate with upstream processes, customers, and other sites to share and adopt best practices and benchmark safety protocols 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science engineering, mechanical engineering, or other similar engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in large metals manufacturing environment, preferably aluminum, with relevant metallurgical assignments of increasing complexity and magnitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in material science/ metallurgy
• Experience with statistical process control analysis software such as Minitab
• Familiarity with IATF 16949 standard and experience with internal auditing

What Novelis Offers

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, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

• Core benefits coverage (medical, dental and vision) for you and your family premiums starting as low as $75/ month for the employee, spouse/domestic partner, and children
• HSA contributions
• Competitive paid vacation and personal time off
• Novelis contributes up to 9.5% of your pay into 401(k) for your retirement savings
• 8 weeks of paid time off for new parents
• 6-months of short-term disability at 100% pay
• Finally, Novelis holistic well-being benefits include programs to support weight loss and management, fitness challenges, 24/7 mental health support, tobacco and substance use cessation programs, lifestyle discounts, and more. Novelis actively explores diversifying our well-being benefits to support our unique and changing work force.

The role can be filled at different levels depending on relevant experience of the candidate. Individual pay will vary based on qualifications, experience, and performance. In addition to base salary, this position includes participation in a short-term incentive plan (Annual Incentive Plan - AIP or Plant Performance incentive - PPI). This role’s salary at a TCP Level I starts from $75,000 per year.

Novelis Oswego is located in northern Central New York on the shores of Lake Ontario and employs approximately 1200 people. The Oswego plant produces more than one billion pounds of high-quality aluminum sheet each year serving customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. In addition to its downtown shopping and dining district Oswego and the surrounding areas are renowned for fishing hiking snowmobiling and outdoor recreation across all four seasons. Novelis is committed to supporting the community and fosters strong relationships with non-profit and educational organizations like The Children’s Museum of Oswego Oswego County Opportunities State University of New York College at Oswego and the Pathways in Technology Early College High School among many others.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage and provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants. 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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