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 Novelis Guthrie, KY team is seeking an experienced Operational Excellence Data Engineer to join our automotive finishing plant. In this role, you will identify high-value improvement projects, coordinate training, and support the development of the site’s loss intelligence system to prioritize initiatives. You will play a key role in driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across the facility.

Additionally, you will collaborate with the Operational Excellence Manager to implement the Novelis Operating System (NOS), including plant-wide value stream analysis and improvement planning cycles. This position requires strong coordination skills to manage numerous projects and provide regular updates to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance Operational Excellence methodologies and tools for the Guthrie facility.
• Conduct assessments to identify high-impact improvement opportunities across manufacturing areas.
• Equip area managers with tools to identify issues and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with operations leadership to define technical problems and test hypotheses.
• Monitor and maintain model performance to meet operational requirements and adapt to changing conditions.
• Serve as a resource for operations, maintenance, EHS, and supply chain teams to achieve business objectives.
• Drive loss intelligence development by identifying and prioritizing projects aligned with business goals.
• Lead improvement teams and coach others to lead successful initiatives.
• Communicate deviations in planning or results promptly to collaborators.
• Translate complex findings into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
• Master improvement tools and deliver training to empower employees at all levels to embrace a ZERO LOSS culture.
• Prepare and report weekly and monthly KPI updates to leadership.
• Identify and share best guidelines to align site performance with global standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Engineering or related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in process engineering, automation, or manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of statistical analysis techniques (e.g., distributions, linear regression).
• Proficiency in analysis tools such as MS Excel, PowerBI, Minitab, and Project.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as SQL, Python, R, and MATLAB.
• Strong critical thinking skills and ability to collaborate on complex problem-solving.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading Lean, TPM, Kaizen, or Six Sigma initiatives with proven results in manufacturing.
• Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt certification preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead multi-functional teams to deliver improvements on time.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized, energetic, data-driven, and results-oriented professional.

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’ Guthrie facility is located in Guthrie Kentucky approximately 30 minutes from the Tennessee state line near Clarksville Tennessee and Hopkinsville Kentucky. As Novelis’ newest facility Guthrie will house a heat treatment and pretreatment line that will serve the North American automotive market and employ 125 residents. In addition to hunting fishing and hiking residents enjoy the Guthrie Transportation Museum which is the hub of the city’s renewal efforts. The Guthrie team enjoys partnerships with Hopkinsville Community College Todd County High School Guthrie Fire Department and several local 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.

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