Novelis

Reliability Leader

Job Locations US-AL-Bay Minette
ID
2026-51724
Schedule
Full Time
City
Bay Minette
State/Province
Alabama
Country
US

Position Overview

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.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Position Overview

The Novelis Bay Minette, AL team is seeking a dynamic and experienced Reliability Leader for our Novelis Bay Minette facility. The Reliability Leader is responsible for improving manufacturing performance and improving equipment reliability by reducing machine downtime and unscheduled maintenance. We are looking for a collaborative team player with the initiative to own and drive the reliability plant with a focus on continuous improvement. A successful candidate will be self-directed and will have the ability to communicate with team members at all levels.

 

Responsibilities

· Embrace the Novelis Safety Absolutes to build a zero-injury culture and drive the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Authentic, Say Anything, Be Open and Built Trust

· Provide technical leadership to the Reliability Engineering Team members to execute cost effective preventive and predictive asset strategies to achieve best in class availability and reliability of the plant process equipment.

· Provide resources to support equipment related loss investigations to determine casual factors and provide technical recommendations and mitigation plans to prevent reoccurrence.

· Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, procurement, and other identified stakeholders to drive improved asset availability and support fit for purpose training on reliability work processes and practices.

· Support equipment related data capture for analysis and trending to establish equipment health, evaluation of risk, identifying bad actors and opportunities for improvement.

· Establish and publish Reliability Key Performance Indicators to measure and improve Reliability performance of the equipment assets and reliability related work processes.

· Assess Equipment Criticalities and developing Asset Strategies to achieve cost effective reliability, availability, and performance of the plant equipment.

· Ensure the facility’s assets are operating reliably, efficiently, and compliant with all safety guidelines and government regulations.

· Engage with Capital and Project Engineering to review and recommend Design for Reliability considerations for new equipment installations and equipment upgrades.

· Develop 1-year and 3-year Reliability Tactical Plan Plans to improve equipment availability and performance.

· Support Maintenance in the development of forward-looking multi-year equipment replacement and overhaul plans.

· Identify opportunities to use reliability best practices, technology, automation, and Artificial Intelligence to promote cost effective asset care and performance.

· Support Maintenance in the review and rationalization and optimization of effective PM plans.

· Utilize communication skills to establish partnerships across to the site to achieve plant performance goals.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications:

· Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering preferred.

· Five (5) or more years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering, or Operations, aluminum industry preferred.

· Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects.

· Knowledge of reliability centered maintenance and ability to facilitate investigations and develop mitigation plans to address findings.

· Experience with maintenance best practices such as shutdown planning and execution, preventive maintenance, and precision maintenance techniques.

· Experience with predictive maintenance technologies (i.e. vibration & oil analysis, thermography, ultrasound.)

· Experience leading and mentoring others. Supervising direct reports, preferred.

· Knowledge and/or experience with Process Control.

· Experience with proactive reliability tools and Root-Cause-Analysis methodology.

· Experience with MS Project.

· Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS.)

· Experience troubleshooting equipment issues and analyzing production loss and reliability data.

· Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.

 

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

· Medical, dental and vision insurance

· Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)

· Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage

· Paid vacation and competitive personal time off

· 401(k) savings plan with company match

· Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange

· Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family

· Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

*Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship

Location Profile

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.

Disclaimer

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:
1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis
2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis

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