Electrical Engineer - Casthouse
Electrical Engineer - Casthouse
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Job Description
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 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Position Overview
The Novelis Bay Minette AL team is seeking an Electrical Engineer to work on site. This role will report to the Engineering Maintenance Reliability & Automation (EMRA) Leader of the hiring Manufacturing Unit. The ideal candidate will be responsible for electrical engineering and contribute to the achievement of the plants safety quality sustainability and budget objectives. This position will work with other electrical engineering teammates and work to keep current with the constantly evolving technology balancing it with the needs of the operations to bring forth improvements in automated systems and methods.
Responsibilities:
- Embrace the Novelis Safety Principles to build a zeroinjury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Build Trust Say Anything Be Authentic and Be Open.
- Analyze advanced analyses and identify areas of potential advancements in the processes equipment and facilities to achieve increased profitability through reduced costs increased efficiency improved quality increased production output and optimized equipment uptime.
- Support the aluminum manufacturing process by working closely with the Operations Engineering Administrative and Process groups.
- Work closely with the Automation Reliability & Engineering Managers to develop conceptual and functional requirements for short and longterm process and equipment development (facility planning) consistent with the business plan.
- Provide afterhours and weekend support as needed to assist maintenance in the resolution of issues having an immediate impact on plant performance. This can involve providing direction/mentorship remotely and/or onsite.
- Support maintenance technicians and engineers to resolve and prevent maintenance and engineering problems and to develop training programs on processes and equipment for the maintenance staff.
- Apply innovative technology and techniques to resolve complex problems related to recycle remelt and casting electrical controls
- Crosstrain with teams on subjects pertaining to electrical controls for recycle remelt and casting applications.
- Review Site equipment and technology for robustness reliability and obsolescence. Develop plans for modifications and/or upgrades as needed.
- Constantly search for innovations and continuous improvement.
- Support and assist on capital projects from conceptual to implementation phases
- Handle communication between plant electrical supply (power distribution).
- Implement electrical engineering solutions for environmental regulations and processes and/or system improvements.
- Interact with internal collaborators to support mentor and needed assistance to meet safety quality reliability and cost goals.
- Influence regional and/or global decisionmaking by preparing and presenting technical information to senior management on matters with significant business impact such as regional/multisite capital expenditures or regional process/product improvements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 3 years of progressive experience.
- Work experience in the field of factory electrical engineering
- Knowledge of electric motor and drive systems
- Experience with design and program logic for PLCs and HMIs (Allen Bradley(Rockwell) studio 5000 PowerFlex VFDs and Factory Talk View SE/ME experience preferred).
- Methodical equipment problemsolving skills
- Good project management skills
- Result oriented and decisionmaking capabilities
- Strong collaboration skills; ability to support lead and develop other personnel to accomplish personal plant and corporate objectives
- Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to connect with all levels in the organization
- Desire to take initiative and develop a proactive relationship with employees through followup understanding their needs and encouraging a collaborative relationship
- Ability to travel up to 10 (Domestic and International)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Steel or Aluminum recycle remelt and casting process experience.
- Proficiency in Historian (iba/PDA systems).
- Knowledge of large industrial combustion systems is desirable
- Basic understanding of capabilities for controls and servo systems and an understanding of maintenance procedures and principles of equipment reliability.
- Experience in troubleshooting mechanical systems including hydraulics pneumatics tooling issues measurement feedback systems and basic design robustness.
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 familys wellbeing:
- Medical dental and vision insurance
- Health savings accounts Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- Companypaid 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
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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 highpaying 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
Employment Type
Full-Time
