Operational Excellence Engineer

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

The Novelis Operational Excellence team located in Bay Minette, AL is seeking an Operational Excellence Engineer. The role is a change agent, engaging the workforce, while providing direction and support in the plant’s drive for continual improvement.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the implementation of Novelis Operating System (NOS) for the plant and audit the effectiveness
• Assist in the identification of improvement projects with the greatest value through data analysis.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and process to safely improve operational performance.
• Develop and implement the site's “loss intelligence system” for prioritized improvement initiatives tied to critical assets.
• Apply engineering background and statistical approach to help non-analytical roles to define true opportunity for improvement
• Work with leadership on the development of Centers of Excellence (CoE) structures assigned for system improvements (PM - Preventative Maintenance, PQ - Progressive Quality, OC - Operator Care, SI - Specific Improvement and E&T - Education & Training)
• Support business objectives and the Improvement Planning Cycle (IPC), single agenda
• Pull, analyze and interpret data as needed for decisions on priorities
• Facilitate Performance Improvement and focus on getting results to meet business objectives
• Lead or co-lead various Improvement Events – Rapid Improvement Events, Value Stream Analysis, 5s, Standard Work, Flow Cells and DMAIC projects resulting in measurable business improvements
• Optimize key assets using asset effectiveness, identifying the losses to drive improvement projects
• Work closely with Process and Operational Leaders identifying barriers and encouraging teamwork.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Process, Industrial, Mechanical) or technical field
• 6 years of experience in process, engineering, automation or manufacturing
• Previous improvement experience
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training
• Machine data collection and analytics
• Experience programming analytics tools (Minitab, PowerBI)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or business
• Experience in a similar business, prefer metal industry
• Experience implementing TPM, Lean, WCM
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certified
• Project management experience
• SAP knowledge

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

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 - Novelis2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis