Reliability Technologist

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 Guthrie team is seeking a dynamic and experienced Reliability Technologist/Technician for our new Recycle Center in Guthrie, KY. This role is responsible for improving manufacturing performance and equipment reliability by reducing machine downtime and unscheduled maintenance. The selected candidate will support various initiatives such as PdM, Calibration, and Precision Maintenance, through program implementation, PM execution, and training. A successful candidate will be self-directed and will have the ability to communicate with team members at all levels.

The Reliability Technician will work a typical Monday-Friday, dayshift schedule. Some weekends and holidays may be required due to need to fulfil customer requirements and scheduled outages.

Responsibilities:

• Support of the Guthrie PdM Program, as it pertains to lubrication, ultrasound, thermography, and vibration.
• Support of the Guthrie Calibration Program, as it pertains to Pressure Monitoring, Flow Monitoring, Temperature Monitoring, Chemical Monitoring, Load Monitoring, etc.
• Oversee and train Maintenance in Precision Maintenance practices.
• Provide technical expertise to implement cost effective preventive and predictive asset strategies to achieve best in class availability and reliability of the plant equipment
• Provide support for development and routine review of Process FMEA and Control Plans
• Provide support for equipment related loss investigations to determine causal factors and provide technical recommendations and mitigation plans to prevent recurrence
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and other identified collaborators to support fit for purpose training on Instrumentation 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
• Publish Key Performance Indicators to measure and improve Reliability performance of the equipment assets
• Assess Equipment Criticalities and assist in developing Asset Strategies to achieve cost effective reliability, availability, and performance of the plant equipment
• Support Maintenance in the development, review, and optimization of forward-looking multi-year equipment replacement and overhaul plans
• Use communication skills to establish partnerships across to the site to achieve plant performance goals
• Build working relationships with other Regional and Global teams as well as other plants for benchmarking and protocol sharing
• Work a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend duty as necessary to manage facility performance

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Five (5) or more years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering, or Operations; Aluminum industry preferred
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 and ISO 17025 standards
• Experience in developing and implementing improvement processes and projects
• Proficient in the fundamentals of Reliability such that the position can help establish appropriate PM’s and PdM’s for process equipment
• Knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and the ability to facilitate investigations and develop mitigation plans to address findings
• Knowledge and/or experience with Process Control
  • Pressure, Flow, and Temperature Monitoring equipment
  • Chemical Monitoring equipment (pH, conductivity, etc.)
  • Load Monitoring equipment (load cells)
  • Burner Control (tuning, BCU, testing)
  • Process Gauges (thickness, width, etc.)
• Experience with proactive Reliability tools and Root-Cause-Analysis methodology
• Experience solving equipment issues and analyzing production loss and Reliability data
• Fundamental knowledge of AutoCad, with the ability to make minor changes to drawings
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), SAP preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Project and Power Point

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Technical field

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, competitive 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

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Location Profile

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.

Disclaimer

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