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Global Combustion Lead Engineer (f/m/d)

Novelis
Germanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Oct 2025

About the role

Position Overview

Who we are 

Novelis is driven by its purpose to shape a sustainable world together. 

 

As a global leader in innovative products and services and the world's largest recycler of aluminum, we partner with customers in the automotive, beverage can, aerospace and specialties industries to deliver solutions that improve the benefits of balanced lightweight aluminum.  

 

We have a coordinated network of technically sophisticated rolling and recycling plants as well as foundries across 31 facilities in 9 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia with 13,250 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, USA. 

 

Our customers include some of the largest and best-known brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Ford, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Airbus, Boeing, Nespresso, Samsung, and others. In addition, Novelis is leading the industry with its sustainability and recycling efforts.  

 

Become part of our mission to create a sustainable world and start at one of our locations in Koblenz, Nachterstedt, Voerde (Germany), Latchford (UK), Pieve (Italy) or Sierre (Switzerland) as soon as possible: 

 

Global Combustion Lead Engineer (f/m/d) 

Responsibilities & Qualifications

What awaits you: 

  • You develop and apply technical training to our shop floor engineers and technicians, providing technical support and expertise. 
  • You propose, justify and lead complex projects for a site, machine center or process area to design, modify, upgrade, maintain, or troubleshoot of plant manufacturing equipment. 
  • You contribute to and may lead projects with multi-plant or regional impact, participate in projects with multi-region impact. 
  • Meet assigned project commitments, and negotiate major project timelines and deliverables 
  • Lead gathering of customer (internal or external) requirements and feedback. 
  • Oversee delivery of data, reports, and communication to project stakeholders 
  • You monitor and troubleshoot process issues, improve processes, procedures, equipment and controls to ensure cost, quality, production, safety and environmental aspects / goals of the machine centers are met. 
  • You develop, design and implement new equipment and control system upgrades required to improve process capability, quality, safety, efficiency and reduce operating costs and cycle times. 
  • You continually evaluate the existing processes, equipment functions and technologies in use to identify opportunities and drive improvements in your work area or outside of work. 
  • You identify impediments to process or machine efficiency and drive change in inefficient work processes impacting operations in area of accountability. 
  • You drive your team towards customer centric innovation. 

 

How you convince us: 

  • You have a University Degree and 12+ years related experience or a Master's Degree and 8+ years related experience 
  • You hold a Bachelor or Graduate degree from an Engineering program that allows engineering licensure 
  • You are fluent in English (C1-Level) and preferably in German (C1-Level) as well 
  • You are able to communicate effectively with field engineers up to senior management 
  • You are willing to travel around 25% of the time within Europe and internationally 

What Novelis offers you: 

 

#timeout: Ready to fulfill your dream of traveling the world or taking an extended break? We support you with our sabbatical offer! 

#worklifebalance: Balance your daily life with ease! We offer flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working as part of our hybrid work environment 

#goodies: Benefit from Novelis' membership in Corporate Benefits and benefits-me with great purchasing deals from well-known brands in various areas 

#development: Eager to enhance your knowledge and skills? Our individual training programs are designed to help you reach your full potential 

Have we caught your interest? 

Then become part of our team! We are looking forward to your application! 

You can apply easily with your resume via our application system in less than 5 minutes. 

 

Please note that postal applications cannot be processed and considered. 

 

We live diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orient

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