Product 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 Bay Minette team is seeking a Product Engineer. This role provides a high degree of responsiveness to customer product issues and opportunities, presenting a positive, effective face for Novelis Bay Minette in the marketplace. The Product Engineer expands the boundaries of the current limits of the aluminum sheet marketplace, contributing to new opportunities and the identification or formation of new desirable markets for Bay Minette products.

Responsibilities:

• Actively support Novelis core initiatives around Environment, Health, Safety and Quality.
• Develop, introduce and validate of new products and processes in the aluminum sheet marketplace for the Bay Minette manufacturing system.
• Form close and supportive working relationships with the entire internal Bay Minette manufacturing team, the external Novelis commercial, technical service, laboratory teams and the customers, to transition new products from development to full scale manufacturing.
• Develop aluminum sheet product lines to improve either their internal performance to Bay Minette or their external performance at the customer.
• Coordinate, prioritize and support the metallographic laboratory’s analysis and assessment of defective materials.
• Lead and/or participate in problem solving activities directed at resolving issues with products and/or processes in the aluminum sheet marketplace. Bring specialized skills to such inquiries including metallographic, statistical and customer process knowledge.
• Support the development and improvement of product masters used to manufacture products out of Bay Minette.
• Promptly and effectively respond to customer, commercial team, technical service team or internal Bay Minette enquires on the sites’ current product manufacturing / quality capabilities, product manufacturing histories or on issues potentially linked to Bay Minette produced metal.
• Provide quality incident support at customer locations or within Bay Minette itself
• Maintain and effectively communicate critical metrics and customer information within the Technical group and to a broader Bay Minette/Novelis audience

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Materials Science or Metallurgy or equivalent life experience in Aluminum metallurgy.
• Minimum 5 years experience in relevant aluminum fabrication
• Strong interpersonal skills with effective oral and written communication skills
• A proven ability to resolve problems
• A demonstrated ability to perform basic metallographic assessments of defects
• A proven ability to use statistics and/or statistical process control effectively
• A proven ability to effectively lead and manage projects involving multiple people at multiple locations with potentially multiple cultures involved.
• A proven ability to work remotely from their base location with minimal external direction
• A demonstrated high level of personal initiative
• Knowledge of Novelis’ EHS policies and working practices at Bay Minette plant
• Knowledge of the manufacturing processes at Bay Minette
• Knowledge of Bay Minette computer systems for data storage and process control
• Strong familiarity with Novelis personnel and capabilities outside of Bay Minette involved in Commercial, Technical Services and Laboratory functions

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 Progra