EMRA Leader

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 Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, Automation (EMRA) Leader is responsible for the provision of required mechanical, electrical, and reliability engineering/maintenance service to the plant, within planned levels of cost and capital investment, minimizing downtime and improving efficiency. Additionally, the EMRA Leader is responsible for providing automation, instrumentation, and computer expertise to the plant, as well as managing the storeroom.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the storeroom along with a team of engineers and technicians to plan, schedule, and maintain installed and new assets.
• Ensure activities are properly scoped and that machine center downtime is kept to a minimum.
• Ensure that engineering issues related to safety are resolved as quickly as possible.
• Provide equipment capable of operation in a safe and ergonomically correct matter.
• Manage projects to install, upgrade or modify plant assets or infrastructure.
• Work with local maintenance and corporate reliability departments to develop maintenance plans to attain world class uptime.
• Understand and document equipment reliability requirements.
• Lead the Manufacturing Unit in aspects of the process related to automation and controls.
• Improve the efficiency and reliability of automation systems.
• Provide leadership in the assessment, analysis, monitoring and measurement of recovery performance
• Evaluate opportunities to invest capital funds.
• Ensure projects are delivered within cost parameters.
• Manage the repair and maintenance budget.
• Manage the capital project process and maintain a 5-year CapEx plan.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation or Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years of experience in the field of engineering in a management or leadership role
• Effective organizational skills and ability to work with different levels of the organization
• Excellent leadership skills and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proficient in Computer Software
• Ability to write specifications and facilitate bids from contractors and suppliers
• Excellent understanding of Rolling Theory and associated process fundamentals
• Fundamental knowledge of AutoCad, with the ability to make minor changes to drawings
• Ability to trouble shoot and perform root-cause-analysis on equipment and process issues, related to rolling and process equipment
• Proficient in the fundamentals of reliability such that the position can help establish appropriate PM’s and PdM’s for process equipment
• Understanding of advanced engineering and diagnostic tools such as Finite Element Analysis, vibrations analysis, lubrication analysis, FFT, etc.
• Excellent ability to manage all types of projects and administer the Capital Expenditure Budget
• Fundamental understanding of financial analysis associated with project justifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation or Mechanical Engineering with a P.E. Certification
• CMRP Certification
• 5 – 10 years work experience in the area of engineering management or leadership role in a related manufacturing process with strong fundamental knowledge of both the equipment and process in rolling.

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 y