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 & QualificationsNovelis - Guthrie, KY is seeking an experienced EMRA Leader for the Guthrie Recycle Center. The Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, and Automation (EMRA) Leader is responsible for providing the mechanical, electrical, reliability engineering, maintenance, automation, instrumentation, and technical systems support required by the Recycle Center. This role leads efforts to minimize downtime, improve equipment reliability and operating efficiency, manage costs and capital investment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the engineering, maintenance, reliability, and technical teams in planning, scheduling, and maintaining installed and new assets.
- Ensure maintenance and engineering work is properly scoped, planned, and scheduled to minimize equipment and process downtime.
- Ensure engineering and maintenance issues affecting employee safety, process safety, and environmental performance are addressed promptly and effectively.
- Provide and maintain equipment that can be operated and serviced safely and ergonomically.
- Lead projects to install, upgrade, or modify Recycle Center assets, utilities, and infrastructure.
- Partner with local maintenance teams and corporate reliability resources to develop maintenance strategies that improve asset availability and support elite performance.
- Define, document, and maintain equipment reliability requirements, criticality rankings, and asset strategies.
- Lead the Recycle Center in automation, controls, instrumentation, and industrial technical systems.
- Improve the efficiency, reliability, cybersecurity, and maintainability of automation and control systems.
- Provide leadership in assessing, analyzing, monitoring, and improving recovery, throughput, quality, and equipment performance.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for capital investment, reliability improvement, cost reduction, and risk mitigation.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within scope, and within approved cost parameters.
- Develop and handle the repair and maintenance budget.
- Lead the capital project process and maintain a five-year capital expenditure plan.
- Develop engineering, maintenance, reliability, and automation talent through coaching, succession planning, training, and performance management.
- Lead the development and execution of predictive and preventive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and lower maintenance costs.
- Lead outage planning and execution activities to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective completion of maintenance and capital work.
- Lead contractors and service providers to ensure safe work practices, quality execution, and compliance with Novelis standards.
- Ensure effective utilization of maintenance management systems, asset records, maintenance planning processes, and reliability reporting tools.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field
- Master's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field and/or P.E. certification preferred
- At least 5 years of engineering experience, including management or leadership responsibility
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated leadership capability and strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and other relevant engineering and maintenance systems
- Ability to develop technical specifications and facilitate bids from contractors and suppliers
- Strong understanding of recycling, remelt, material recovery, and associated process fundamentals
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, with the ability to review and make minor changes to drawings
- Ability to fix and perform root cause analysis on equipment, automation, and process issues in an industrial environment
- Strong knowledge of reliability principles, including the development and optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
- Knowledge of engineering and diagnostic tools such as vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, thermography, motor circuit analysis, and other condition-monitoring technologies
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and administer capital expenditure budgets
- Fundamental understanding of financial analysis and business-case development for project justification
- Experience leading engineering and maintenance teams in a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems, such as SAP PM or an equivalent system
- Understanding of process safety management principles and risk-based maintenance strategies
- Demonstrated experience applying lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or reliability-centered maintenance methodologies
- Demonstrated understanding of combustion systems, melting, casting, material handling, environmental control equipment, and utility systems within a recycling or metals manufacturing environment
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!
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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.
DisclaimerWe 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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field
- Master's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation, Mechanical, or a related Engineering field
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification
- At least 5 years of engineering experience, including management or leadership responsibility
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work effectively across all organizational levels
- Demonstrated leadership capability and strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and relevant engineering and maintenance systems
- Ability to develop technical specifications and facilitate contractor and supplier bids
- Strong understanding of recycling, remelt, material recovery, and associated process fundamentals
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, including reviewing and making minor drawing changes
- Ability to troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis on equipment, automation, and process issues in an industrial environment
- Strong knowledge of reliability principles and preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
- Knowledge of vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, thermography, motor circuit analysis, and condition-monitoring technologies
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and administer capital expenditure budgets
- Fundamental understanding of financial analysis and business-case development
- Experience leading engineering and maintenance teams in a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP PM or equivalent
- Understanding of process safety management principles and risk-based maintenance strategies
- Experience applying lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or reliability-centered maintenance methodologies
- Understanding of combustion systems, melting, casting, material handling, environmental control equipment, and utility systems in recycling or metals manufacturing
Novelis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novelis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novelis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay is often characterized as good, great, or fair for the work, and total rewards are frequently viewed as competitive across many roles. Benefits coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability protections.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout part of the package, including a 401(k) with employer match and additional retirement savings support. Performance bonuses are also part of the financial rewards mix, reinforcing the overall value of total compensation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits appear broad, including tuition reimbursement, employee assistance programs, wellness-related accounts, and gym access in some locations. Additional perks such as company-sponsored outings, free meals/snacks in certain settings, and discounts add incremental value beyond core insurance and retirement.
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What We Do
Novelis is the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets. Operating an integrated network of technically advanced rolling and recycling facilities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Novelis leverages its global manufacturing and recycling footprint to deliver consistent, high-quality products around the world. Everything we do at Novelis begins with our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of our colleagues, customers and communities. We owe our status as a world-class manufacturer to our employees who continually anticipate and exceed the needs and expectations of all those we work with across the globe. At Novelis, each of us is driven to produce excellence. Our employees are generous with their time and talents, donating thousands of hours annually to various programs that benefit the communities in which we live and work. Much of that work is done through our long-term partnerships with Habitat for Humanity, FIRST Robotics and Discovery Education.
