Automation 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 Uhrichsville team is seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to join the team. This role is responsible for managing engineering systems in the areas of automation and computer systems to contribute to the achievement of the Manufacturing Unit's safety, quality, and cost objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain automation clusters and applications including server, storage, and virtual environment
• Maintain backup strategy of all automation devices for data recovery.
• Application of mature engineering knowledge in planning and conducting projects having a scope for independent accomplishment and coordination of responsible assignments.
• Deploy windows update on all automation devices.
• Work closely with IT on firewall rules implementation.
• Application of innovative technology and techniques to resolve complex engineering problems.
• Perform special study programs involving technical data of a complex nature.
• Support manufacturing by working closely with the Operations, Engineering and Process Groups.
• Work closely with all suppliers to ensure they follow Novelis network security requirements while accessing automation systems.
• Set up and maintain work procedures and solving processes for automation systems.
• Provide operator, engineers, and maintenance training programs.
• Must be willing to keep current with the ever-changing technology, balancing it with the needs of the operations to bring forth improvements in process control, process automation and process management systems and methods.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical, Computer Science or in engineering subject area relevant to automation application or networking
• 2+ years of Automation Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong communication skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of cluster architecture and communication protocols.
• Experience in building client/server applications through Wonderware, HMI/SCADA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Windows operating system management and configuration as it pertains to a networked manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SQL programming and relational databases.
• Experience in software development with Microsoft Visual Studio / Development tools and C# or VB.Net programming.
• Experience in Cisco server management and virtualization, preferably VMware.
• 5 years of manufacturing experience

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)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retiree Medical Plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through Novelis sponsored Retiree Health Access
• Retirement Savings Account
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

Location Profile

Opened in 1985 the Uhrichsville facility produces flat rolled aluminum coil. The Recycling mill prepares scrap aluminum that is used in the rolling mill to create rolled aluminum coils to a desired gauge. Anneals temper the aluminum then it is leveled and sized to customer specification. Employing more than 400 people the facility produces aluminum sheet for building and construction automotive distribution transportation and consumer durable applications.

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

We 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