NOVELIS
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 North American Automotive team is looking for a Lead Engineer, Technical Development. The Lead Technical Development Engineer is a part of our Technical Development team for Automotive and will be located in our Novi, Michigan office. Collaborating with the Senior Manager, Technical Development, this role ensures Novelis products meet customer expectations for present and future demands through hands‑on testing, material development, and executing & evaluating trials across multiple plants. This role provides guidance in developing recipes for the CASH & Finishing processes in our Guthrie, Kentucky location.
The Lead Technical Development Engineer acts as an advisor to the Technical Services team and works closely with the Customer Solution Center to understand how plant process variables affect characteristics of materials required for automotive customers. Substantial growth in the demand for aluminum sheet for body structure applications provides an opportunity to efficiently interact with customer design and manufacturing engineers to develop and offer improved products with better value to automotive OEMs. This role supports all automotive and acts as a technical resource for internal and external customers – plants, OEMs, technical service teams, R&D, etc.
This is a TCP (Technical Career Path) role, meaning the candidate will be evaluated at the time of hiring for the appropriate level within the TCP framework. Depending on experience and expertise, the selected candidate may be hired at Lead Engineer or another level such as Senior Engineer.
Responsibilities
Connect with OEMs, as needed, on requirements & developments; prepares Senior Technical Manager and/or Technical Development Managers for OEM communications
Lead projects in partnership with OEM Engineering from concept to conclusion
Lead and contribute to discussions on all new alloy developments with regard to specific customer requirements
Identify customer requirements for aluminum sheet products, including alloy and appropriate surface treatments and topographies
Develop, problem‑solve and recommend customer specifications, and identify or develop Novelis products and processes to meet them
Participate in customer design reviews
Problem solve issues with implementation of Novelis products into OEM manufacturing stream
Support the execution of the overall portfolio and hopper of improvement activities for Auto products at the various NNA operations
Identify, initiate, lead, facilitate, participate in, and/or direct long‑term product and process development and improvement activities to support achievement of our Novelis Focused Five goals
Design, lead, and collaborate on internal trials with Kennesaw and our Manufacturing plants
Develop product delivery specifications in conjunction with Novelis mills or blanking/tolling subcontractors
Perform extensive testing and lab work to validate process and product development efforts
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in an engineering field, BS targeted at Metallurgical or Mechanical Engineering, preferred
Masters Degree in engineering, statistics, business administration or a Black Belt, preferred
Minimum 8‑10 years’ experience related to aluminum sheet processing in a technical, commercial or product development role
5 years in an Aluminum Rolling Mill, Background in sheet rolling processes, Background in applied statistics, preferred
Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, interpersonal
Intermediate level statistical analysis
Problem identification / resolution techniques
Familiarity with organizational change and project management
Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
Excellent team facilitation and overall personal engagement skills
Ability to lead own workload, but optimally collaborate with team and outside engineering companies as needed
Results‑oriented, with willingness to develop new designs in collaboration with internal partners and industry peers
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!
Location Profile Novelis’ Novi office is located twenty‑five miles northwest of the heart of the motor city. Its 100+ employees provide dedicated commercial sales technical support and recycling teams for Novelis’ growing automotive customer base. Novi is also the location of the company’s Customer Solution Center which accelerates innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. As one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan Novi offers a host of destination shopping and specialty expos fine dining options and outdoor recreation activities. Our Novi team is a key sponsor to community events such as Habitat for Humanity and local schools with its FIRST Robotics team and STEM education programs.
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
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Responsibilities & Qualifications The Novelis North American Automotive team is looking for a Lead Engineer, Technical Development. The Lead Technical Development Engineer is a part of our Technical Development team for Automotive and will be located in our Novi, Michigan office. Collaborating with the Senior Manager, Technical Development, this role ensures Novelis products meet customer expectations for present and future demands through hands‑on testing, material development, and executing & evaluating trials across multiple plants. This role provides guidance in developing recipes for the CASH & Finishing processes in our Guthrie, Kentucky location.
The Lead Technical Development Engineer acts as an advisor to the Technical Services team and works closely with the Customer Solution Center to understand how plant process variables affect characteristics of materials required for automotive customers. Substantial growth in the demand for aluminum sheet for body structure applications provides an opportunity to efficiently interact with customer design and manufacturing engineers to develop and offer improved products with better value to automotive OEMs. This role supports all automotive and acts as a technical resource for internal and external customers – plants, OEMs, technical service teams, R&D, etc.
This is a TCP (Technical Career Path) role, meaning the candidate will be evaluated at the time of hiring for the appropriate level within the TCP framework. Depending on experience and expertise, the selected candidate may be hired at Lead Engineer or another level such as Senior Engineer.
Responsibilities
Connect with OEMs, as needed, on requirements & developments; prepares Senior Technical Manager and/or Technical Development Managers for OEM communications
Lead projects in partnership with OEM Engineering from concept to conclusion
Lead and contribute to discussions on all new alloy developments with regard to specific customer requirements
Identify customer requirements for aluminum sheet products, including alloy and appropriate surface treatments and topographies
Develop, problem‑solve and recommend customer specifications, and identify or develop Novelis products and processes to meet them
Participate in customer design reviews
Problem solve issues with implementation of Novelis products into OEM manufacturing stream
Support the execution of the overall portfolio and hopper of improvement activities for Auto products at the various NNA operations
Identify, initiate, lead, facilitate, participate in, and/or direct long‑term product and process development and improvement activities to support achievement of our Novelis Focused Five goals
Design, lead, and collaborate on internal trials with Kennesaw and our Manufacturing plants
Develop product delivery specifications in conjunction with Novelis mills or blanking/tolling subcontractors
Perform extensive testing and lab work to validate process and product development efforts
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in an engineering field, BS targeted at Metallurgical or Mechanical Engineering, preferred
Masters Degree in engineering, statistics, business administration or a Black Belt, preferred
Minimum 8‑10 years’ experience related to aluminum sheet processing in a technical, commercial or product development role
5 years in an Aluminum Rolling Mill, Background in sheet rolling processes, Background in applied statistics, preferred
Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, interpersonal
Intermediate level statistical analysis
Problem identification / resolution techniques
Familiarity with organizational change and project management
Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
Excellent team facilitation and overall personal engagement skills
Ability to lead own workload, but optimally collaborate with team and outside engineering companies as needed
Results‑oriented, with willingness to develop new designs in collaboration with internal partners and industry peers
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!
Location Profile Novelis’ Novi office is located twenty‑five miles northwest of the heart of the motor city. Its 100+ employees provide dedicated commercial sales technical support and recycling teams for Novelis’ growing automotive customer base. Novi is also the location of the company’s Customer Solution Center which accelerates innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. As one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan Novi offers a host of destination shopping and specialty expos fine dining options and outdoor recreation activities. Our Novi team is a key sponsor to community events such as Habitat for Humanity and local schools with its FIRST Robotics team and STEM education programs.
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
#J-18808-Ljbffr