Director, Engineering & Operations Support
About The Position
Novelis is seeking a Director, Engineering & Operations Support to build and lead a new centralized organization serving its North American manufacturing plants, customers, and tolling operations. The role provides regional leadership for strategic engineering projects, reliability and maintenance, and quality systems and processes, shaping the function’s direction and supporting operational and financial targets. The Director leads a team of senior engineers, with the Manager, Quality and Manager, Engineering & Reliability reporting directly to the position. The role reports to the Senior Vice President, Operations, North America. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for an experienced leader to establish a new team and develop its capabilities and practices. The position is based in Atlanta. In 2027, employees based in Atlanta are expected to work in the office Monday through Thursday; Friday may be worked remotely or from the office. Novelis cannot provide visa sponsorship, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
- 15 or more years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing engineering, quality, reliability, maintenance, capital projects, or closely related operational rigor.
- Experience leading managers and multidisciplinary technical teams in a multi-site, matrixed manufacturing environment.
- Experience with project governance, feasibility and front-end engineering, capital justification, supplier management, and safe project execution.
- Broad knowledge of reliability fundamentals, rolling process fundamentals, advanced engineering and diagnostic analysis, and financial analysis for project return on investment.
- Strong engineering judgment, systems thinking, and prioritization skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and align senior partners across organizational boundaries.
- Demonstrated experience leading organizational change, including standing up, restructuring, or scaling a new function or team.
- Proven experience directly managing other managers or leaders, in addition to broader technical teams.
- Working knowledge of quality management systems and methodologies such as ISO 9001, Six Sigma, and root-cause/CAPA analysis.
- Proven ability to communicate with, present to, and influence executive leadership.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (MBA or Master's in Engineering).
- Operational leadership experience.
- Experience managing complex projects and capital expenditure budgets.
- Experience in aluminum or rolled/cast metal production, heavy industrial, automotive, or continuous-process manufacturing.
- Six Sigma or Lean certification, such as Black Belt.
- Track record of building or reorganizing engineering and/or quality functions.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a centralized engineering, reliability, maintenance, and quality organization supporting manufacturing plants, customers, and tolling operations across North America.
- Ensure projects and technical activities comply with environmental, health, and safety requirements, engineering controls, regulatory obligations, and management-of-change expectations.
- Establish a transparent process for assessing, prioritizing, and deploying technical resources based on safety, customer impact, operational risk, business value, and regional priorities.
- Provide governance and technical oversight for feasibility studies, front-end engineering, project development, execution, commissioning, startup, and operational ramp-up.
- Lead resolution of significant plant and tolling quality issues through structured root-cause analysis, stronger controls, consistent practices, and recurrence prevention.
- Advance reliability and asset performance through equipment strategy, failure elimination, preventive and predictive maintenance, outage support, and disciplined technical problem solving.
- Develop technical talent, strengthen standards and knowledge transfer, and align multifunctional collaborators.
- Communicate recommendations, portfolio updates, and material risks to senior leaders.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility treatment
- Childcare discount
- Nursing mom support
- Employee assistance resources available 24/7 for employees and families, including mental health, family life, career, and financial guidance
- Wellness incentives and wellness spending account
- Programs for building healthy habits
- Virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health
- Health management programs
- Diabetes management program
- Pet insurance
- Identity theft protection
- PerkSpot discount program
- Tuition assistance
- Career development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
