Electrical Engineer Lead

Novelis Bay Minette Manufacturing Facility•Bay Minette, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, producing an estimated 19 percent of the world's flat-rolled aluminum products. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Novelis has approximately 11,600 employees in 33 operating facilities on four continents and is investing $2.5 billion to build a new low-carbon recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama. The highly advanced facility will serve growing demand for aluminum beverage can sheet in North America. The new facility will also serve the automotive market, where aluminum is the fastest growing material as automakers make plans to achieve their sustainability goals. It will aim to be net carbon neutral for Scope 1 and 2, be powered primarily by renewable energy, use recycled water and be a zero-waste facility. The Novelis Bay Minette, AL team is seeking an Electrical Engineer to work on site with our Finishing Unit. The person in this role will work with the Finishing Mill EMRA (Engineering, Maintenance Reliability and Automation) Leader. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading electrical engineering and providing support to reinforce the achievement of the plant’s safety, quality, sustainability and budget objectives. This position will be responsible for the activities of others related to electrical engineering and keep current with the constantly evolving technology, balancing it with the needs of the operations to bring forth improvements in automated systems and methods. This role will be a key member of the project team for new facility as well as ready the plant for operations.

Requirements

Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
8+ years of dynamic experience.
Work experience in the field of factory electrical engineering
Knowledge of electric motor and drive systems
Experience with design and program logic for PLCs and HMIs (Siemens preferred).
Methodical equipment problem-solving.
Good project management skills
Result oriented and decision-making capability.
Ability to advise, mentor and develop other personnel to accomplish personal, plant and corporate objectives
Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to connect with all levels in the organization
Desire to take initiative and develop a pro-active relationship with employees through follow-up, understanding their needs and encouraging a collaborative relationship
Able to travel up to 50% (North America and Internationally) in the first 3 years. After that period, the travel will be less than 10%.
Sponsorship for the United State of America VISA is not offered for this position

Nice To Haves

Aluminum Finishing process experience
Previous experience on large capital project
Proficiency in Historian (iba/PDA systems).
Basic understanding of capabilities for controls and servo systems and an understanding of maintenance procedures and principles of equipment reliability
Experienced in trouble shooting Electrical systems including pneumatics, tooling issues, measurement feedback systems, and basic design robustness
Lean Six Sigma

Responsibilities

Embrace the Novelis Safety Principles to build a zero-injury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Open, Build Trust, Say Anything, Own It, and Be Authentic!
Own the plant effort on Safe Work Practices and optimal design for EHS
Be responsible for the full scope of the Electrical engineering project including budget control, schedule, and compliance with safety, environmental and sustainability requirements, to assure performance against expectations
Own the discussions on equipment design, detailed engineering with the Mill OEMs and third parties
Coordinate the Electrical build, commissioning, and acceptance tests of a new World Class Manufacturing Finishing Mill in this facility
Travel locally and abroad to perform inspections, technical meetings, and receive training
Meet assigned project commitment, timelines and deliverables
Communicate regularly with project team members to provide status updates as needed or to scope projects
Elaborate scope of project, analysis technical and commercial offer and submit purchase request for approval
Collaborate with the team in order to drive operational readiness of the plant production commissioning (elaborate and deliver training, elaborate maintenance plans, FMEA, fine tune the equipment and process for optimal performance)
Develop the technical team on hard and soft skills
Provide a strong Electrical understanding of process and components involved in their equipment
Develop and define the Key Performance Indicators (Uptime, MTTR, MTBF, PM Completion, etc.), and create, lead and communicate the monthly dashboard for Electrical reliability
Develop and refine the Electrical preventive/predictive maintenance program in a systematic, professional manner coordinating all efforts with operations, engineering, and the Electrical team, to ensure the program is properly approved and endorsed
Provide administration, control and analysis of all data, records and equipment histories to continually review and refine PM/PdM frequencies
Coordinate and provide appropriate Electrical training on PM/PdM techniques for selected Electrical maintenance and engineering personnel on appropriate topics
Coordinate and perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for all electrical significant failures in the facility
Assist in troubleshooting, advanced analysis and identify areas of potential advancements in the processes, equipment, and facilities to achieve increased profitability through reduced costs, increased efficiency, improved quality, increase production output and optimized equipment uptime
Perform Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) as specified by the Reliability Master Plan for the facility
Work closely with the Automation, Reliability & Engineering Managers, develop conceptual and functional requirements for short- and long-term process and equipment development (facility planning) consistent with the business plan
Technically lead maintenance technicians and engineers as needed- to resolve and prevent maintenance and engineering problems and to develop training programs on processes and equipment for the maintenance staffs
Develop and be a great partner with suppliers and other technical resources inside and outside of the Site and Company
Assignment to an on-call rotation to provide after-hours and weekend support as required to assist maintenance in the troubleshooting and resolution of issues having an immediate impact on plant performance. This can involve providing direction/mentorship remotely and/or onsite
Support the management of the CAPEX and OPEX budget
Repetitive failures are identified, and the PM is refined by dynamic and relevant review of predictive and other inspections, analysis of equipment histories, maintenance cost reports and failure reports, review of service and inspection records and analysis of work order data
Contribute engineering expertise to project work and selection of replacement or new equipment to help ensure consistency and standardization of components and ease of maintenance
Constantly search for innovations and continuous improvement.
Prepare and present robust capital expenditure estimates, schedules, and requests, including sound financial analysis/justification, for management approval
Review Site equipment and technology for robustness, reliability, and obsolescence. Develop plans for modifications and/or upgrades as needed
Influence regional and/or global decision-making by preparing and communicating technical information to senior management on matters with significant business impact, such as regional/multi-site capital expenditures or regional process/product improvements