Sr. Maintenance Leader

NovelisTerre Haute, IN
Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is a global leader in aluminum recycling and rolling, providing sustainable aluminum solutions for aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging, and specialty markets. With approximately 13,000 employees across 32 operating facilities on 4 continents, Novelis is driven by its purpose of shaping a sustainable world together. The Terre Haute, Indiana, facility, a container and foil rolling and finishing plant, is seeking a dynamic and experienced Sr. Maintenance Leader. This role reports to the EMRA Leader and is responsible for educating, training, leading, and directing the electrical and mechanical maintenance workforce. The Sr. Maintenance Leader's primary focus is to optimize the reliability of the plant's various systems, including pneumatic, hydraulic, coolant, roll, bearing, cylinder, crane, and structural systems. This involves assessing preventive and predictive maintenance needs, recommending strategies, and allocating personnel to enhance equipment reliability and overall plant performance. The position also entails coordinating maintenance support for advanced troubleshooting of mechanical and electrical systems and reinforcing the plant's safety processes.

Requirements

  • Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology from an accredited university or institution.
  • 5 years of heavy industrial work experience and/or maintenance leadership experience.
  • Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to collaborate with all levels in the organization.
  • Ability to coordinate and prioritize responsibility; able to balance multiple tasks at once without sacrificing attention to detail; flexible and able to operate in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office software, including but not limited to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and Project.
  • Experience using computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), preferably SAP.
  • Project management experience, budget management, scheduling, coordinating contractors, and execution.
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Use facility, corporate, and third-party resources to strengthen personal and workforce capabilities that drive continuous process improvement and optimization.
  • Support machine centers by optimizing workforce scheduling and maintenance effectiveness in alignment with plant strategic plans.
  • Provide leadership and guidance for machine-center improvement activities, ensuring initiatives are completed on time, within budget, and sustained over the long term.
  • Collaborate regularly with operators, mechanics, electricians, planners, process leaders, shift specialists, and engineers to maintain and improve the effectiveness of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
  • Ensure reliability principles are incorporated into all projects, equipment changes, and process-optimization activities.
  • Partner with the reliability organization to coordinate and conduct Root Cause Failure Analyses for significant machine-center failures and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
  • Engage the maintenance organization in new projects and asset modifications to ensure appropriate training, communication, technical documentation, and preventive and predictive maintenance requirements are developed before implementation.
  • Evaluate and recommend process improvements and emerging technologies that strengthen Novelis’ competitive position through improved product quality, shorter lead times, lower costs, reduced environmental impact and energy consumption, and enhanced employee safety and health.
  • Actively support the annual and five-year capital plans and complete assigned projects in alignment with the plant’s annual and strategic objectives to promote long-term business sustainability.
  • Lead, coach, and develop maintenance employees to strengthen technical capability, accountability, and performance.
  • Adhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, IATF 16949:2016, and ASI Certifications, where applicable.

Benefits

  • Paid parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Fertility Treatment
  • Childcare Discount
  • 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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