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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.\nResponsibilities & Qualifications\nThe Novelis Terre Haute, Indiana, team is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to join our team. Reporting to the Associate EMRA, Rolling, this role ensures equipment and processes within the assigned area can sustainably meet plant and customer needs. The Senior Automation Engineer will evaluate new technologies, optimize process controls, lead advanced troubleshooting, and maintain accurate automation software, equipment drawings, system backups, and disaster recovery plans.\nResponsibilities\nIdentify opportunities to improve equipment and process safety while supporting compliance with federal, state, local, and Novelis requirements.\nEvaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve quality, reliability, efficiency, and cost performance.\nDevelop methods and procedures to optimize manufacturing processes and equipment performance.\nProvide advanced troubleshooting support for process and equipment issues involving programmable logic controllers, drives, mill automation systems, motors, power distribution, and other process control equipment.\nMaintain accurate equipment drawings, technical documentation, and system listings that reflect the current configuration of assigned assets.\nMaintain automation software, current system backups, and effective disaster recovery plans.\nUse internal, corporate, and third-party resources to strengthen technical knowledge and improve process performance.\nSupport Process Teams in prioritizing and managing improvement activities that align with annual and strategic plans.\nProvide technical leadership for improvement initiatives, including evaluating funding needs and supporting on-time, on-budget completion and sustainable results.\nProvide engineering expertise to the Reliability organization in support of the Facility Reliability Master Plan.\nCollaborate with operators, mechanics, electricians, planners, process leaders, shift specialists, and reliability leaders to improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.\nAssist the Reliability organization with Root Cause Failure Analysis for significant equipment and process failures.\nAssess asset condition, life cycle, and capability to support the plant’s business plan, and recommend appropriate equipment upgrades or replacements.\nSupport the capital plan and assigned projects that contribute to the plant’s annual and long-term objectives.\nPrepare technical specifications and facilitate the contractor and supplier bidding process.\nCoach and mentor team members on engineering practices and technical problem-solving.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in electrical, controls, automation engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\nFive to ten years of electrical, controls, or automation engineering experience in a related manufacturing environment.\nExperience troubleshooting equipment and process issues and conducting root-cause analysis, particularly for rolling process control systems.\nKnowledge of rolling theory and process fundamentals, including automatic flatness control, automatic gauge control, measurement systems, and control actuators.\nExperience with Level 2 automation systems, including VME or server-based systems.\nExperience with Level 2 software and programming environments such as Visual Basic, C, LabVIEW, LogicCAD, I/O Works, OpenVMS, or Windows.\nWorking knowledge of automation platforms such as AutoMax, Allen-Bradley, Reliance, or Siemens.\nWorking knowledge of AutoCAD, including the ability to make minor drawing updates.\nUnderstanding of reliability practices, including the development of preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for process equipment.\nExperience preparing technical specifications and supporting bids from contractors and suppliers.\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to collaborate with employees across different levels of the organization.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills.\nAbility to lead technical initiatives and build productive working relationships across functions.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster’s degree in electrical, controls, automation engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\nExperience with rolling equipment and associated process control systems.\nExperience using advanced engineering and diagnostic tools, including finite element analysis, vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, or fast Fourier transform analysis.\nExperience supporting capital projects, reliability improvements, and process optimization in a manufacturing environment.\nExperience coaching or mentoring others in engineering practices and technical problem-solving.\nPlease note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.\nWhat We Offer\nNovelis’ 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 industry benefits.\nFamily Growth Programs: Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility treatment, childcare discounts, and nursing parent support\nEmployee Assistance Programs: Free resources available 24/7 to employees and their families in the areas of mental health, family life, career support, and financial guidance\nWellness Programs: Incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending accounts, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs, and more\nDiabetes Management Program\nPet insurance\nIdentity theft protection\nPerkSpot Discount Program\nTuition assistance and career development programs\nLocation Profile\nNovelis’ Terre Haute facility is located in the center of the Wabash Valley about an hour drive from Indianapolis. The region is named for the nearby Wabash River. The facility’s 175 employees produce world-class light gauge aluminum that is used in the production of aluminum foil containers and household foil. Through the Novelis Neighbor program employees enjoy long-term partnerships with the United Way Habitat for Humanity Salvation Army and many other nonprofits providing support in Safety STEM and Recycling. Home to five higher education institutions Terre Haute offers a host of cultural and recreational activities.\nNovelis 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.\nDisclaimer\nWe 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. 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