Reliability Engineer

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 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

The Novelis Ashville team is seeking a Reliability Engineer. This role is responsible for improving the reliability availability and maintainability of plant equipment. This role works closely with Maintenance Operations Engineering and Production teams to identify equipment performance issues eliminate recurring failures and implement long-term reliability improvements.

The Reliability Engineer will lead reliability initiatives for coating lines slitters thermal processing equipment cranes utility systems hydraulic systems electrical systems drives and automation equipment. The position requires strong troubleshooting skills data analysis root cause investigations preventive maintenance optimization and project management capabilities.

• Improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for equipment failures to using problem solving tools.
• Optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Analyze downtime maintenance and reliability data.
• Develop and track KPIs such as MTBF MTTR and equipment availability.
• Maintain CMMS asset hierarchy equipment data and maintenance records.
• Support fixing production and utility systems.
• Lead reliability improvement and equipment upgrade projects.
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with company standards.
• Work closely with maintenance technicians operations teams and external vendors.
• Reduce recurring equipment failures.
• Improve equipment uptime and reliability.
• Increase PM compliance and effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives.
• Build strong partnerships with Operations and Maintenance teams.
• 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.

• Bachelors degree in mechanical Electrical Industrial or related Engineering field.
• 3 years of experience in maintenance reliability or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of mechanical electrical hydraulic pneumatic and automation systems.
• Experience with any CMMS and Microsoft Office applications. Most likely Oracle Artist Coupa SAP etc.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to walk climb stairs and access production equipment.
• Ability to wear required PPE.
• Ability to support equipment troubleshooting during off-hours when needed

• Experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Knowledge of vibration analysis thermography and predictive maintenance tools.
• CMRP Six Sigma or related certifications.
• Experience in aluminum metal processing or continuous manufacturing operations.

Please 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.

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 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

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Founded in 1971 Ashville is a finishing facility with coating capabilities. Employing around 190 people the facility primarily serves the Building & Construction and Commercial Transportation markets.

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.

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