Automation engineer Jobs in USA

Position Overview

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.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Novelis Ashville team is seeking a skilled and proactive Automation Engineer to support and improve automation systems in our aluminum manufacturing operations including coating lines slitters and utility systems. This role focuses on enhancing process reliability safety and efficiency through the design implementation and maintenance of automation and control systems.

Responsibilities :

• Develop and implement automation solutions for coating lines slitting machines and utility systems.
• Integrate PLCs HMIs SCADA and MES systems with existing equipment and processes.
• Provide technical support for resolving automation-related issues.
• Maintain and update control system documentation including schematics and software backups.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to identify automation opportunities.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring automation failures.
• Manage automation projects from concept to commissioning.
• Coordinate with vendors and track budgets.
• Ensure compliance with safety environmental and quality standards.
• Support data acquisition and reporting systems for real-time monitoring.
• Develop dashboards and reports for decision-making and predictive maintenance.
• Evaluate automated equipment and processes; resolve equipment and training issues.
• Provide leadership in production areas including people management and efficiency improvements.
• Interact with vendors customers contractors and employees across all levels.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

What We Offer :

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 competitive in the marketplace and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your familys well-being :

Location Profile

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.

Disclaimer

We 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 - Novelis

2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1