Reliability EMRA Leader

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 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

The Novelis Davenport team is seeking an EMRA Leader to lead reliability and maintenance planning strategies that improve asset availability, equipment performance, and operational efficiency. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and other partners to drive reliability initiatives, optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs, lead root cause investigations, and develop long-term asset strategies. The EMRA Leader will oversee reliability performance metrics, support equipment lifecycle planning, and lead a team focused on implementing protocols, continuous improvement, and cost-effective asset management while ensuring safe and reliable plant operations.

• Provide technical leadership to the Reliability Engineering Team members to implement cost-effective preventive and predictive asset strategies to achieve best-in-class availability and reliability of the plant process equipment.
• Provide resources to support equipment-related loss investigations to determine causal factors and provide technical recommendations and mitigation plans to prevent reoccurrence.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, crafts, engineering, procurement, and other identified collaborators to drive improved asset availability and support fit-for-purpose training on reliability work processes and practices.
• Support equipment-related data capture for analysis and trending to establish equipment health, evaluate risk, identify bad actors, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Establish and publish Reliability Key Performance Indicators to measure and improve Reliability performance of the equipment assets and reliability-related work processes.
• Assess Equipment Criticalities and develop Asset Strategies to achieve cost-effective reliability, availability, and plant equipment performance.
• Ensure the facility’s assets operate reliably and efficiently and align with all safety guidelines and government regulations.
• Engage with Capital and Project Engineering to review and recommend Design for Reliability considerations for new equipment installations and upgrades.
• Develop 1-year and 3-year Reliability Tactical Plan Plans to improve equipment availability and performance.
• Support Maintenance in developing forward-looking multi-year equipment replacement and overhaul plans.
• Find opportunities to use reliability guidelines, technology, automation, and Artificial Intelligence to promote cost-effective asset care and performance.
• Support Maintenance in reviewing, rationalizing, and optimizing effective PM plans and PdM systems.
• Use communication skills to establish partnerships across the site to achieve plant performance goals.
• Work a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend duty as necessary to manage facility performance.
• Provide administration, control, and analysis of all data, records, and equipment histories to review and refine PM frequencies continually. Coordinate and provide training on PdM techniques.
• Coordinate and perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for all significant failures in the manufacturing unit.
• Communicate the key performance indicators for reliability for the manufacturing unit between departments, leadership, and the department team.
• Facilitate/coach Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) as specified by the Reliability Roadmap for the manufacturing unit.
• Provide direction and support to the Reliability Team. This includes involvement in hiring, disciplinary functions, pay grade advancements, and annual reviews.
• Manage the hourly Maintenance Planner/Scheduler, collaborating to ensure efficient and effective maintenance planning and scheduling processes. Provide guidance and support to the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler and identify opportunities for improvement, leading efforts to implement those improvements.
• Adhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO…