Job Details

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.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Position Overview

The Novelis Kennesaw team is seeking a Quality Lead. This position is a strategic partner representing the site for all ISO 17025 standards, quality issues, and reporting. This role provides hands-on support and proactive participation in addressing issues and concerns. One of the major challenges is to be a change agent and engage the employees to increase efficiency in current quality processes. Additionally, the Quality Lead will build a core group of subject matter experts for document control, auditing, management review, and measurement uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Improve the quality system through CARs, PARs, internal & external audits, measurement uncertainty, document control, critical vendor management and audit, and traceability.
• Find opportunities to strengthen the site's culture of quality and actively engage staff at all levels in the quality mission.
• Provide site-wide training, workflows, and implementation of the ISO 17025 standard and maintaining the site's ISO 17025 accreditation.
• Work closely with the site leadership and staff to ensure uniform application of Quality related policies and practices, and communicate policy changes and tracking/closure of audit findings.
• Lead the testing requirements for over 90 methods on site and keep them harmonized with ASTM and measurement uncertainty (Gauge R&R and other testing).
• Lead the site calibration program and the internal audit program.
• Lead the documentation and closure plans for quality actions from Audit or assigned non-conformances.
• Lead required management reviews and annual improvement plans.
• Lead accountability process for End-to-End traceability from customer requirements to testing to reporting.
• Act as point of contact to all external regulatory agencies for quality and customer audits.
• Lead competency building for auditors, sustainability team, document control, measurement uncertainty, and other areas as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality.
• Trained lead auditor.
• Extensive knowledge and skill in development, implementation, and maintenance of quality programs/activities and procedures.
• Interpersonal skills to create a quality culture, influence technical staff who are balancing project demands, and be a quality advocate throughout the research center.
• High degree of proficiency in computer software applications with a systematic approach to policy & procedure documentation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to work well within all levels of the organization.
• Ability to address large groups for presentations and training.
• Ability to multi-task, quickly adapt to change, and work with minimal direction.
• Ability to interpret standards and apply the content to the physical operations ongoing in the work environment.
• Experience in guiding and encouraging a culture of quality through influence and engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Quality.
• Quality experience of 5+ years in lab and R&D environment with ISO 17025 background.

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, driven in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family's well-being:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage.
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange.
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family.
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance.

Location Profile

Novelis' Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers, metallurgists, chemists, scientists, technologists, and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive, beverage can, and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums, cultural opportunities, and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.

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.