Product Performance Engineer

Responsibilities

• Be a role model for safety; demonstrating behaviors that align with the Novelis Safety Absolutes and Safety Principles to build a zero-injury culture.
• Partner closely with Commercial Managers and Technical Service team to support customer qualification activities for new Beverage/Packaging products produced at Bay Minette.
• Act as the Voice of the Customer (VOC) champion for Bay Minette, coordinating the communication of customer requirements, qualification feedback, product performance results, and emerging market needs to support successful product commercialization and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.
• Coincide, at the plant level, the transition of newly qualified products into commercial manufacturing.
• Monitor product and process data including mechanical properties, earing, gauge control, flatness, surface quality, formability, and coating.
• Evaluate can manufacturing process performance against customer specifications, critical output variables and Bay Minette’s plant operational metrics.
• Promptly respond to customer, commercial team, and technical service inquiries regarding current product capabilities, manufacturing histories, and product/process performance.
• Provide technical support during customer issue investigations and quality incidents.
• Cook metallurgical, quality, and statistical analyses required to assess product performance and issue resolution.
• Lead root cause investigations related to product performance concerns.
• Cook correct and preventive actions with Product Development, Operations, Quality, and Technical Service teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical or materials engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in aluminum sheet manufacturing or beverage can-making operation roles.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated experience in statistical analysis, process capability evaluation, and visualization of product performance trends.
• Proven ability to communicate and collaborate across functions and locations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound technical decisions in customer-facing and manufacturing environments.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically to customer locations to support product qualifications, and customer performance evaluations.