Senior Lead Data Scientist, Advanced Predictive Maintenance

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 Digital Center of Excellence Data Science team is seeking a Sr. Lead Data Scientist, Advanced Predictive Maintenance based in Atlanta. The person in this role will report to the Director, Data Science & Insights.

Come join our expanding team as the digital subject matter expert in Advanced Predictive Maintenance projects for our most critical equipment and machinery on our manufacturing floors! This role will also support in developing and setting standards, governance, and processes for the APM Analytical workflows.

The Sr. Lead Data Scientist, APM, will be crucial in the onsite development and implementation of digital solutions, and therefore will require up to 20-25% travel within the US and sometimes internationally. Come make a rewarding impact in the world of infinitely recyclable and sustainable aluminum solutions!

APM is a branch of analytics that focuses on applying rules and algorithms to the Predictive Maintenance discipline leveraging IIoT and other data sources. In this field, the candidate will perform data collection and analysis of the various predictive technologies, including but not limited to, Ultrasound Analysis, Vibration Analysis, Motor Circuit Analysis, Oil Analysis, and Infrared Thermography. The goal of the analytics is to avoid asset failure and high reactive maintenance costs by predicting the breakdown of the assets ahead of time. The output from the analytics is monitoring and alerting systems that provide information on the asset life, degradation in the operating condition of the asset, and predicting the failure of the equipment on the asset.

Responsibilities:

• Support implementations of various Predictive Maintenance solutions at Novelis, scale and replicate these solutions to other plants
• Work with plant engineers located globally to solve business challenges related to forecasting the breakdown of the machines using sensor data analysis techniques such as Vibration Analysis, Motor Circuit Analysis, Oil Analysis, and Infrared Thermography
• Develop internal APM product utilizing the latest anomaly detection machine-learning algorithms for predicting machine failures

• Document and communicate results of the model to non-technical resources through various means including designing and building intuitive UI and PowerPoint presentations
• Regularly test and maintain analytical models to improve efficiency and keep up with changing business needs, ensuring timely analysis and testing for regular maintenance of solutions over time
• Adhere and improve standards and best practices for performing APM projects
• Support the building of accelerators for various APM solutions

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial, robotics, or related discipline.
• Master’s degree in computer science or related field
• 3-4 years of experience in applying Predictive Maintenance in an industrial setting
• Experience in designing, developing, testing, and implementing anomaly detection models for time-series data utilizing the latest unsupervised models such as GANs and VAEs

• Strong knowledge of the industrial data sources such as PLC, SCADA, Historian, MES and ERP systems
• Deep understanding of Vibration analytics and ability to build rules and algorithms around it
• Possess a strong ability to combine large volumes of disparate data sources and mine them for meaningful insight and to present the analysis findings to business stakeholders
• Strong hands-on experience in various data mining tools such as Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Python, Power BI, Excel, and SQL
• Proven ability to work independently, drive results in a fast-paced environment and work across regions

• Effective communication skills, capable of presenting complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• The role requires 20-25% travel within the US and sometimes internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Predictive Maintenance technologies in manufacturing, specifically metals manufacturing
• Experience deploying global initiatives in a matrix organization
• Experience in building frontend solutions using ReactJS or NextJS

• Understanding of operational technology (OT) architectures and Industry 4.0
• Master’s degree in Analytics, or another advanced degree

What We Offer:

This role offers a?hybrid schedule. Novelis values the need for flexibility and balance for employees and is committed to a Flex Work approach that empowers employees to maintain work-life balance while enjoying the benefits of a collaborative office environment.

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 family’s well-being:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retiree Medical Plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through Novelis sponsored Retiree Health Access
• Retirement Savings Account

• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance.

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Novelis’ Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis’ North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups. 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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