Automation Engineering Intern

careers-novelis; Guthrie (OK); On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Relocation stipend

Competitive pay

Job summary

Novelis is offering an on-site Automation Engineering Intern position in Guthrie, Kentucky for a ~12-week summer program. The intern will work with the local engineering team, report to the Engineering Leader, and gain hands-on experience across industrial networking, MES, and automation projects.

The role emphasizes learning, collaboration with Operations and Process Groups, and exposure to state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies. Housing/relocation support and competitive pay are provided.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited 4-year University.
• Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or recent Graduate seeking hands-on industry experience.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Learn about industrial networking, infrastructure, application development, and data communication between systems.
• Provide support for Automation Engineering Projects.
• Assist in improving plant MES and manufacturing automation systems.
• Contribute to scripting interfaces and messaging between MES and sub-systems.
• Maintain automation cluster, servers, storage, and virtual environment.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Work authorization (US)

Education

4-year University enrollment

Tools

SQL

C#

MS SQL Server

RESTful APIs

Angular

NodeJS

Git

VMware

OPC Kepware

HMI/SCADA (WinCC)

Job description

Position Overview

Company 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:

Novelis in Guthrie, KY has an opportunity to participate in our on-site summer 2027 internship. The team is seeking an Automation Engineering Intern that can join the team for approximately 12 weeks. The person in this role will have the opportunity to participate in relevant work and gain hands on industry experience. The intern will report to the Engineering Leader and will gain experience with our local engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Learn about industrial networking and infrastructure, application development, database management, and communication techniques between systems.
• Provide support for various Automation Engineering Projects.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of plant MES system and manufacturing process automation systems.
• Contribute to scripting interfaces and messaging between MES and sub-systems.
• Contribute to maintenance of an automation cluster and application including server, storage, and virtual environment.
• Participate in the deployment of O.S. and specific application update on all automation devices.
• Application of state-of-the-art technology and techniques to resolve complex engineering problems.
• Performs special study programs involving technical data of a complex nature.
• Support manufacturing by working closely with the Operations, Engineering and Process Groups.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Enrolled in an accredited 4-year University.
• Must be a Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or recent Graduate.
• Interested in gaining hands-on industry experience prior to graduation.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills which are essential for interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SQL programming and relational databases (MS SQL Server, T-SQL preferred)
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages and scripting (C# preferred).
• Experience with application messaging (MSMQ preferred).
• Experience with web development (RESTful APIs, Angular, NodeJS preferred).
• Experience in multi-threaded applications development.
• Experience with version control (Git preferred) and DevOps (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Experience in Windows operating system management and configuration, including user management (AD).
• Experience with network management (Cisco preferred).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere preferred).
• Experience with OPC (Kepware preferred).
• Experience in building client/server applications HMI/SCADA systems (WinCC preferred).
• Experience in PLC systems such as Siemens TIA Portal is a plus.

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:

• Combined housing and relocation stipend for out of state interns or interns outside an extended radius
• Competitive pay

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, state or local laws.

Location Profile

Novelis’ Guthrie facility is located in Guthrie Kentucky approximately 30 minutes from the Tennessee state line near Clarksville Tennessee and Hopkinsville Kentucky. As Novelis’ newest facility Guthrie will house a heat treatment and pretreatment line that will serve the North American automotive market and employ 125 residents. In addition to hunting fishing and hiking residents enjoy the Guthrie Transportation Museum which is the hub of the city’s renewal efforts. The Guthrie team enjoys partnerships with Hopkinsville Community College Todd County High School Guthrie Fire Department and several local Rotary Clubs.

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.