Electrical Engineering Intern

NOVELIS; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing relocation stipend

Competitive pay

Job summary

Novelis North America in Davenport, IA offers a 12-week on-site Electrical Engineering internship for Summer 2027. You will work under the Engineering Manager, gaining hands-on experience with PLCs, programmable drives, and networking.

This paid intern role emphasizes contributing to the team and learning industry practices. The position seeks students enrolled in a 4-year program (Sophomore–Senior), with strong communication and a willingness to engage across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an accredited 4-year University
• Sophomore, Junior, or Senior status
• Interest in hands-on industry experience
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Authorized to work in the United States for any employer

Responsibilities

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing tasks, promoting open communication with peers and providing updates to management
• Assist in drafting and submitting budget proposals, recommend budget changes as needed
• Assist maintenance and engineering in diagnosing equipment problems and suggesting improvements to reliability and costs
• Comply with safety standards and regulations
• Independently evaluates and applies standard engineering techniques to electrical equipment modifications

Job description

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 North America team in Davenport, IA has an opportunity to participate in our on‑site summer 2027 internship. The team is seeking an Electrical Engineering intern that can join the team for 12 weeks. The person in this role will have the opportunity to participate in meaningful work and gain hands on industry experience. The person in this role will report to the Engineering Manager and will be gain experience PLC’s programmable drives and networking.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing tasks, promoting open communication with peers and providing updates to direct management.
• Assist in drafting and submitting budget proposals, recommend subsequent budget changes when necessary.
• Assist maintenance and engineering in diagnosing equipment problems and recommend methods to prevent reoccurrence of these issues to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Comply with all safety standards and regulations.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures and criteria in making minor adaptations and modifications to electrical equipment

Minimum Qualifications:

• Enrolled in an accredited 4-year University
• Must obtain the classification Sophomore, Junior, or Senior
• 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:

• Prefer students majoring in Electrical Engineering or related fields

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

Davenport IA has been a key player in the aluminum industry for over 11 decades. Novelis employs more than 300 people in the Davenport community across two facilities: a finishing mill and a casting facility. Novelis is an active and engaged community partner in Davenport teaming up with organizations such as Toys for Tots and Hope at the BRICK House. Novelis is also a member of the Good Neighbor Project in Davenport.

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.

Disclaimer

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis