Plate Engineering Lead

Constellium; Ravenswood (WV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aluminum manufacturing company in Ravenswood, West Virginia, seeks a Plate Engineering Lead to drive project execution and engineering oversight within the Maintenance groups. This role requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience with a strong background in industrial automation and project management. Responsibilities include ensuring project quality and consistency, supervising engineering teams, and collaborating with resources to maintain capital project portfolios. Competitive compensation and opportunities for growth are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or 10 years work experience in Maintenance, Engineering, and/or Reliability.
• Working knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering disciplines.
• Strong background in industrial automation including PLCs and HMI systems.

Responsibilities

• Safely execute projects on schedule and on budget.
• Develop and maintain the overall APU capital plan.
• Ensure execution of projects meets Plant Engineering Standards.
• Supervision and training of subordinates for development and KPI improvements.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Civil engineering

Industrial automation

System integration

Energy management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or 10 years work experience

Job description

Job Summary

The Plate Engineering Lead is a position responsible for the execution of Plate driven projects in collaboration with Plate Maintenance groups to drive consistency and quality in project and Maintenance execution.

Responsibilities

• Safely execute projects on schedule and on budget
• Develop and maintain the overall APU capital plan with assistance from various plant & APU resources.
• Maintain the APU capital project portfolio
• Ensure improvement activities are completed for APU key cost center to improve Uptimes
• Drive job planning with APU resources to improve key equipment reliability and capacity
• Review all formal Request for Appropriation capital funding request for accuracy and plant requirements
• Supervision of APU and 3rd party engineering teams for APU projects and activities
• Supervision and training of subordinates for employee development and KPI improvements
• Establishes capital project portfolio, resource, requirements and engineering workload assignments for the PAU Engineering Group
• Consistent high-quality projects and outages on time, and within budget
• Ensure execution of projects meets Plant Engineering Standards
• Support APU maintenance activities as appropriate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or 10 years work experience in a Maintenance, Engineering, and/or Reliability
• Plant Engineering project Experience and Knowledge of Operating Departments
• Working Knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering Disciplines
• Strong background in industrial automation including PLCs and HMI systems, required
• Experience with system integration, control logic development, and troubleshooting of automated equipment, strongly preferred
• Experience with energy management systems and utility optimization, strongly preferred

About Constellium

With ~1,100 employees, Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is one of the world’s largest rolled products facilities, offering customers the most powerful plate stretchers in the world, as well as one of the largest cold rolling mills. Built in 1957, the plant houses 62 acres (about 250,900 m²) of production facilities, and is one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia. We produce plate, sheet, and coil products for aerospace, defense, transportation, marine, and industrial uses. As the global leader in aluminum aerospace technology, we specialize in high performance plates, sheets and extrusions that bring cost and performance benefits to space programs and military and commercial aircraft. Our advanced aluminum products manufactured in the US, France and Switzerland can be found in platforms manufactured by Airbus, Applied Materials, Blue Origin, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, General Dynamics, LAM, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and others. The Ravenswood facility is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Ohio River. It is the largest employer in Jackson County, and one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia. A culture of family, community, and hard work runs deep in Jackson County. Located in the western region of West Virginia, it is one of the most productive regions in the state, with Ripley as its countyseat and Ravenswood serving as its largest municipality. Ripley sits between the Parkersburg and Charleston metropolitan areas. The region offers plenty of activities, both open‑air and indoors, for a wide range of interests. These include parks, lakes, forests, Civil War trails, golf courses, historical landmarks (covered bridges, a heritage house, a castle), museums and galleries, conference centers, the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Charleston Light Opera Guild, and much more.

Constellium is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.