Production Worker- Casting Utility

Novelis is seeking Production Workers for its Davenport, IA Casting facility, offering $22.34/hour and a full benefits package. Candidates should be safety-conscious team players willing to learn various production roles. Responsibilities include material handling, monitoring metal processes, and maintaining workplace cleanliness. Required qualifications include safety leadership, communication skills, and ability to operate mobile equipment. Must pass background checks and be available for all shifts, including overtime.
Position Overview:

Novelis is hiring! $22.34/hour with full benefit package. We’re looking for talented Production Workers for our Melting Department to join the team at our Davenport, IA Casting facility. Our ideal candidate is a dependable team player who’s committed to safety and is willing to learn different jobs in our production departments. Is this you? Learn more and apply today!

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Essential Functions:
• Work in a safe manner in compliance with all Novelis safety and environmental requirements, policies, and regulatory statutes.
• Provide material handling services for the Melting and Blending Departments.
• Follows departmental processes with regard to monitoring metal flow, temperature, and appearance of melters.
• Follows departmental quality processes and takes appropriate samples.
• Operates a variety of mobile equipment.
• Communicates with other departments to coordinate metal flow and maintain operating standards.
• Assist others to provide an organized and clean workplace including assigned areas of the plant, workstations, equipment, walkways and locker rooms.
• Ability to operator hand and power tools.
• Must be able to move materials of up to 35 pounds.

Required Qualifications:
• Must be a leader in safety. Demonstrated willingness to support all safety initiatives.
• Ability to become a qualified forklift and excavator operator. Complete and pass training on assigned material handling equipment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, able to understand, speak, and read English.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Ability to understand and follow plant safety rules and departmental safety practices
• Must be able to demonstrate a strong work ethic and positive attitude.
• Must be available to work all shifts either on a rotational or straight shift assignment.
• Must have the ability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment background check, physical, and drug screen.
• Must be capable and willing to train in other job classifications.
• GED or High School Diploma

Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Forklift certification from a previous company and/or state agency.
• Post high school education.
• Previous experience working in a heavy industrial and/or manufacturing environment.

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 like Habitat for Humanity Riverbend Food Bank and CASI and sponsoring local events including Advanced Manufacturing Career Day.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.