Engineer III, Manufacturing

Establish and support a dedicated Manufacturing Engineering function for Valve & Wellhead products within Pressure Control, with ownership of complete manufacturing engineering documentation, process engineering, manufacturing methods, CNC programming and tooling, technical issue resolution, and process optimization. Develop and control safe, capable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes across machining, welding, assembly, and testing to ensure compliance with approved drawings, applicable API standards, customer specifications, quality requirements, delivery commitments, and operational objectives.

• Manufacturing engineering documentation: Own the preparation, review, release, and revision control of manufacturing routings, process plans, work instructions, setup sheets, CNC programs, tooling lists, welding requirements, assembly instructions, test procedures, inspection stages, and supporting technical records for Valve & Wellhead products.
• Process engineering: Define, develop, validate, and improve manufacturing processes covering machining, welding, assembly, pressure testing, functional testing, and related production activities.
• Technical review: Review drawings, bills of materials, specifications, material requirements, tolerances, weld details, quality plans, test requirements, API requirements, and customer specifications to establish compliant manufacturing methods.
• Manufacturing methods: Determine operation sequences, work-center requirements, process parameters, inspection and hold points, resource needs, standard times, and acceptance criteria for new and existing products.
• CNC, tooling, and fixtures: Develop, verify, optimize, and control CNC milling and turning programs, cutting-tool selections, jigs, fixtures, gauges, work holding, and specialist tooling required for safe and repeatable manufacturing.
• Welding and special processes: Coordinate the technical requirements for welding, weld repair, procedure and personnel qualifications, consumable control, traceability, preheat, post-weld heat treatment, NDE, heat treatment, surface treatment, coating, cladding, hardness verification, positive material identification, and other special processes with qualified personnel and Quality.
• Assembly and testing: Develop, validate, and improve controlled methods for component identification, cleanliness, dimensional verification, fit-up, torquing, seal and trim installation, lubrication, preservation, hydrostatic testing, gas testing, functional testing, test-equipment setup, test safety, acceptance criteria, recording, and final release in accordance with product, API, and customer requirements.
• Industrialization and validation: Lead or support design-for-manufacture reviews, manufacturing feasibility assessments, manufacturing readiness reviews, process risk assessments, process trials, prove-outs, first-article or first-piece activities, capability studies, production handover, and the controlled introduction of new products, equipment, suppliers, or manufacturing methods.
• Technical issue resolution: Lead structured investigation of manufacturing, quality, tooling, welding, assembly, and testing issues; identify root causes; implement corrective actions; and lift design or specification matters to the responsible authority.
• Process optimization: Analyze process performance and implement approved improvements to safety, quality, cycle time, capacity, flow, tool life, first-pass yield, cost, scrap, rework, and delivery performance.
• Cross-functional and supplier coordination: Coordinate with Product Engineering, Production, Quality, HSE, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Planning, and approved suppliers to confirm manufacturability, technical requirements, supplier capability, process qualification, first-article requirements, outsourced special-process controls, technical deliverables, and resolution of supplier-related manufacturing issues.

• Manufacturing engineering documentation ownership: Ensure all required manufacturing engineering documentation is complete, approved, current, traceable, and available before work begins, including applicable drawings, bills of materials, routings, process plans, CNC programs, tooling and fixture requirements, welding and special-process requirements, assembly instructions, inspection and test plans, acceptance criteria, hold and witness points, approved deviations, and required manufacturing records.
• Process compliance: Ensure machining,…