Manufacturing Engineer

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Provide technical assistance to strategic suppliers and production departments to reduce lead-times and costs.

* Assist with commodity strategies that support the desired profitability, level of quality, and cycle time of various product lines that meet or exceed customer expectations.

* Develop tools and processes to improve materials flow throughout the entire supply chain.

* Streamline processes and material flow to improve quality, productivity and efficiency.

* Contribute to cost reduction efforts internally and externally by actively seeking and implementing opportunities for reduced costs.

* Generate routers, build process drawings for manufacturing & tooling, and design raw material or process drawings for the design-engineering group.

* Assist with determining supplier capabilities and sourcing of new products.

* Provide technical support to manufacturing shop as needed.

* Stay abreast of changes in technology that will improve manufacturing efficiency.

* Create leaner, more efficient and more profitable business practices.

* Perform other work related tasks as assigned

* Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures.

FACILITY/GROUP SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

* Design special assembly tooling, fixtures and shop aids required to support production requirements.

* Update and maintain process routing systems to include correct routing sequences utilizing the preferred machining or assembly selection, tooling identification, and efficiency factors to reduce product cost.

* Supporting supplier sourcing efforts as required including activities such as supplier manufacturing capability assessment; production problem resolution; cost reduction and quality improvement efforts.

* Interact with machinists, tool makers, programming dept and other support groups and identify opportunities to increase productivity of welding, machining & assembly operations.

* Identify, recommend, and implement improvements in methods, procedures, technology, equipment, or workflow which increase throughput and/or accuracy.

* Managing configuration throughout the ERP system for all items by computing queue times, maintaining resources to ensure accurate capacity planning.

* Dispositioning non conformances recorded during the manufacturing process by consulting design engineering and driving corrective actions to reduce the same.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

* Minimum of bachelor's degree or equivalent in Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Mechanical Engineering preferred or may be equivalent to 5-10 years of experience.

* Experience in welding, machining and assembly of oilfield products preferred.

* Certification such as Lean, Six-Sigma, QRM is a plus preferred.

* Knowledge of continuous improvement methods such as 5S, Kaizen, and Just-in-Time

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

* Problem Solving

* Results Driven

* Business Acumen

* Innovation and Process Improvement

* Detail Oriented

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

* Quality

* Compliance

* Data Competency

* Safety and Compliance