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