Manufacturing Engineer

NOV Inc.•Houston, TX

25d

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer will provide technical assistance to strategic suppliers and production departments to reduce lead-times and costs. This role will assist with commodity strategies that support desired profitability, quality, and cycle time of various product lines. The engineer will develop tools and processes to improve materials flow throughout the entire supply chain, streamline processes, and contribute to cost reduction efforts. Responsibilities include generating routers, build process drawings, and designing raw material or process drawings. The role also involves assisting with supplier capabilities, sourcing new products, and providing technical support to the manufacturing shop. Staying abreast of technological changes to improve manufacturing efficiency and creating leaner, more efficient, and profitable business practices are key. This role also includes designing special assembly tooling, fixtures, and shop aids, updating and maintaining process routing systems, supporting supplier sourcing efforts, interacting with various departments to increase productivity, identifying and implementing improvements, managing configuration within the ERP system, and dispositioning non-conformances.

Requirements

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
Problem Solving
Results Driven
Business Acumen
Innovation and Process Improvement
Detail Oriented
Quality
Compliance
Data Competency
Safety and Compliance

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.
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.