As a key member of our cross-functional team, you'll drive process excellence, focusing on assembly operations. Your role is critical to ensuring robust performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. We seek a candidate with a relentless drive for improvement and expertise in problem-solving. Work is performed on site.
Responsibilities- Lead process development and improvement, ensuring robust performance in SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost).
- Collaborate with area leadership to define, stabilize, and improve existing processes.
- Conduct root cause analysis, experimentation, and implement mitigations for process issues.
- Apply Lean thinking and tools to reduce waste and enhance value flow in the shop.
- Provide 'second responder' support to resolve complex technical process challenges.
- Evaluate innovative manufacturing process technologies and manage their implementation.
- Work closely with product engineering to evaluate and enhance product designs for manufacturability.
- Design and implement processes for new product introductions, including tooling and instructions.
- Ensure timely execution of new process qualification plans.
- Support customer-facing issues and safety concerns.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering Technology from an accredited university.
- Demonstrated competence in improving fabrication and assembly of mechanical and electrical systems.
- Proven track record in systematic problem-solving.
- Preferred: 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, with 2+ years working directly with production equipment and maintenance.
- Experience in implementing Lean thinking and tools, and in design and application of precision production tooling.
- Proficiency in creating and maintaining production routers and work instructions.
- Strong project management skills for problem-solving and project execution.
- Proficiency in CAD, Solidworks preferred.
- Proficiency with MRP systems such as JDE or Oracle preferred.
- Ability to travel domestically to NOV offices and customer locations.
- Commitment to observing safety regulations and attending safety training.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering Technology from an accredited university
- Demonstrated competence improving fabrication and assembly of mechanical and electrical systems
- Proven track record in systematic problem-solving
- 3+ years of manufacturing experience, including 2+ years working directly with production equipment and maintenance
- Experience implementing Lean thinking and tools
- Experience designing and applying precision production tooling
- Proficiency creating and maintaining production routers and work instructions
- Strong project management skills for problem-solving and project execution
- Proficiency in CAD; SolidWorks preferred
- Proficiency with MRP systems such as JDE or Oracle
- Ability to travel domestically to company offices and customer locations
- Commitment to observing safety regulations and attending safety training
What We Do
NOV delivers technology-driven solutions to empower the global energy industry. For more than 150 years, NOV has pioneered innovations that enable its customers to safely produce abundant energy while minimizing environmental impact. The energy industry depends on NOV’s deep expertise and technology to continually improve oilfield operations and assist in efforts to advance the energy transition towards a more sustainable future. NOV powers the industry that powers the world.
