Manufacturing Engineer

NOV
Houston, TX
JOB DESCRIPTION

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
Posted 2026-07-04

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