About this role
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.
• 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.