About this role
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