Manufacturing Engineer

Job Summary

Design manufacturing processes for multiple projects to ensure continuous improvement in key areas such as Product quality, lead time reduction, on-time delivery, cost management etc. 

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
• Design routers builds process drawings for manufacturing & tooling, and designs raw material or process drawings for the design-engineering group
• Responsible for maintaining ECNs for all manufacturing work orders, in house and OSP, updating the master router.
• 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 procedures and policies.

Facility/Group Specific Responsibilities

• Create SOP and work instructions wherever required for product manufacturing.
• Create semi finish & process drawings wherever required for manufacturing.
• Define manufacturing Bill of Materials & process routing. 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.
• Design special assembly tooling, fixtures and shop aids required to support production requirements.
• 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. Based on engineering disposition Create Rework work orders wherever necessary.
• Perform feasibility study on RFQ & submit cost estimations. Participate in annual cost rollup

Education & Experience Qualifications

• Diploma/Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Mechanical Engineering. 
• 2-3 years of experience in Manufacturing/Industrial/Process Engineering
• Experience in welding, machining and assembly of oilfield products preferred.
• Certification such as Lean, Six-Sigma, QRM is a plus.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methods such as 5S, Kaizen, and Just-in-Time
• Should be able to use analytical tools and statistical methods to analyze and improve systems.

Behavioral Competencies

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee must follow all required safety instructions as per company HSE policy. 
• Regular punctual and good behavior.
• Should possess good mechanical and math skills and should be an effective communicator.
• Ability to work with minimum guidance as well as in a team-based environment required.

Technical Competencies

• Well versed with ERP like Glovia, Oracle, SAP
• Pro-E, Solid Works
• Microsoft Office