Job Description

About NOV and Rig Technologies

NOV Rig Technologies make and supports the world's most advance drilling solutions. With a long history of manufacturing advanced drilling equipment package - Top Drives, Iron Roughnecks, Drawworks, BOPs, and risers - as well as complete land rigs, we're constantly working to solve our customers' operation challenges. We're designing new technology and robotics that deliver increased automation, expanding our offerings to help our partners close the industry's generational gap; and developing smarter, more advanced drilling solutions for all types of land and offshore environments. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering support on Mechanical equipment,
• Conceptualize mechanical design solutions,
• Perform and/or supervise creation of design layouts,
• Perform and/or supervise creation of detail drawings,
• Perform tolerance studies and check design documentation,
• Research and specify purchase components parts,
• Create component and system level test plans and test fixtures,
• Create engineering reports documenting design efforts and results,
• Work with operations to identify product improvements,
• Preform another work-related task as assigned,
• Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures,
• Support project engineering with Quotes, Cost Price Analysis, and other technical documentation as necessary,
• Apply technical knowledge to develop specific customer-centric solutions,
• Participate in contract reviews & internal design review meetings, being aware of commercial implications,
• Ensure designs produced are efficient and cost effective, seeking to reuse existing designs and components wherever is practical,
• Ensure accurate record keeping in relation to projects and time recording to required schedule,
• Prepare purchasing requisitions, and follow-up with vendors regarding status and delivery as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Location: Houston, TX
• 2 or more years of experience manufacturing or design engineering preferred.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing fabrication and machining,
• Ability to obtain certifications and compliance to allow travel to rig and shipyards, both domestic, overseas, land based and offshore. 
• Travel required as dictated by project needs and to provide site installation, commissioning and testing support or other related activity as required.
• Available as needed for project support outside of regular business hours.