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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide engineering support for offshore cranes, winches, and equipment.
- Conceptualize structural and 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 purchased parts, including hydraulic, electric drive, and gear components.
- Create component and system level test plans and test fixtures.
- Create engineering reports documenting calculations, design efforts, and results.
- Work with operations to identify product improvements.
- Perform other work related tasks as assigned.
- Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures.
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FACILITY/GROUP SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide all required calculations and documentation for any checked and/or approved crane and winch designs.
- Verify and check drawings and layouts.
- Give direction to designers and drafters.
- Provide all required calculations and documentation to approve and to meet the applicable structural codes, including but not limited to ABS, API, ASME, and AWS.
- Provide technical liaison to Sr. Design, Principal, and Engineering Managers for sales, service, and operations in the office and field.
- Provide engineering functions at lower and/or higher skill levels as schedules and workload dictate, and to expand skills under the direction of the Engineering Manager.
- Ability to communicate effectively technical principles and equipment operation to other departments (i.e., operations, sales, parts, and to customer).
- Develop application information for proposals on cranes, winches, and related product lines.
- Support sales activities with technical information on mechanical equipment.
- Support parts operation by generating substitutions and/or improved systems when required within economic limits.
- Comply with and perform Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
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EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum Bachelor’s of Science (four year degree) from ABET accredited engineering program.
- Five year work experience.
- Two to five years work experience in designing components, machinery, lifting equipment, winches, or similar systems.
- Relevant use of engineering CAD software; Inventor preferred.
- Relevant use of Finite Element Analysis software.
- Relevant crane (lifting appliance), offshore/marine, hydraulic, electric drive, or gear design experience preferred.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Perform the creation of 3D models with AutoCAD-Inventor software.
- Perform the creation of design layouts for crane, winch, and machinery assemblies.
- Perform and/or supervise creation of detail drawings for weldments, machined parts, gear components, and assemblies.
- Provide engineering support as required on produced equipment.
- Conceptualize mechanical solutions.
- Perform hydraulic system design, including power requirements and component selection.
- Perform power system calculations for lifting appliances
- Proficiency in technical English terminology to prepare written reports.
- Ability to travel to customer and/or vendor sites. (<10% travel)
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BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
- Work well in a team environment.
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TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- AutoCad Inventor competency preferred.
- Ansys competency preferred.
- Siemens Teamcenter competency preferred.
COMPETITIVE BENEFITS: (visit usbenefits.nov.com for more information about our benefits offerings)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – NOV matches every dollar up to 5% of base pay and overtime for every dollar you invest.
- Competitive medical plans that are effective your date of hire. Visit usbenefits.nov.com/cost-for-coverage for more information.
- FREE MDLIVE virtual visits (when enrolled in an NOV medical plan).
- FREE preventative medical and dental care for the entire family (when enrolled in an NOV medical/dental plan and seeing an in-network physician).
- FREE Basic Life and AD&D insurance at 2 times your annual salary (for full-time employees).
- All regular full-time employees start with 3 weeks of paid vacation per year (prorated based on start date). Pre-NOV relevant experience (years of service) may be considered for vacation accruals.
- All regular full-time employees receive up to 11 paid holidays per year.
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