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NOV · 1 month ago

Materials Laboratory Manager

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

NOV is a company focused on innovation, safety, and team development, seeking a Lab Manager to lead their Materials Laboratory. The Lab Manager will oversee operations, manage staff, ensure compliance with safety standards, and optimize lab processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

Manufacturing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate the activities of staff including training, employee development, performance evaluation, hiring decisions, and the establishment of goals and performance objectives for assigned department

Provide continual evaluation of department processes, methods, and activities to assure the most effective use of resources and equipment

Manage budget and expenditures

Implement JHA’s and SOP’s

Schedule and plan all materials lab work

Perform other work related tasks as assigned, to include various equipment calibrations and maintenance, procurement of consumables and monthly HSE training

Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures

Ensure that all actions performed at the Materials Lab are done in a safe manner including working with HSE to analyze all risk associated with these actions

Ensure the Materials Lab has the correct resources to complete all testing required by the organization including monitor budgets to ensure they are being used appropriately

Proactively manage the budget and resource demand

Ensure that all direct reports can complete their required duties and provide leadership and management to those direct reports

Provide Engineering recommendations to verify that the lab will be able to perform any future testing

Work between Downhole and ReedHycalog needs and balance the lab usage between the two groups as best as possible

Qualification

Materials Lab ManagementBudget ManagementStaff DevelopmentEngineering RecommendationsMotivating OthersBuilding Effective TeamDealing with AmbiguityConflict Management

Required

Manager/Leadership experience

Motivating Others

Building Effective Team

Dealing with Ambiguity

Conflict Management

Preferred

BS in an engineering field preferred

materials lab experience a plus

Company

NOV

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NOV provides Downhole, Drilling, Engineering and Project Management, Industrial, Lifting and Handling, Production, Tubular.

Founded in 1862

Houston, Texas, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.nov.com/

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