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NOV · 1 day ago

Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

NOV is a company focused on enhancing the reliability and availability of their products through innovative maintenance solutions. The Maintenance Reliability Engineer will utilize data analytics and condition monitoring to support CBM programs, communicate with engineering teams, and lead improvements in equipment maintenance processes.

Manufacturing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Utilize data analytics, condition monitoring, and maintenance analysis to determine and communicate status, reliability, and availability of NOV’s products in CBM programs

Ensure success of CBM programs by actively supporting Program Manager (PGM) and Project Manager (PM) as trusted advisor. Initiate risk analysis early and manage process of mitigation outside of PGM and PM domains e.g. towards product groups, class, sub supplier

Communicate with Product Engineering to maintain organization wide support for reliability, maintainability, and design of existing or new products throughout the entire life cycle of the assets

Provide input to identify reliability-related risks, and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact operation

Work with Corporate groups on development of engineering solutions for asset management, collection of data, failure statistics or other information that may adversely affect operations

Work with Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Manager to identify and establish department processes and assure continual developments

Perform other work-related tasks as assigned

Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures

Lead improvements on equipment maintenance, increasing reliability & availability

Take responsibility, communicate, and manage design improvements on NOV equipment as a Maintenance & Reliability Subject Matter Expert (SME) – based on data, field results and customer feedback

Recommend and contribute to Engineering solutions to prevent repetitive failures or critical failures, initiating and participating in Root Cause Analysis

Create technical and equipment reliability plans, requirements, inspection, and certification scope

Support PDM/PM to translate Class, Standard (ISO), OEM and maintenance product requirements into plans

Review and approve certification requirements for equipment covered under programs

Establish equipment certification templates linking requirements for data, models, and tolerances to ease certification process

Create requirements with priorities for NOV Data Science and Analytics to develop, build and configure analytical software modules as directed by program requirements

Analyze and evaluate the quality/value of the automation of manual inspection methods including improvement of instrumentation, tracking, communication, or overall cost picture

For approved R&D cases, initiate and organize developments and required certifications

Collaborate with equipment responsible Engineers and product owners/ Standardization group/ other NOV departments to ensure quality of necessary information and documentation for program execution

Review and manage program feedback, creating continuous feedback loops between internal & external organizations

Deliver agreed KPIs

Qualification

Maintenance analyticsReliability theoryCMRP certificationEngineering degreeIT literacyAnalyticalCreativeTeam playerAdaptableDetail-oriented

Required

Bachelor's Degree in engineering and/or Technical/Engineering Apprenticeship

Certified CMRP or documented understanding of maintenance concepts, management, and execution

3 or more years of work experience in Lead Engineering functions or Technical Project Manager functions or field experience as Maintenance Lead/Supervisor or Maintenance Manager

Must have previous well-control experience

Strong ability to analyze, systematize and conceptualize complex technical information

Strong ability to express, present and advocate recommendations

Desire to contribute to product, service, and equipment development

Prioritize and organize own workload

Ability to handle customers and internal stakeholders professionally

Preferred

Experience with R&D and improvement processes

Available to travel either regionally or internationally, if required

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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