NOV

Overview

The Mechanical Engineer position involves providing engineering support for offshore cranes, winches, and equipment, focusing on structural and mechanical design solutions. The role requires collaboration with operations to identify product improvements and compliance with company policies and procedures.

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.
• 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.
• Provide technical liaison to Sr. Design, Principal, and Engineering Managers for sales, service, and operations.
• Provide engineering functions at lower and/or higher skill levels as schedules and workload dictate.
• Ability to communicate effectively technical principles and equipment operation to other departments.
• 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.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s of Science from ABET accredited engineering program.
• Five years of 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, offshore/marine, hydraulic, electric drive, or gear design experience preferred.
• Proficiency in technical English terminology to prepare written reports.
• Ability to travel to customer and/or vendor sites.

Benefits

• 401k
• Health Insurance
• PTO

Additional Information

• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Perform the creation of 3D models with AutoCAD-Inventor software.
• Perform hydraulic system design, including power requirements and component selection.
• Perform power system calculations for lifting appliances.