Engineering Director - Completion Tools

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Company: NOV, Inc.

Location: Houston, TX 77084

Description:

Job Description

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Manage and balance team workload while forecasting and optimizing personnel levels through recruitment and training.
  • Maintain high engineering standards, ensuring efficient, cost-effective designs that prioritize reuse of existing components.
  • Review and approve engineering documents per company policies, including drawings, manuals, reports, and compliance documentation.
  • Lead design reviews, implement Engineering Change procedures, and ensure minimal business disruption.
  • Develop and manage QMS elements relevant to Engineering.
  • Assist in budget preparation, monitor costs, and ensure designs meet specifications within time and budget constraints.
  • Provide performance, forecasting, and resource reports to management as required.
  • Facilitate collaboration between Engineering and other departments (operations, sales, quality, HSE, etc.).
  • Support business units locally and globally, assisting with sales and marketing to align product offerings with company strategy.
  • Represent Engineering in client meetings, ensuring customer satisfaction and contract compliance.
  • Stay informed on industry advancements to integrate innovative concepts into the business.
  • Uphold professionalism and maintain a clean, organized work environment.
  • Travel globally as needed for business and project requirements approximately 40%.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 15+ years experience in Completions Tools or a related discipline
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing and wellsite field operations
  • Experience managing global teams of engineers
  • Established oilfield industry relationships
  • Thorough understanding of engineering documents, drawings, and analysis techniques
  • Thorough knowledge of applicable ISO and API standards
  • Working knowledge of engineering software tools
  • Good computer literacy, including good command of Microsoft Office suite

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Strategic
  • Possesses exceptional ability to understand, evaluate and apply technical information
  • Contributes solutions and suggestions that are effective in addressing the problem at hand
  • Able to develop and manage the strategic direction of the business
  • Able to understand the business needs and drivers

Operating
  • Able to apportion time effectively to complete tasks
  • Willing to provide colleagues with the information they need to complete their tasks and eliminate roadblocks
  • Able to define, work within and improve business processes while exercising good judgement based on immediate and future business needs

Confidence
  • Able to take personal responsibility in challenging situations and willing to engage in disputes to settle them equitably

Energy
  • Energized by challenges and drawn towards opportunities

Organizational
  • Cognizant of organizational culture and politics, and appropriately adjusts personal style to be effective
  • Confident and professional when representing the company in person and in writing

Personal and Interpersonal
  • Imbued with a strong sense of customer focus (internal/external)
  • Firm and diplomatic when negotiating
  • Promotes a win-win ethos and inclusive team culture in line with business strategy
  • Is known to consistently adhere to ethical principles and expects others to follow suit
  • A candid team player who collaborates with peers to solve problems
  • Looks for positive attributes and concretely reinforces them, promoting confidence and optimistic attitudes


About Us

Every day, the oil and gas industry's best minds put more than 150 years of experience to work to help our customers achieve lasting success.

We Power the Industry that Powers the World
Throughout every region in the world and across every area of drilling and production, our family of companies has provided the technical expertise, advanced equipment, and operational support necessary for success-now and in the future.

Global Family
We are a global family of thousands of individuals, working as one team to create a lasting impact for ourselves, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.

Purposeful Innovation
Through purposeful business innovation, product creation, and service delivery, we are driven to power the industry that powers the world better.

Service Above All
This drives us to anticipate our customers' needs and work with them to deliver the finest products and services on time and on budget.

About the Team

Corporate

Our family of companies is supported by our global Corporate teams, providing expert knowledge from functions including Human Resources, Information Technology, Compliance, Finance, QHSE, Marketing and Legal centers of expertise. We are structured to provide guidance and service above all to all our business operations.

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