Manufacturing Operative

Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

1/8/2025

Job Description

NOV is looking for a Manufacturing Operative based in Manchester.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Deburring, polishing + part marking duties as required.
• Painting + stamping/ stencil of product as required.
• Relevant administration duties, e.g. route cards.
• FLT duties as required.
• General housekeeping duties.
• Keep equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
• Perform any other work related tasks and duties in accordance with the business needs.
• Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policy and procedures.
• Travel as and when required
• Carry out other duties as and when business requirements dictate as may be reasonably expected by line manager
  
  

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience within a manufacturing environment and FLT license.
  
  

Strategic

• Has and uses the required functional and technical knowledge and skills to do job at a high level of accomplishment (Functional &Technical)
• Able to adeptly learn the context of a challenge and quickly integrate new skills (Learning on the fly)
  
  

Operating

• Able to apportion time effectively to complete tasks (Time management)
• Able to define, work within and improve business processes based on immediate and future business needs (Process management)
  
  

Energy

• Performs work with energy and drive while exploring other opportunities to contribute (Action oriented)
  
  

Organisational

• Communicates effectively, both inside and outside the organisation, on both simple and complex topics (Presentation skills)
  
  

Personal and Interpersonal

• Imbued with a strong sense of customer focus (internal/external) (Customer focus)
• Committed to self-improvement and development through the role in order to achieve career goals (Self development)
  
  

Quality Essential Desirable

Qualifications

• FLT Licence
• N/A
  
  

Experience

• Familiar in working within a high productivity machine shop environment.
• N/A
  
  

Skills, Training Or Special Knowledge

• Computer literacy
• Manual handling, slinging and lifting
• HSE awareness
• N/A
  
  

Quality Assurance

Carry out all duties in accordance with the Quality Assurance procedures and department/area work instructions.

Contribute to general improvements in the quality and key activities of the department/area.

Training Participate in training where required.

Health, Safety and Environment

Carry out all duties safely and in accordance with the Health & Safety Policy, Employee Handbook, procedures, training and instruction.

To be safety conscious and report any safety hazards to the HSE representative.

What NOV can offer you on top of a competitive salary?

• Health & Wellbeing: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme
• Finance & Protection: Pension plan, Income protection, Life Assurance, Personal Accident
• Other flexible benefits available for you and your family through salary sacrifice: Dental Insurance, Healthcare Cash Plan, Partner Life Assurance, Critical Illness, Retail Vouchers, Gym membership, Cycle to work, Travel Insurance
  
  

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.