OCTG Shop Supervisor

• Shop-floor leadership visible on the line sets the pace and holds the team to standard.
• Results and urgency owns output delivery and cost; acts on losses the same shift.
• Data-driven measures before improving; uses OEE and loss data to decide priorities.
• Quality mindset will stop the line rather than ship a doubtful connection.
• Coaching develops machinists and builds multi-skill cover across machines and grades.
• Collaboration works constructively with the Machine Shop Manager inspection QA HSE planning procurement sales customers suppliers and licensors.
• Integrity complies with company policy NOV Code of Conduct and UAE regulations.

Production planning and order execution

• Review customer purchase orders and work orders for connection type size weight grade drawing revision and special requirements before release.

• Coordinate with the production planner to effectively plan and sequence the line daily and weekly to group connection types sizes and grades minimising changeovers and protecting delivery dates.

• Load work to machines and keep every CNC manned and running across shifts; manage shift rosters handovers and staff movement.

• Track customer orders through machining inspection surface treatment make-up and dispatch; escalate risks to delivery early.

Cross-shop coordination sales and material supply

• Work with the Machine Shop Manager to plan shared capacity across both shops machines people tooling and gauges so resources are used where they add most output.

• Balance loading between the shops share skilled machinists and equipment during peaks and avoid idle capacity or duplicated setups.

• Act as the technical point of contact for the sales team on connection grade and specification questions; review enquiries for manufacturability lead time and special requirements before quotation.

• Support sales in clarifying technical specifications with customers drawings licensor requirements surface treatment inspection and documentation and resolve deviations before order acceptance.

• Coordinate with stores procurement and raw material suppliers on bar stock coupling stock and pipe availability grade dimensions and lead times.

• Confirm incoming and free-issue material against the order specification and mill certificates before cutting; flag shortfalls or non-compliant material early and agree alternatives with sales and the customer.

CNC performance productivity and OEE

• Act as the lines technical lead on the installed CNC threading lathes: setups offsets tooling programme proving and troubleshooting.

• Establish and report OEE (availability performance quality) per machine and shift; drive it up from the current baseline to agreed targets.

• Cut setup and changeover times (SMED); standardise setup sheets and tool kits per connection and size.

• Optimise cycle times and cutting parameters with the machinists and programmers without compromising thread quality.

• Run daily production boards and short-interval shift reviews; act on downtime speed losses and rework causes the same day.

• Lead structured problem solving (5 Whys root cause Kaizen) on recurring losses and contribute to the site operational excellence programme.

Quality

• Implement the company Quality Management System.

• Support QA/QC on non-conforming product; raise and close non-conformances in the company QAR system with root cause and corrective action.

• Drive right-first-time threading: reduce re-cuts scrap and customer returns.

People and leadership

• Lead coach and discipline machinists operators and gauge inspectors; build multi-skilling across machines connection types and grades.

• Plan and deliver on-the-job training and licensor-required qualifications for direct reports.

• Communicate clearly with customers management the inspection team and other NOV divisions.

Cost reporting and assets

• Control labour hours overtime tooling and consumables cost per connection; report revenue and output against plan.

• Purchase consumables inserts gauges and materials within approved authority.

• Capture metrics in the site reporting system (SharePoint / JDE) and present at monthly and quarterly reviews.

• Ensure preventive maintenance of CNC machines phosphating/plating equipment bucking unit jib cranes and compressors to protect availability.

Diploma in Mechanical or Production Engineering or technical trade qualification with equivalent experience.

7 years in OCTG threading including 3 years supervising a premium connection threading line.