E.H. Technical Applications Manager – Midstream

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities:
• Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and the Midstream engineering organization throughout the quotation, contract review, and order entry process.
• Review customer specifications, technical requirements, and contractual documentation to identify technical clarifications, commercial exceptions, and engineering risks prior to order release.
• Work directly with customers, EPC contractors, and Sales to obtain all necessary technical clarifications, specification interpretations, approvals, and waivers required for successful project execution.
• Negotiate technically acceptable alternatives that balance customer requirements with NOV engineering standards, manufacturing capabilities, project schedules, and commercial objectives.
• Resolve technical questions and specification discrepancies before project handoff, minimizing engineering involvement in customer clarification activities after order entry.
• Ensure customer purchase orders, specifications, deviations, and technical documentation are complete, accurate, and fully aligned before release to Engineering.
• Deliver technically complete and commercially aligned "clean orders" to the Engineering team, enabling efficient project execution with minimal clarification cycles.
• Coordinate internal technical reviews involving Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Sales to ensure proposed solutions are practical, executable, and profitable.
• Evaluate technical and commercial risks associated with customer requirements and recommend mitigation strategies during the quotation and contract review process.
• Support Sales during customer meetings, technical bid clarifications, and pre-award negotiations as the regional technical authority.
• Review and approve customer technical deviation requests, exception registers, and clarification logs in coordination with Engineering and Product Management.
• Monitor engineering feedback and recurring customer issues to identify opportunities for standardization, improved specifications, and reduced engineering workload.
• Develop and maintain regional application guidelines, standard technical responses, and approved engineering deviations to improve quotation consistency and execution efficiency.