Lead Engineer

Lead engineer - fleet management

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge energy technology? Would you enjoy contributing to global energy solutions in a dynamic and evolving industry?

Join our team

The Regional Product Service Engineering team of engineers supports the current operation and maintenance of heavy-duty gas turbines, aero turbines, centrifugal compressors, steam turbines and their control systems, protection and accessory systems. As a product service engineer controls, you will be responsible for providing timely technical solutions for heavy-duty gas turbines and associated auxiliaries.

Collaborate with the best

As a lead product service engineer for heavy-duty gas turbines, you will be responsible for upholding BH's product integrity by proactively identifying customer issues, investigating technical anomalies, providing technical assessments at both component as well as systems levels, and communicating BH technical solutions to customers. Specific responsibilities include:

• Responding to internal and external customer requests for technical issue resolution, using technical product knowledge and analytical skills while adhering to sound engineering principles, standards, practices, and procedures.
• Escalating issues as required, acting as the liaison between field and design engineering to drive specific technical resolution and to help engineering identify and drive corrective actions.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with customers to make customers’ technical issues and requirements understood and addressed in a timely manner.
• Leading and program managing root cause analysis and investigation activities for product technical issues.
• Interfacing with product service, system, and design engineering teams, providing technical leadership to personnel supporting projects assigned to resolve customer technical issues.
• Preparing technical presentations for BH leaders and customers ensuring the timely communication of significant issues or developments.
• Traveling to customer locations to:
  - Support customer technical review meetings and present recommendations to champion BH's commitment to technical solutions.
  - Support unplanned or forced outages to meet reliability and availability goals.
  - Provide commercial teams with technical support for sales and services proposal activities.
• Planning and providing technical engineering oversight to the contractual services and field services teams during planned outages to meet reliability and availability goals.
• Partnering with the design engineering teams and interfacing with external and internal suppliers to facilitate the logistical implementation of fleet program technical solutions.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electronics, control and instrumentation, electrical and electronics) or equivalent.
• Have 8-10 years’ experience in design engineering or operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of heavy-duty gas turbines and associated auxiliaries.
• Be ready to travel at short notice 20 to 25% of the time.
• Be available to work during weekends for emergency technical support.

Desired characteristics

• Have experience in a matrix leadership environment.
• Have prior experience in design engineering or field maintenance/customer service facing roles.
• Be able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Be able to work well with teams and communicate requests and requirements clearly.
• Have experience working in a global, matrix organization and ability to make timely and sound decisions based on data.
• Be able to interface effectively with all levels of an organization and demonstrate leadership to pursue correct engineering actions in adverse conditions or situations.
• Be a self-starter with strong technical and analytical skills.
• Have strong technical aptitude and problem-solving skills including awareness of applicable engineering tools and systems.
• Have strong written communication skills.
• Have strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Be fluent in English; Arabic speaking is considered a preference.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best varies. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit in everything and work when you are the most productive.
• This role is working with our customers on-site in locations across the world. When onsite, you will have the flexibility to work in line with customer working patterns. When projects are complete, we offer you the opportunity to take extended leave before you take on your next project.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work.

We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.