Lead Applications Engineer – Drilling and Completion Fluids (DCF)

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Would you like to take ownership of a team delivering service to our customers?

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Baker Hughes offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high-performance organization. Our leading technologies and our ability to apply them safety and effectively create value for our customers and shareholders.

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As a Lead Applications Engineer, you will deliver flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis. This position works seamlessly together with the Service Delivery Coordinators and other resources across organizational boundaries. To ensure all aspects and constraints of the applications are understood and have been considered.

As a Lead Applications Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring compliance with Baker Hughes internal Job Cycle processes.
• Working with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to understand the client's well construction or production objectives as well as the commercial terms for Baker Hughes (i.e., outcome-based contract, line-item contract etc.).
• Performing offset job analysis and product/service specific engineering modelling calculations to understand application hazards and incident potential.
• Working together with all disciplines and stakeholders to ensure all aspects and constraints o the application and suggested products/services has been considered.
• Designing a job program, including risk mitigation plans and contingency plans, that can meet the client's objective and maximize revenue potential and ensure future job assignments for Baker Hughes.
• Working with the Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to ensure any risk of not meeting the client's objective is communicated to the client using the appropriate channels/processes for the respective client.
• Accurately documenting any calculations/simulations/plan revision and/or changes during the project cycles for visibility to dependent teams and audit purposes.
• Providing on-demand support in accordance with product portfolio or on-call schedule for job execution.
• Comparing job as-planned versus job as-executed, document any lessons learned and develop recommendations for further improvements to procedures to ensure continuous improvement takes place.
• Working on Field Incidents related to products/services.
• Participating in Incident Investigations when required, ensuring the end-to-end process is considered, (including job planning, preparation, and execution), when determining incident root cause(s) alongside appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensuring timely incident management to enable fast customer issue resolution and cash collection.
• Advising on product improvement opportunities for repetitive component/product failures.
• Being responsible for providing sales support and product application recommendations.
• Handling product line specific responsibilities as applicable.
• Handling special projects as required.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 12+ years of experience in Drilling and Completion Fluids operations with additional experience as Operations coordinator or Service Delivery Coordinator and Mud Plant Operations.
• Have Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering. Other fields might be considered, if the relevant 12+ years of Drilling and Completions and Mud plant experiences are existent.
• Have relevant experience in the field application of High-Performance Water Based Fluids as well as oil-based and specialty systems.
• Have relevant experience in the field application of Low ECD, flat rheology systems.
• Have experience and comfort with client continuous daily interactions.
• Have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, training, etc.).
• Have the ability to be on call outside of normal business hours.
• Have excellent leadership, interpersonal, influencing and planning skills.
• Have good overall understanding of drilling and completion operations, as well as hydraulics and well control.
• Have completed Drilling Fluids Academy aka “mud school” (at least 6-8 week duration, depending on the program).
• Must have completed NYSC

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of 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. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits