Application Engineer

As an Application Engineer. You will be responsible for ensuring Baker Hughes can deliver flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis. This position delivers a technical job program that maximizes our opportunity to meet the job objectives in line with the contract terms and conditions. This position works seamlessly together with the Service Delivery Coordinators, Sales and other resources across organizational boundaries to ensure all aspects and constraints of the application are understood and have been considered.

• Providing sales support and product application recommendations
• Coordinating to implement area specific product strategies and best practices
• Working with the Service Delivery Coordinator/ Service Delivery Manager/Sales Specialist to ensure any risk of meeting the client's objective is communicated to the client using the appropriate channels/processes for the respective client
• Performing offset well/similar job analysis to understand application hazards and incident potential
• Providing technical guidance and presentations to customers relating to product performance and new drill bit technology
• Comparing job as-planned versus job as-executed and document any lessons learned to ensure opportunity for continuous improvement
• Investigating unusual or unsatisfactory product performance to determine root cause and preventative actions
• Performing customer technical presentations. Provides technical consultation to customers on product / performance issues
• Provides resolution to a diverse scope and range of complex problems where analysis of data requires having a broad knowledge of the Drilling Services tool(s) and/or service(s).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; excellent customer awareness. Ability to relate to well site personnel at all levels, be a strong team member, and demonstrate leadership capability.
• Under minimal supervision provides direct instruction and supervision to junior Field Engineers on day-to-day work and activities.
• Conducting all business activities in accordance to Baker Hughes HSE policies, Legal Compliance requirements.

                Roles and Responsibilities

• Under broad direction provides highly skilled level sales support and product application recommendations on drill bit product line(s)
• Responsible for providing sales support and product application recommendations
• Coordinates to implement area specific product strategies and best practices
• Provides technical guidance and presentations to customers relating to product performance and new drill bit technology
• Will investigate unusual or unsatisfactory product performance to determine root cause and preventative actions
• Performs customer technical presentations
• Provides technical consultation to customers on product / performance issues
• Handles special projects, as assigned

·                     Bachelor's degree in engineering

·                     Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience

·                     Excellent leadership, strong interpersonal, influencing and planning skills

·                     Ability to develop, coach and mentor teams across organizational boundaries

·                     Ability to be on call outside of normal business hours

·                     Demonstrated ability to work in a global matrix organization

·                     Thorough understanding of P/L and technical job planning requirements

·                     Excellent communication and presentation skills

·                     Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills

·                     Must have the ability to travel (typically travel to rig sites, customer facilities,                                                                                                                                     meetings, etc.

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. 

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 

With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we're committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and we're always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient. 

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!