Principal Front End Engineer / Study Manager

BAKER HUGHES; Nailsea; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy company is seeking a qualified individual to lead studies and projects, ensuring seamless collaboration, interfacing with clients, and managing technical expectations. Applicants should possess a Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree and have strong interpersonal skills. Responsibilities include driving process improvements and supporting business development initiatives. The role may require international travel. Flexible working options are available in locations including London, Aberdeen, and Bristol.

Qualifications

• Significant industrial experience leading studies, projects or managing interfaces.
• Broad knowledge of project and engineering management processes.
• Availability to travel internationally for customer meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead study planning and multi-disciplinary team efforts.
• Ensure work aligns with quality management systems.
• Liaise with clients to meet study requirements.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Study planning, CTR development and multi-disciplinary team leadership from feasibility or concept definition phase to FEED
• Input and hand-off support to tender, detail engineering and execution phases
• Interface definition and study management between Baker Hughes' global product teams, delivery partners and towards the client
• Ownership of interface, change control, technical variations, and general delivery of the scope.
• Managing the inputs from system engineering progress, technical and interface matters in project meetings and progress reports of assigned tasks and CTRs.
• Leading process improvement initiatives and data-driven decision making.

Quality

• Ensuring the work is performed in accordance with Baker Hughes' Quality Management Systems.

Client interfacing

• Liaising with clients to ensure their study requirements are understood and that Baker Hughes can create a program of work to balance their objectives with those of internal stakeholders, managing technical expectations / scope boundaries and ensuring they are aware of the data input requirements to allow the study to proceed on-schedule.

Leadership

• Demonstrable leadership skills and experience. Provides project management and commercial leadership as required on studies, projects and other tasks assigned by line manager. Maintain awareness of industry trends and competitive landscape.

Business Development

• Supports the OFSE commercial organization in identifying and pursuing opportunities related to early engagement.

Proposals

• Leads study proposal development

Specialist Tasks and duties (as deemed required)

• Support execution phase of projects
• Use and develop internal systems and software tools for undertaking engineering tasks leading to safe and successful delivery of jobs
• Seek out and promote application of new technology to enable promotion and positioning of Baker Hughes to the market

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or bachelor's degree with significant industrial experience leading studies, projects or managing interfaces (Consultancy, Oil & Gas operator, Subsea Equipment Manufacturer, SURF contractor or Offshore Renewables desirable but not essential)
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written
• Broad knowledge of processes, methods and procedures within project and engineering management, systems engineering and decision analysis framework (INCOSE, AACE, APM or PRINCE2 certification desirable but not essential)
• Demonstrable experience in consultancy, study management, project management or project engineering within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Experience in one or more of the following is desirable but not essential: cost estimation, project planning, CAD or field layout software, field architecture/flow assurance/process engineering/Subsea Production Systems/Risers, flowlines and pipelines/Control systems/Constructability and installation
• Availability to travel internationally for customer meetings, project needs and for short term assignments
• Location: Role based in London, Aberdeen, Bristol, or Florence with flexible working options considered