Senior Project manager

Baker Hughes; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Tailored financial programmes

Additional elected or voluntary benefit

Job summary

Baker Hughes in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex customer projects from planning through delivery, ensuring on‑time and on‑budget performance.

You will manage cross‑functional teams, coordinate with internal departments, and support tendering with estimations, while upholding safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Engineering-based Bachelor of Science Degree or HND.
• Project Management Qualification.
• Experience in an engineering environment.
• Experience with controls products; BRUSH/Baker Hughes tools advantageous.
• Strong project management experience.
• Experience dealing with customers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Project, Outlook).
• Customer-focused, problem solver, team player.

Responsibilities

• Manage allocated customer key accounts and projects to finish on schedule and within cost.
• Oversee accounts from planning to contract delivery and close‑out review.
• Coordinate communications between customer and the Company from order to warranty.
• Coordinate internal resources for staffing and resourcing.
• Monitor contractual documentation to the Customer.
• Track actual and estimated expenditures; identify remedial actions.
• Review project performance; escalate significant issues to management.
• Report milestone completions to ensure on‑time invoicing.
• Negotiate and record customer variations; notify internal teams.
• Ensure final reports and workbooks are completed on time and in‑full.
• Minimise liabilities and maximise margins.
• Support proposal stage with Gantt charts and tender estimations.

Skills

Engineering background

Project management

Customer focus

Microsoft Office

Controls products

Team player

Education

Engineering Bachelor of Science Degree or HND

Tools

Gantt charts

Job description

Do you enjoy being part of a successful team?

Would you like to develop your career with a Global Energy company?

Join our successful team!

Baker Hughes is a global leader in energy technology, transforming the energy landscape through our cutting‑edge solutions and market‑leading business segments. With over a century of expertise and operations in more than 120 countries, we are driving the future of energy—making it safer, cleaner, and more efficient for people and the planet.

Our Industry & Energy Technology (IET) team provides industry‑leading products and services that optimise the extraction, production, and processing of energy. We help a diverse range of customers across the value chain to reduce operating costs and improve productivity. Our team plays an integral role by helping the business plan for the future.

Partner with the best

You will be responsible for executing projects from BRUSH UK. You will support the wide variety of projects. These will involve working on, controls made in works projects, with involvement for field service for customers around the world.

This position is responsible for the planning, management, and communication of activities of designated projects to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. You will lead higher complexity and value projects as well as providing support and coaching for more junior members of the team.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Managing allocated Customer key accounts and/or other allocated Projects ensuring they are completed on schedule and within cost.
• Overseeing designated accounts from project planning stage until the completion of all contractual delivery obligations, including project close‑out review.
• Coordinating all communications between the customer and the Company in a timely manner, from receipt of order through to the end of the contract or warranty period if applicable.
• Coordinating activity within internal departments for resourcing.
• Monitoring and issuing of all contractual documentation to the Customer.
• Monitoring of both actual and estimated project expenditure and where variances exist, ensuring investigation and identification of remedial measures where necessary.
• Reviewing project performance regularly, and report any significant issues of concern to senior management when the situation warrants.
• Reporting the completion of project milestones to ensure on‑time invoicing.
• Negotiating and recording customer project variations ensuring relevant internal departments are notified in a timely manner.
• Ensuring final project reports and workbooks are completed on time and in‑full.
• Minimising the Company’s exposure to liabilities and maximising any opportunity to improve project margins.
• Supporting proposal stage of projects by preparing Gantt charts and estimations for the tendering group.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have an Engineering based Bachelor of Science Degree or HND.
• Have a Project Management Qualification.
• Have experience in an engineering environment.
• Have experience with controls products. Experience of BRUSH / Baker Hughes business tools is an advantage.
• Have good project management experience.
• Have experience dealing with customers.
• Have experience with Microsoft Office Suite which includes Excel, Word, Project, and Outlook.
• Be determined, have problem solving skills, be customer focus, and team player.

Work in a way that works for you

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

• Hybrid working model – up to 2 days working from home, subject to business needs.
• Working in Ashby and Leicester facilities.

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 revolutionised energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritise 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 programmes.
• Tailored financial programmes.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Experienced Professional - Operat Leadership.

About Us

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.