Senior Project manager

Baker Hughes Company; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing activities

Private medical care

Life insurance

Tailored financial programs

Additional benefits

Job summary

Baker Hughes in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead high‑value projects from our Ashby/Leicester facilities and collaborate with global teams. You will manage customer accounts, drive planning and execution, and coordinate across multiple departments to deliver results in line with contractual obligations.

In this role you will oversee project performance, communicate updates to stakeholders, and mentor junior colleagues while applying your engineering background and

Qualifications

• Engineering based Bachelor of Science degree or HND.
• Project management qualification.
• Experience in engineering environment and with controls products.
• Experience dealing with customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage allocated customer accounts and projects to deliver on schedule and budget.
• Coordinate communications from order receipt to contract end, including warranty where applicable.
• Monitor expenditures and investigate variances, proposing remedial measures.
• Support tendering with Gantt charts and estimations for the bidding group.

Skills

Project management

Customer focus

Team player

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

HND

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Project manager

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 optimize 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.
• Minimizing the Company’s exposure to liabilities and maximizing 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 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.

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 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

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

At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we bring our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. 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.

We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.