Senior Project Manager

Baker Hughes Company; North East; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the project life cycle from inception to installation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing large-scale projects in the oil and gas sector. This role emphasizes collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery. Competitive benefits include private medical care and work-life balance policies.

Benefits

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Qualifications

• Significant experience in oil and gas or similar regulated engineering environment.
• Proven track record in managing large scale, high value projects.
• Ability to understand design phases of complex products.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer meetings and project reviews.
• Translate customer needs into detailed project plans.
• Drive flawless execution of project deliverables.
• Build long-term relationships with regional customers.
• Promote risk management to eliminate project risks.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Job description

locations GB-NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE-WINCOMBLEE ROAD WELLSTREAM HOUSE

time type Full time

posted on Posted Yesterday

job requisition id R150686

Senior Project Manager

Can you bring project management and innovative improvement skills to a bespoke engineering & manufacturing environment?

Are you an effective communicator who loves to work collaboratively with cross functional teams and customers to ensure flawless project delivery?

Join our Flexible Pipe Systems Team

We operate in a diverse global team engineering and manufacturing Flexible Pipe Systems to customers across the globe. Baker Hughes has in-depth experience in pipe design, manufacturing and installation with a wide portfolio of flexible risers and flowlines. This combination enables reliable and efficient subsea and offshore field development.

Create high quality outcomes

As the Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for working through the whole project life cycle from inception to installation. You will develop a detailed understanding of our Flexible Pipe Systems and manufacturing processes which will be critical in identifying and mitigating project risk to drive flawless execution. You will drive process, improvements and change across business functions to ensure timely and on-budget delivery of projects. You will work collaboratively with business and regional leadership, manufacturing and functional leaders as well as regional sales & commercial teams, to build in-depth stakeholder relationships and deliver high quality outcomes for our customers. You will be the key reference point with the customer for complex Flexible Pipe Projects.

As our Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for:

Leading customer kick-off meetings, project status meetings, site visits, customer project reviews and audits.

Translating customer needs and requirements into detailed project plans shared with company.

Engaging and driving safety values in line with HSE, Customer & Quality Leadership commitments.

Driving flawless execution to project deliverables across the business functions.

Building positive long-term relationships with regional customers to capture market share.

Promoting a risk management mind-set to identify and eliminate project risk.

Understanding customer contracts and executing within parameters while mitigating risk.

Interfacing with other Baker Hughes product and service lines to maximise opportunities for the company as a whole and to support the delivery of the project level financial plan.

Developing regular redesign of processes due to changing circumstances or management needs and elaboration of process improvement considering the broader functional context.

To be successful in this role you will:

Have significant experience working in a medium to large company in the oil and gas sector or similar industry i.e. a regulated engineering and manufacturing environment.

Have a proven track record in Project Management working on large scale, high value and long cycle projects.

Demonstrate expert ability in structured stage-gate project management principles (e.g. Prince, APM).

Have ability to understand the design and engineering phases for a range of technically complex products.

Have credible stakeholder management and relationship building skills that inspire trust and confidence.

Have effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and influence cross functional teams in a matrix style organisation.

Be able to demonstrate good client facing skills with a proven track record of achieving project goals and customer satisfaction.

Have a continuous improvement mind-set, knowing how to prioritise and influence change.

Be able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Work in a way that works for you

One of our core values as a business is collaboration and, as such, whilst flexible work options are available, we believe there is a great benefit of having our teams co-located in one of our many offices across the UK.

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.

The Good Stuff

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 challenge 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

About Us

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 are bringing 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.