Subsea Wellheads & Systems Technical Authority (Remote)

Baker Hughes Inc.; Westhill; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 days from office

1 day from home (remote)

Contemporary work-life balance

Private medical care options

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional elected or voluntary perks

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking an Associate Fellow to lead and govern global best practices for Subsea Wellheads, Completions and Well Systems. You will provide technical leadership, influence senior stakeholders, and drive standardization across life-cycle stages.

You will mentor teams, manage risks, and shape technology roadmaps, while partnering with global experts to ensure high-quality, innovative solutions in challenging subsea projects.

Qualifications

• Degree (Hons) in Mechanical, Petroleum, Subsea Engineering or related discipline.
• Demonstrated Chief Engineer / Technical Authority experience in Subsea Xmas Trees, subsea completions and wellheads.
• Ability to influence at senior levels internally and externally.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead through complexity and ambiguity
• Strong QMS/BMS experience including audits, CIR/RCA/CAPA and governance.

Responsibilities

• Recognized technical authority and advisor for Subsea Well Systems / Wellheads within SP&S; serves as key technical contact for customer escalations and critical technical reviews.
• Demonstrates a sustained track record of resolving complex cross-functional technical issues; reduces complex problems to key elements and communicates clearly to leadership and customers.
• Acts as technical risk manager for the area of purview, ensuring risks are identified early, mitigations are defined, and technical conflicts are brought to closure.
• Drives synergies across Baker Hughes by maximizing reuse of best practice, leveraging enterprise capability, and independently securing the right expertise and resources to resolve issues.
• Provides technical staffing advice and counsel to business leadership; supports talent/bench reviews and succession planning for the discipline / technical community.
• Provides visionary identification of market and field needs and drives implementation of technical solutions, including standardization and technology roadmap inputs.
• Supports development and maintenance of discipline training pathways (early-career and continuous development) and contributes to definition of global competencies for the discipline.
• Provides stewardship of engineering Quality Management System (QMS) procedures and governance expectations for the discipline.
• Leads or sponsors Quality, HSE, Product Safety, and technical improvement initiatives as required, including prevention, escalation support, and closure of complex issues.
• Supports the Technical Title Holder (TTH) pipeline through review of nominations, evaluation of nominees, and mentoring/guidance of newly approved TTHs.
• May step into a project managerial / leadership function when required to ensure delivery of business-critical outcomes

Skills

Technical leadership

Senior stakeholder influence

Strong communication

Complexity management

QMS governance

Education

Degree in Mechanical / Petroleum / Subsea Eng

Job description

Baker Hughes is seeking an Associate Fellow to lead and govern global best practices for Subsea Wellheads, Completions and Well Systems. You will provide technical leadership, influence senior stakeholders, and drive standardization across life-cycle stages.

You will mentor teams, manage risks, and shape technology roadmaps, while partnering with global experts to ensure high-quality, innovative solutions in challenging subsea projects.