Application Engineer - Drilling Services

Baker Hughes Company; al-Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Health & well-being programs

Job summary

Baker Hughes Company in Kuwait is seeking an Applications Engineer to deliver flawless execution across pre-planning, job execution and post-job analysis. You will develop technical programs and designs that meet client objectives within contract terms, collaborating with Service Delivery Coordinators and cross-functional teams.

The role requires a STEM degree, 7+ years in Drilling Services and directional drilling experience, plus strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in STEM.
• 7+ years in Drilling Services.
• Experience in directional drilling.
• Willingness to travel.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with the Job Cycle (MtJC) process.
• Collaborate with Service Delivery Coordinator to align client objectives and commercial terms.
• Perform engineering modelling to understand application hazards and incident potential.
• Design a job program with risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Document calculations and revisions for visibility and audit.
• Provide on-demand support during job execution.
• Participate in incident investigations when required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Travel readiness

Global matrix

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics

Job description

Are you a highly motivated, creative individual and passionate about Application Engineering? Are you an innovative and collaborative professional? Join our team! Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. 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. Partner with the best

The Applications Engineer ensures Baker Hughes can deliver flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis. This position delivers a technical job program or application design that maximizes our opportunity to meet the job objectives in line with the contract terms and conditions. This position works seamlessly together with the Service Delivery Coordinators and other resources across organizational boundaries to ensure all aspects and constraints of the applications are understood and have been considered

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with manage the Job Cycle (MtJC) process
• Working with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to understand the client’s well construction or production objectives as well as the commercial terms for Baker Hughes (i.e. outcome based contract, line item contract, etc.)
• Performing offset job analysis and product/service specific engineering modelling calculations to understand application hazards and incident potential
• Working together with all disciplines and stakeholders to ensure all aspects and constraints of the application and suggested products/services have been considered
• Designing a job program, including risk mitigation plans and contingency plans, that can meet the client’s objective(s), maximize revenue potential and ensure future job assignments for Baker Hughes
• Working with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to ensure any risk of not meeting the client’s objective is communicated to the client using the appropriate channels/processes for the respective client
• Accurately document any calculations/simulations/plan revision and/or changes during the project cycles for visibility to dependent teams and audit purposes
• Providing on-demand support in accordance with product portfolio or on-call schedule for job execution
• Comparing job as-planned versus job as-executed, document any lessons learned and develop recommendations for further improvements to procedures to ensure continuous improvement takes place
• Working on Field Incidents related to products/services
• Participating in Incident Investigations when required, ensuring the end to end process is considered, (including job planning, preparation, and execution), when determining incident root cause(s) alongside appropriate corrective actions
• Ensuring timely incident management to enable fast customer issue resolution and cash collection
• Advising on product improvement opportunities for repetitive component/product failures
• Providing sales support and product application recommendations
• Product line specific responsibilities as applicable
• Handling special projects as required

Fuel your passion!

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics
• Have a minimum of 7 years of experience in Drilling Services
• Have a previous experience working in directional drilling
• Have a previous experience working with Baker Hughes is preferred
• Excellent leadership, strong interpersonal, influencing and planning skills
• Ability to be on call outside of normal business hours
• Ability to work in a global matrix organization
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
• Must have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, training, etc.)

Desired Characteristics

• Significant operational experience
• Comfortable presenting in front of an audience of experienced peers
• Ability to manage, develop, coach, and mentor teams across organizational boundaries
• Ability to learn and use various computer tools to prepare data and visualizations for analysis
• Ability to work independently
• Work in a way that works for you

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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.

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

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Services Specialist - Applications Engineering

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.