Lead Applications Engineer - Drilling & Completion Fluid

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On-site

KWD 37,000 - 56,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Lead Applications Engineer - Drilling & Completion Fluids to drive flawless execution from preplanning to post-job analysis. You will develop technical job programs, model applications, and coordinate with Service Delivery Coordinators to meet client objectives under various contracts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering, 7+ years in drilling & completion fluids, and strong leadership, communication, and travel willingness.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
7+ years of experience in drilling & completion fluids.
Strong leadership and planning abilities.
Willingness to be on call outside normal hours.
Ability to work in a global matrix organization.
Solid understanding of P/L and technical job planning requirements.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Willingness to travel to rig sites and facilities.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with the MtJC process.
Collaborate with Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson on client objectives and contracts.
Perform offset job analyses and engineering modelling to assess hazards.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to cover all aspects of the application.
Design a job program with risk mitigation and contingency plans to maximize revenue.
Communicate risks of not meeting objectives to clients via proper channels.
Document calculations, simulations, and plan revisions for audit visibility.
Provide on-demand product support and on-call coverage for job execution.
Participate in incident investigations with end-to-end process review.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Planning

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Travel willingness

On-call readiness

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering/math

Job description

Lead Applications Engineer - Drilling & Completion Fluid

Are you an application Engineer looking for a new challenge? Are you experienced in Drilling & Completion Fluids?

Join our Well Construction team!

The Applications Engineer ensures Baker Hughes can deliver flawless execution through involvement in preplanning, job execution, and post-job analysis. This position delivers a technical job program or applications 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 application are understood and have been considered.

As a Lead Applications Engineer - Drilling & Completion Fluid, you will be responsible for:

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 has been considered
Designing a job program, including risk mitigation plans and contingency plans, that can meet the client's objective and maximize revenue potential and ensure future job assignments for Baker Hughes
Working with the 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
Documenting 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
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

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics
Have a minimum of 7 years of experience in drilling & completion fluids.
Have excellent leadership, strong interpersonal, influencing and planning skills
Have the ability to be on call outside of normal business hours
Have the ability to work in a global matrix organization
Have thorough understanding of P/L and technical job planning requirements
Have excellent communication and presentation skills
Have strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, training, etc.)

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