Job Description
Job Overview:
Engineering Senior Specialist - Customer Application for Steam turbine & Expander
Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges and shaping customer‑focused solutions for turbomachinery applications?
Do you enjoy partnering with global teams to deliver competitive, high‑impact proposals that influence strategic business outcomes?
Function: IET Equipment & Project
Partner with the best:
The Application Engineer leads projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact for BH IET at the COE & regional level. In this role, you will be responsible for complex assignments with long-term business implications, manage complex issues within area of application engineering and contribute to the overall business strategy.
Fuel your passion:
As an Engineering Senior Specialist – Customer Application for Steam Turbine & Expander, you are driving the technical direction of customer solutions, ensuring that every proposal reflects the highest standards of engineering excellence and commercial competitiveness.
You are partnering closely with Sales, Commercial Operations, Engineering, and product leadership to define optimal configurations, tailor solutions to industry standards, and support strategic opportunities across O&G, industrial, geothermal, and energy‑transition markets.
You are leading complex application‑engineering activities, optimizing steam cycles, evaluating competitive systems, aligning sub‑vendor packages, and guiding customers toward the most effective technical choices.
You are building strong relationships, influencing decision‑making, and contributing to long‑term business strategy while promoting a culture of technical rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
As an Engineering Senior Specialist - Customer Application for Steam turbine & Expander, you will be responsible for:
In the role, you will lead the following activities:
Providing technical expertise to Sales and Commercial Operations in selecting, implementing, and developing solutions for major BH customers.
Being responsible for supporting leaders in delivering revenue commitments.
Being responsible for developing budgets and firm offers for New Unit business, mainly focusing on steam turbines and expanders for Energy sectors such as O&G, the energy‑transition market, and industrial applications.
Providing specific focus on geothermal opportunities in the area that include steam turbines or expanders.
Acting as the technical reference point for the country for the complete GTE product portfolio.
Sustaining the backbone for the product in legacy O&G as well as industrial opportunities.
Applying deep knowledge to tailor offered solutions to comply with common international steam turbine standards such as API 612 or IEC, including balance‑of‑plant and auxiliary systems, to deliver the most competitive proposals for mechanical drive and power generation.
Using specific knowledge of the current IET expanders portfolio to tailor the most competitive offers for new energy‑transition opportunities.
Assessing competitive system performance and hardware evaluation throughout the entire bid process.
Aligning sub‑vendor proposals (Surface condenser, Electric Generator, etc.) with customer requisitions and applicable technical specifications, ensuring quality, completeness, and timely responsiveness.
Actively participating in risk‑assessment processes, deal‑strategy reviews, and cost‑out activities during proposal preparation, defining the best technical solution.
Supporting bid reviews and proposal‑clarification meetings.
Performing steam‑cycle optimization for all IPG, including renewable power plants, using dedicated software such as Epsilon or equivalent.
Establishing economic evaluations of selected configurations to compare with project CTQs.
Maintaining frequent interaction with clients to promote company products and solutions.
Developing and maintaining documentation of processes and information used within evaluation, analysis, and pricing groups to ensure consistency, knowledge sharing, and training.
Providing performance data and hardware definitions and working with Engineering and Sales to ensure proper technical support for proposals.
Providing accurate and timely data, including direct interaction with internal and external customers.
Communicating openly with top management about project status to support business‑strategy evolution and increase hit rate on current and future projects.
Managing daily priorities and working on assigned projects or processes.
Providing specific support to complex global projects.
Collaborating with Engineering and product‑leadership teams to jointly evaluate the best technical and cost‑effective solutions.
Being proactive in sharing customer feedback with Engineering and product leadership to refine ongoing product development for energy‑transition deals.
Supporting DTI activities to foster the future project pipeline.
Using effective problem‑solving skills and documenting results of generated technical data.
Establishing working relationships through clear and concise written and verbal communication.
To be successful in this role you will:
Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Engineering/Technology).
To be successful in this role you will:
Have the ability to identify specific project criticalities and set the right strategy and direction.
Have prior experience with customer‑specification reviews, proposal development, and contract development and negotiations.
Have knowledge of the application and requisition process.
Have knowledge of international standards such as API and ASME.
Have at least three years of experience working with international customers in engineering, marketing, sales, projects, or customer service.
Have strong negotiation skills.
Have strong oral and written communication skills.
Have strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Have the ability to meet established due dates with excellent time‑management skills.
Have the capability to act as a contributing team member with effective team‑building skills.
Have full availability to travel worldwide for business purposes on short notice.
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:
Starting early / finishing early
Starting late / finishing late
Flexibility within the day or week to get the job done
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
Baker Hughes works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. BH works. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with Baker Hughes
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineering Senior Specialist - Customer Application Engineering
