Do you enjoy leading engineering teams to solve complex manufacturing challenges and improve shop‑floor performance?
Are you passionate about driving lean manufacturing, safety, and operational excellence across production operations?

Join our Team!

Baker Hughes is recognized as a global energy technology company serving the energy and industrial sectors across more than 120 countries. Our manufacturing organizations are delivering critical products and technologies by combining strong engineering capability, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement. Through close collaboration between engineering, operations, and supply chain teams, we are enabling world‑class manufacturing performance.

Partnering with the best

As a Manufacturing Senior Specialist, you are leading the Production Engineering team to support daily manufacturing operations and long‑term business objectives. You are providing technical leadership to ensure stable, scalable manufacturing processes while driving rapid resolution of production issues. You are partnering closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Advanced Manufacturing teams to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance while developing engineering talent and ownership across the organization.

As a Manufacturing Senior Specialist – Production Engineering, you are being responsible for:

Leading and developing the Production Engineering team to support manufacturing execution and long‑term operational goals.
Providing rapid technical engineering support to resolve production issues and minimize manufacturing disruptions.
Owning manufacturing processes, routings, and work instructions to ensure consistency, stability, and scalability.
Driving manufacturability reviews and supporting engineering changes to ensure efficient and controlled implementation.
Partnering with Manufacturing Operations to align engineering priorities with production needs.
Supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), industrialization, and process readiness activities.
Driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and structured problem‑solving methodologies.
Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with HSE, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Building technical capability and leadership strength through coaching, mentoring, and performance management of engineers.

Fueling your passion

To be successful in this role you are:

Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or related discipline) or comparable experience.
Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing or production engineering.
Have demonstrated experience leading and developing technical or engineering teams.
Have strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, shop‑floor operations, and problem‑solving tools.
Have a working understanding of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement frameworks.
Have strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence across functions.
Have a data‑driven mindset with focus on execution, results, and accountability.
Have strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics for operations and leadership audiences.

Work in a way that works for you

We are recognizing that everyone is different and the way people want to work is varying. In this role, flexibility may be offered depending on project schedules, field needs, and customer requirements.

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:

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.

Onsite role

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 must 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 to Maintain knowledge of new developments and technologies of Lufkin and other manufacturers’ equipment to provide the highest standard of service.

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

The annual pay scale for this position is between $101,530.00 - $188,470.00.

Candidates for this role (office-based/ hybrid/ remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range/scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes’ good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range/scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time. Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

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: Manufacturing Senior Specialist - Lean Manufacturing