Baker Hughes

Project Engineering Manager - Services

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High Street, Cornwall, England, GBR

In-Office

Senior level

Energy

The Role

Lead controls-focused engineering delivery for subsea projects: coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage scope/schedule/budget/risks, serve as engineering POC, oversee testing/integration (FAT/SAT/commissioning), ensure standards compliance, control engineering costs, and drive continuous improvement.

Summary Generated by Built In

Project Engineering Manager - Services

Do you excel in leading projects with a focus on controls systems?

Can you guide cross‑functional teams through successful project delivery?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving energy and industrial customers in more than 120 countries. Built on over a century of innovation, the company provides advanced products, services, and digital solutions that support efficient, safe, and lower‑carbon energy operations. Its portfolio spans oilfield services and equipment, turbomachinery, industrial technologies, and emerging energy transition solutions such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and emissions management. Baker Hughes continues to help customers meet the world’s evolving energy needs through technology leadership, operational excellence, and a strong commitment to sustainability.

Fuel your passion

The Project Engineering Manager – Services leads the technical delivery of engineering projects, overseeing all controls‑related design, testing, and integration activities. The role ensures alignment across multidisciplinary teams, manages project scope and risks, and serves as the main technical contact for customers and internal stakeholders to ensure high‑quality, on‑time project execution.

As a Project Engineering Manager - Services, you will be responsible for:

Leading and coordinating all discipline engineering teams, ensuring aligned delivery of the full engineering scope and acting as the primary interface between unit engineers, the Controls PDM, and the Subsea Projects & Services Engineering Leader.
Managing engineering execution to meet all contractual milestones, ensuring on‑time delivery, budget adherence, quality compliance, and alignment with project requirements, standards, and internal processes.
Planning, organising, and overseeing integrated engineering activities, including scheduling, manpower planning, documentation control, requirements management, and technical interface coordination.
Serving as the main Engineering Point of Contact for customers, suppliers, sourcing, manufacturing, EPC teams, quality, materials, services, and Baker Hughes product line engineering.
Leading engineering governance activities, including project meetings, design reviews, technical reviews, work package assessments, and mentoring of project engineering team members.
Monitoring and controlling engineering costs, establishing cost analyses, tracking engineering spend, approving manpower needs, and addressing deviations in cost or schedule across all engineering teams.
Ensuring full lifecycle engineering ownership, tracking schedules beyond documentation deliverables and providing ongoing support to supply chain and production throughout the manufacturing cycle.
Driving continuous improvement, capturing lessons learned during execution and implementing updates to enhance efficiency, quality, and overall project performance.

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a degree in an engineering discipline (Electrical, Controls, Mechanical, Systems) or a project‑management‑related field.
Have relevant engineering experience in areas such as project engineering, testing, design, systems engineering, manufacturing, production, or process improvement.
Have proven leadership experience, demonstrating the ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and drive technical execution.
Have proven PCS (Production/Process Control Systems) expertise, including subsea control systems, PLC/DCS architectures, communication protocols, I/O configuration, logic development, system integration, and FAT/SAT/commissioning activities.
Have deep analytical capability, with experience using analytical tools and structured problem‑solving to enhance product and system development.
Have a strong understanding of industry standards and compliance, such as functional safety (IEC 61508/61511), API standards, and regulatory requirements related to controls and subsea systems.

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:

4 days from office
1 day from home ( remote)

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

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineering Senior Specialist - Customer Project Engineering

Skills Required

Degree in an engineering discipline (Electrical, Controls, Mechanical, Systems) or project-management-related field
Relevant engineering experience in project engineering, testing, design, systems engineering, manufacturing, production, or process improvement
Proven leadership experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and driving technical execution
Proven PCS expertise including subsea control systems, PLC/DCS architectures, communication protocols, I/O configuration, logic development, system integration, and FAT/SAT/commissioning
Deep analytical capability using analytical tools and structured problem-solving
Strong understanding of industry standards and compliance such as IEC 61508 / IEC 61511, API standards, and regulatory requirements for controls and subsea systems
Project management skills: scheduling, manpower planning, documentation control, requirements management, and technical interface coordination

Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.