Project Manager – Power Systems / Industrial Power Generation
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Are you passionate about building relationships and ensuring customer success?
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Our Industrial and Energy Technology (IET) operates across 120 countries and serves the entire energy value-chain and industrial sector.
We hold an extensive portfolio of rotating equipment, process flow, transmission technology and lifecycle services. Our Engineering Transformation team work to improve the quality of our Engineering processes.
Partner with the best
As a Project Manager for Power Systems / IPG business you will be responsible for the successful execution of complex power generation projects, including mobile and modular power plants, gas turbine installations, cogeneration facilities, and distributed power solutions. You will lead projects from contract award through customer acceptance, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, schedule, financial performance, and customer satisfaction.
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Project Leadership: Driving end-to-end execution of power generation projects, ensuring delivery in accordance with contract requirements, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer expectations.
- Team Coordination: Leading cross-functional and cross-country teams including engineering, planning, procurement, construction, quality, finance, ensuring seamless collaboration and accountability;
- Risk & Compliance: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating execution, commercial, technical, and supply chain risks while driving opportunities to improve project profitability and customer value.
- Customer Interface: Serving as the primary customer focal point throughout project execution, establishing strong relationships and ensuring proactive communication, issue resolution, and customer satisfaction.
- Change Management: Identifying and executing project variations and change orders, negotiating directly with Customer leadership to maximize value;
- Financial Performance: Owning project financials, driving strong outcomes across cost, margin, and cash flow. Lead forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting activities;
- Site Execution & Commissioning: Supporting construction, installation, and commissioning activities, ensuring safe and compliant project execution through successful customer acceptance and handover.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Energy Systems, or related discipline), Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited university. An advanced degree (MBA or Master's degree) is a plus.
- Minimum of 3 years of Project Management experience managing complex industrial, energy, infrastructure, or power generation projects.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing customer relationships in a challenging project environment.
- Knowledge of power generation technologies, gas turbines, generators, balance of plant systems, or large industrial projects is preferred.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience managing project profitability, cash collection, and contractual matters.
- Proven ability to manage project risks, stakeholder expectations, and schedule commitments.
- Familiarity with global project management methodologies and execution frameworks; PMP, PMI, or equivalent project management certification is preferred..
- Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Availability to travel internationally to visit customers or Baker Hughes locations.
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
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 benefit
This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role.
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: Project Management Senior Specialist - Project Leadership
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field
- At least 3 years of project management experience with complex industrial, energy, infrastructure, or power generation projects
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing customer relationships
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including project profitability, cash collection, and contractual matters
- Experience managing project risks, stakeholder expectations, and schedule commitments
- Familiarity with global project management methodologies and execution frameworks
- Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
- Current work authorization in the country of employment
- Knowledge of power generation technologies, gas turbines, generators, balance of plant systems, or large industrial projects
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or master’s degree
- PMP, PMI, or equivalent project management certification
- Availability to travel internationally
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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.
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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.
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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.
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