At Baker Hughes, our Project Delivery and Operations teams are responsible for the successful execution of complex customer projects across the energy industry. By combining engineering expertise, operational excellence, and advanced planning capabilities, we help ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget.
Partner with the bestAs a Services Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing integrated project schedules that support project execution from engineering and procurement through manufacturing, testing, and final delivery. You will work closely with project managers and cross-functional teams to provide schedule visibility, identify risks and opportunities, and drive successful project outcomes.
As a Services Planner, you will be responsible for:- Developing, maintaining, monitoring, and controlling integrated project schedules covering engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, testing, and delivery activities.
- Ensuring schedule quality, logic, accuracy, and alignment with project scope, milestones, and execution requirements.
- Coordinating planning activities across engineering, sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, materials management, and project management functions.
- Collaborating with project managers and execution teams to support on-time and on-budget project delivery.
- Producing short-term and long-term project lookaheads that provide visibility into upcoming activities, milestones, constraints, and priorities.
- Analyzing project progress and performance while ensuring schedules accurately reflect project status and forecasted outcomes.
- Supporting tendering, project execution, and project closeout activities through effective planning, scheduling, and reporting.
- Driving continuous improvement of planning processes, scheduling tools, and reporting methodologies to achieve fully integrated project planning.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline; equivalent industry experience may also be considered.
- Have proven experience in project planning, project controls, scheduling, operations planning, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrate experience working within subsea, oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, industrial equipment, controls systems, or other large-scale project environments.
- Possess a strong understanding of project execution processes across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, testing, and delivery functions.
- Have proficiency in Primavera P6 for schedule development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting; experience with Oracle MRP or other ERP/MRP systems is considered advantageous.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM), baseline management, progress measurement, forecasting, resource planning, and milestone management.
- Possess strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert complex data into actionable business insights.
- Be a proactive, results-oriented professional with excellent communication, leadership, influencing, organizational, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to identify risks, drive mitigation actions, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way 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.
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 youOur 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
With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we're committed to making energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient while helping shape the future of energy.
Join UsAre you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting projects? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Science, Mathematics, or related discipline (or equivalent industry experience)
- Proven experience in project planning, project controls, scheduling, or operations planning
- Experience within subsea, oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, industrial equipment, controls systems, or other large-scale project environments
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 for schedule development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with Oracle MRP or other ERP/MRP systems
- Knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM), baseline management, progress measurement, forecasting, resource planning, and milestone management
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills; ability to convert complex data into actionable insights
- Excellent communication, leadership, influencing, stakeholder management, and organizational skills; ability to identify risks and drive mitigation
- Ability to produce short-term and long-term lookaheads and support tendering, project execution, and closeout activities
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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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