Project Management Specialist

Project Management Specialist

Are you a highly motivated, creative individual and passionate about sales and proposals?

Would you like to be a part of successful team?

Join our team!

Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries. Our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward! Making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Partner with the best

The Project Management Specialist (PM) is responsible for an assigned portfolio of Projects (Orders) with significant technical complexity and commercial risk. The PM is accountable for project execution, on-time delivery, profit and loss & customer satisfaction.  The PM is the primary customer contact and owner of the customer relationship for the duration of each Project.

As a Project Management Specialist, you will also be responsible for:

• Meet requirements of Quality, Health, Safety & Environment rules and integrity, and Compliance
• Practice formal PM methodology using documented tools/processes/procedures for a project portfolio
• Own the Customer relationship to understand their perspective and needs
• PM execution responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Receive, analyze and accept orders from the Commercial Operational teams. 
  • Conduct cross functional, internal kickoff meetings to launch the execution of the order  
  • Launch & manage sub-factory intercompany scope (if any) to meet the order required ship date
  • Schedule and conduct external kick-off meeting with customer
  • Manage scope & drive resolution of any technical or commercial issues during life of the order
  • Manage internal/external communication. Provide regular updates to customers
  • Develop and maintain robust project plans with cross functional OTR support team (Engineering, Procurement, Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, Services as required) that meet customer and business objectives
  • Create a Baseline schedule at IKO that meets the customer required ship date.  Maintain/monitor an actualized status of schedule variance to the original plan during the life of the order.  Communicate regular progress updates to the customer
  • Own project risk management - identify, analyze and cross functionally mitigate project risk to reduce/avoid schedule and financial exposure
  • Negotiate and manage change orders with the Customer by identifying opportunities to add customer value and bring incremental revenue to Company with optimized project contribution margin
  • Monitor & act on order financial performance to maintain/improve the as-sold contribution margin
  • Escalate critical situations as necessary to fulfill customer contract requirements on time
  • Collect & deliver all contract required documentation within 1 week of order shipment
  • Ensure order is reconciled, closed, invoiced after shipment & completion of contract deliverables
  • Monitor past dues balances and lead resolution of invoice collection disputes or liquidated damages disputes with the customer
  • Submit and follow-up for reply to Customer Feedback surveys after shipment
  • Conduct Project Closeout Meeting that summarizes actual schedule and financial performance compared to the as-sold targets.  Document lessons learned and best practices
  • Log and manage resolution of any post shipment warranty claims through Valvcentral (FIRT) cases and warranty support team
  • Travel as required to support order execution. Examples may include Customer visits, External Kickoff or progress meetings, key supplier visits, etc.
  • Coordinate with Project co Ordinator for the application of Bank guarantees for the customers as per project milestones.

Fuel your passion! 

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Mechanical Engineering with at least 5-9 years of experience.

• SAP ERP system, Cyberplan
• Alfresco (where implemented)
• Valvstream, Valvcentral (FIRT) system
• Microsoft office suite of tools
• Power BI workflows and website resources
• Microsoft Project for external schedule communication
• CONCUR (for T&L and travel), Teams for Business
• PD (Performance Development) tool
• Customer Document Management Systems – as required by contracts

        

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.

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 benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Experienced Professional - Project Staff