Director of Engineering

Baseline Energy Services•Fort Worth, TX

19d

About The Position

The Director of Engineering is responsible for establishing engineering standards, providing technical support, and guiding product development for Baseline’s equipment fleet and future offerings. This role works closely with operations, reliability, and commercial leadership to ensure equipment is designed, built, and deployed in a manner that supports reliability, serviceability, and consistent fleet performance. The position provides engineering leadership across equipment development, field support, and fleet improvements while ensuring projects and modifications are executed in a consistent and disciplined manner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Strong background in power generation equipment, natural gas engines, electrical systems, or similar rotating equipment environments.
Experience supporting industrial equipment deployments including electrical distribution systems, controls integration, and instrumentation.
Working knowledge of gensets, switchgear, motor controls, and SCADA or monitoring systems used in industrial power generation applications.
Experience supporting field operations teams and troubleshooting mechanical and electrical equipment issues.
Ability to work closely with operations, reliability, and commercial teams in a fast-moving operating environment.
Expert knowledge of natural gas power generation products or similar rotating equipment
Superior ability to identify complex technical issues and solutions for various engine types and trains and/or translates to others through strong communication

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred. Candidates working toward licensure or possessing equivalent industry experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

Work closely with operations, sales, and reliability teams to build a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Engineering should function as a partner to the operating teams rather than as a separate technical group.
Oversee shop operations across Baseline including production scheduling, budgeting, and quality control. Ensure equipment is built, modified, and commissioned in accordance with engineering standards and supports field reliability and deployment timelines.
Establish and maintain engineering standards for equipment design, electrical systems, instrumentation, controls integration, and overall equipment configuration.
Support new equipment deployments including genset packages, electrical distribution equipment, controls integration, and auxiliary systems. Ensure engineering standards are followed during fabrication, modification, and commissioning activities in the shops.
Maintain engineering documentation including drawings, electrical schematics, instrumentation layouts, equipment specifications, and design standards.
Work with the reliability and analytics group to incorporate telemetry, instrumentation, and monitoring capabilities into new equipment deployments and fleet upgrades.
Coordinate with equipment manufacturers and vendors to evaluate components and technologies that could improve reliability, serviceability, or operating efficiency.
Perform P&ID walk down on final designs, corrections, or modifications to ensure compliance with the design.
Support operations and reliability teams in conducting root cause analysis on equipment failures and significant field events.
Identify recurring failure modes and develop engineering solutions or design changes to address issues across the fleet.
Support engineering changes and field campaigns required to correct reliability issues and improve long-term equipment performance.
Identify all testing specifications that are needed to ensure reliability of the fleet and design protocols to put them into action at the necessary facilities.