Lead Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Baker Hughes • Houston, TX

10d

About The Position

Do you love leading and motivating others to deliver successful products? Would you enjoy being the go-to technical subject matter expert? Join our innovating Engineering team! Bringing cutting-edge physical and digital technologies together to create oilfield services and equipment is the beating heart of our work. Devising smarter systems that control and monitor oil and gas extraction, our subsea products and flexible pipe capabilities are industry leading. Our team provides support for customer operations to ensure continuity for production. Partner with the best As a Lead Lean Manufacturing Engineer, you will be a vital player for Subsea Production & Services related manufacturing, production, and on-site support. You will work with a global team on improvement initiatives. Your role is instrumental in helping us to deliver energy to people around the world. As a Lead Lean Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for: Provide technical guidance across the product life cycle, supporting manufacturing activities (including resolution to non-conformance reports), quality, and product readiness from bid to execution phases. Evaluate and optimize manufacturing processes, leading strategic initiatives to enhance process capability, safety, fulfillment, productivity, and quality in collaboration with global cross-functional teams. Partner with engineering, supply chain, production, and quality teams to drive product developments, technical analysis, and risk assessments. Oversee assembly-related functions, ensuring smooth integration into manufacturing operations and compliance with HSE, quality, cost, and on-time delivery (OTD) targets. Improve pressure testing processes and procedures to ensure alignment with internal standards and policies. Produce working routes to the workshop as per internal practices. Guide and mentor junior manufacturing engineers, fostering knowledge transfer and technical growth. Lead the Lean Journey initiative aiming process improvements across the Brittmoore facility. Develop standard work, process documentation, and visual management systems to drive operational efficiency and consistency. Coach cross-functional teams on Lean principles and practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. Fuel your passion To be successful in this role, you will: Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical preferred). Demonstrate substantial experience (at least 10 years) in manufacturing engineering tasks and environment. Have good communication and presentation skills to articulate highly technical information in a clear, concise manner. Demonstrate experience of working with cross-functional teams within a global-matrix environment. Be an experienced problem solver with an analytical approach to identifying root causes and implementing solutions. Having Oil & Gas background is a plus.

Requirements

• Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical preferred).
• Demonstrate substantial experience (at least 10 years) in manufacturing engineering tasks and environment.
• Have good communication and presentation skills to articulate highly technical information in a clear, concise manner.
• Demonstrate experience of working with cross-functional teams within a global-matrix environment.
• Be an experienced problem solver with an analytical approach to identifying root causes and implementing solutions.
• Having Oil & Gas background is a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Lean certification or principles familiarity.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Solid problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance across the product life cycle, supporting manufacturing activities (including resolution to non-conformance reports), quality, and product readiness from bid to execution phases.
• Evaluate and optimize manufacturing processes, leading strategic initiatives to enhance process capability, safety, fulfillment, productivity, and quality in collaboration with global cross-functional teams.
• Partner with engineering, supply chain, production, and quality teams to drive product developments, technical analysis, and risk assessments.
• Oversee assembly-related functions, ensuring smooth integration into manufacturing operations and compliance with HSE, quality, cost, and on-time delivery (OTD) targets.
• Improve pressure testing processes and procedures to ensure alignment with internal standards and policies.
• Produce working routes to the workshop as per internal practices.
• Guide and mentor junior manufacturing engineers, fostering knowledge transfer and technical growth.
• Lead the Lean Journey initiative aiming process improvements across the Brittmoore facility.
• Develop standard work, process documentation, and visual management systems to drive operational efficiency and consistency.
• Coach cross-functional teams on Lean principles and practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Benefits

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and well-being activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees