Field Specialist IV

Do you enjoy providing expert technical guidance and solving complex field challenges?
Would you like the opportunity to lead major on-site projects across global customer locations?

Join our Team!

Baker Hughes is being recognized as a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. Our Field Services team is ensuring operational excellence, equipment reliability, and customer success through advanced technical expertise and hands-on support.

Partner with the best

As a Field Specialist IV - Power Transmission, you are providing expert-level technical direction, troubleshooting support, and hands-on service to global customers. You are leading complex domestic and international field assignments, ensuring equipment is installed, maintained, and operated to engineering standards. You are training customer personnel, identifying operational risks, and delivering technical leadership to enhance safety, reliability, and performance in critical field environments.

As a Field Specialist IV - Power Transmission, you are being responsible for:

• Providing expert-level technical direction and hands-on support to the customer in the operation, maintenance, repair, logistic support, and installation of Power Transmission equipment

• Providing Project and Field Service Leadership with comprehensive and timely reporting on job progress, risks, customer issues, and emerging operational threats.

• Lead domestic and international field assignments involving large-scale, critical, or first-in-country installations, start-ups, and major overhauls.

• Traveling to customer sites, both domestic and international, to consult, advise, collaborate, and train customer's personnel concerning equipment operation, repairs, and warranty service.

• Perform and oversee advanced repairs, inspections, alignment, commissioning and performance checks of Power Transmission products.

• Verifying that the installation of new Power Transmission products complies with engineering requirements to ensure warranty coverage.

• Providing technical assistance through on-site guidance and training in proper operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of assigned programs and ground support equipment, including the use and proper interpretation of data and technical instructions.

• Assisting customer in scheduling maintenance and workload.

• Anticipate future operational needs, identify potential risks, and recommend proactive mitigation strategies across large or strategic customer programs.

• Maintain deep subject matter expertise on Lufkin Power Transmission technologies-gearboxes, couplings, lubrication systems, and alignment methodologies-as well as competitor equipment.

• Deliver high-level technical training and mentorship to customer staff, junior Field Specialists, and cross-functional partners.

• Lead on-site toolbox talks, safety briefings, technical deep dives, and operational coaching to elevate customer capability and reduce downtime.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you are:

• Have an associate's degree or equivalent from an accredited twoyear college (OR a High School Diploma / GED with 8+ years of field service experience in Power Transmission, rotating equipment, heavy industrial machinery, or a closely related field.)

• Have proven ability to lead field crews, coordinate with customer leadership, and independently manage complex repair or installation projects.

• Have ability to read and interpret detail drawings, documents, specifications, and instructions such as safety rules, operating and maintenance procedure manuals, and the ability to solve practical problems related to gear repair equipment.

• Have strong oral and written communication skills.

• Have strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, mechanical tolerances, and technical manuals.

• Have ability to travel extensively (domestic & international) and adapt quickly to demanding field environments.

• Have advanced knowledge of mechanical systems, lubrication principles, industrial safety, and maintenance best practices.

• Have proven commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Work in a way that works for you

We are recognizing that everyone is different and the way people want to work is varying. In this role, flexibility may be offered depending on project schedules, field needs, and customer requirements.

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 whenall ofour 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 must 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 Maintain knowledge of new developments and technologies of Lufkin and other manufacturers' equipment in order to provide the highest standard of service.

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additionalelected 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.