Summary
Baker Hughes is recruiting recent engineering graduates for its LEAD Field Engineer Development Program, a structured three-and-a-half-year program combining technical training, coaching, and field assignments. The role supports customer operations by deploying, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining equipment, with extensive domestic and international travel, rotational schedules, and work at customer locations. Applicants must have graduated with an engineering bachelor's degree within the previous 12 months, have a GPA of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 or equivalent, and be fluent in English. Applicants must already be legally entitled to work in the country where they apply, without sponsorship or time restrictions.
The posting
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LEAD Field Engineer
Do you like working in collaborative teams and solving technical problems?
Would you like to work in the field with our customers?
Join the LEAD Field Engineer Development Program
The LEAD (Learn, Excel, Achieve, Develop) Field Engineer Development Program is a strategic, accelerated three and half year development program designed for recent engineering graduates seeking a career in Field Engineering. Through structured technical training, field experience, competency-based progression, coaching, and professional development, participants build the skills and experience required to perform in some of the most demanding operating environments in the energy industry. This program combines classroom learning, field execution, mentoring, and real-world customer operations to accelerate readiness for future technical and operational leadership opportunities.
Partner with the Best
As a LEAD Field Engineer, you will develop technical expertise by working alongside experienced engineers while supporting critical customer operations around the world. You will progress through defined competency stages that build capability, confidence, leadership skills, and operational readiness.
Over the three-and-a-half-year program, you will:
- Participate in structured technical bootcamps, on-the-job training, and competency-based development
- Execute field operations alongside experienced engineers in live operating environments
- Deploy, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain technical equipment and services
- Apply procedures and make decisions in dynamic, high-pressure situations
- Support customers and field crews during critical operations
- Coordinate with operational teams, service delivery personnel, and customers to ensure successful execution of work
- Develop problem-solving skills through hands-on troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, and system-level challenges
- Gain experience across multiple operational environments through travel and field assignments
- Participate in mentoring, job shadowing, cross-functional rotations, and developmental projects
- Progress through defined Field Engineer competency levels based on demonstrated capability, performance, and safety leadership
- Complete a capstone project and all required technical and professional milestones required for program graduation
- This role includes significant domestic and international travel, rotational schedules, non-standard work hours, and extended assignments at customer locations. Successful candidates must be comfortable working in unpredictable environments where safety, execution, and customer impact are paramount.
What You'll Gain
The LEAD Program provides:
- Structured technical training and field coaching
- Hands-on experience supporting high-intensity customer operations
- Exposure to global operations and diverse working environments
- Mentorship from experienced technical leaders
- Competency-based career progression
- Visibility to senior leaders and cross-functional teams
- Professional development, leadership development, and project experience
- Clear career pathways following program graduation
- Graduation from LEAD signifies successful completion of all required technical, professional, and developmental milestones. Graduates become eligible for advancement opportunities across the organization based on performance, business needs, and available openings.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (all disciplines) within the previous 12 months
- Have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 (or equivalent)
- Be fluent in written and spoken English, with excellent communication skills
- Demonstrate a strong interest in hands-on technical work and field operations
- Be willing to travel extensively and work rotational schedules
- Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced, and sometimes unpredictable environments
- Possess strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
- Demonstrate leadership potential, learning agility, and a strong safety mindset
- Be motivated to continuously develop technical expertise and professional capabilities
- Be legally entitled to work within the country in which you are applying without sponsorship or time restrictions.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: FIELD ENG I - ALS