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Lead Field Specialist

Job in Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78716, USA
Listing for: Baker Hughes
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Process Engineer, Chemical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 85000 - 110000 USD Yearly USD 85000.00 110000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Join our Downstream Chemical Team

Our Downstream Chemical Team uses technology consisting of chemistry, knowledge expertise, Intellectual Property, correct application methods and monitoring to improve the water and process treatment applications at refinery and industrial plants while providing value to our clients. Builds customer relationships to identify future requirements to help revenue growth. Leads and develops collaborative efforts to solve complex and unique technical problems. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to operations teams to enable safe and compliant service and support for our customer's needs.

As a Lead Field Specialist, you will be responsible for:
  • Leading Water technical support efforts across existing accounts and new accounts with our key customer within North America to enable flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis

  • Working closely with Service Delivery, Sales and Technology teams to design technical job programs including risk mitigation plans to meet customer’s objectives and maximize revenue potential

  • Providing on-demand support for cooling, boiler and wastewater applications in refineries including technical recommendations for new chemical applications

  • Building trusting relationships and interfacing with key customers at both corporate and field facilities

  • Identifying and collaborating with field team to drive projects, technical and innovative solutions that bring value to our customers

  • Participating and providing technical leadership in industry forums

  • Performing annual technical audits and health checks on all assigned accounts

  • Providing support to Operations, Technology and Manufacturing for process technology portfolio as needed including roll out and application of new technologies in the field

  • Providing technical presentation for customers and field personnel

  • Performing job analysis to understand application hazards & incident potential

  • Working on field incidents related to products/services and participate in incident investigation when required ensuring end to end process

  • Taking on special projects including Product Line specific responsibilities, as assigned

To be successful in this role you will:
  • Have a bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline, (Chemical Engineering preferred)

  • Have a minimum of 10+ years of Downstream refining experience/5+ years industrial water process/plants experience

  • Have a solid understanding of cooling water, boiler and digital technologies as well as wastewater treatment plants and industry standards with 5+ years of field/operations/application support experience

  • Be able to function independently as well as in a team environment

  • Communicate effectively - able to convey complex technical concepts accurately and concisely to all individuals of all levels of experience both in a written and oral format

  • Be available to travel up to 50% of the time

  • Develop and provide technical mentorship to others

  • Be available on call outside of normal business hours

  • Be able to lead, plan, coordinate and deliver projects and programs successfully

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:

  • Starting early / finishing early

  • Starting late / finishing late

  • Flexibility within the day or week to get the job done

  • 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

  • Compreh…

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