Manufacturing Team Leader -Test Technicians

Are you passionate about leading technical teams on the shop floor, driving troubleshooting excellence, and building a high‑performing manufacturing workforce? Do you thrive in fast‑paced manufacturing environments where you can enhance technician capability, improve repair efficiency, and deliver operational excellence through cross‑functional collaboration?

The Tech Team Lead is responsible for deploying technician capability across the Monitoring Systems value stream to support repair discipline, troubleshooting effectiveness, work center readiness, and daily execution priorities. This role partners closely with Manufacturing Operations, Frontline Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, Materials and Planning, Maintenance and Facilities, HSE, Training and Learning, HR, and Product/Technology Engineering. Ensure technician talent is aligned to production needs, skill level, technical complexity, and business outcomes.

The Tech Team Lead reinforces a repair‑first mindset, supports technician development and work center rotation, improves escalation discipline, and strengthens technician‑to‑engineering communication.

• Convert technician role definitions into consistent shop floor execution.
• Ensure technicians are used as problem‑solvers as well as daily management delivery specialists.
• Support technician progression through structured exposure, mentoring, and work center rotation.
• Focus and develop repair velocity, troubleshooting discipline, fixture readiness, and engineering engagement.
• Create visibility to technician capability gaps impacting flow, yield, and delivery.
• Improve downtime recovery, yield, repair discipline, and technical workforce scalability.
• Deploy technician skills based on work center need, issue complexity, and business priority.
• Reinforce the repair‑first mindset: “What can I repair today?”

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college with at least four years of experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in manufacturing, test, repair, troubleshooting, or technical operations.
• Strong understanding of shop floor execution, work center flow, production priorities, and daily operational constraints.
• Experience developing technical problem‑solving in areas such as product test, repair, rework, fixture support, equipment troubleshooting, or process improvement.
• Manage an operation, business, unit, or part of a production facility to reach defined targets in quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
• Ensure continuous business improvement according to benchmarks and standards.

• Electrical Engineering degree.
• Ability to distinguish between production execution issues, technician capability gaps, engineering‑owned issues, quality issues, and equipment or fixture‑related constraints.
• Working knowledge of standard work, work instructions, manufacturing documentation, and escalation processes.

• Flexible hours – flex the times you work during the day to fit your productivity and commitments.

• Annual pay range: $83,630.00 – $.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Education assistance.
• Generous parental leave.
• Mental health resources.
• Dependent care support.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies. The internal title for this role is Manufacturing Team Leader – Operations Management.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal‑Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.