Application Support Engineer - West Coast - Upstream Chemicals - Shafter, CA

Would you like to take ownership of a team delivering service and maintenance to our customers?

Do you enjoy being part of a successful team?

Join our Upstream Chemical team

Our diverse and global team ensures that our customers have the products they need to perform effectively and safely. Our team ensures production enhancement and chemical services for our upstream customers so that they can function efficiently and perform at the highest level.

We provide technical solutions to help with all their challenges.

Look after our customers in the West Coast Region

As a Technical Support Engineer, you will be providing a vital service by evaluating chemical solutions primarily around fluid separation, implementing programs and troubleshooting systems.

You will take ownership of the projects to ensure they have the service needed to operate in a safe and compliant manner.

You will be supporting our customer’s needs across the Western Region.

As a Technical Support Engineer, you will be responsible for :

Providing support to our customers for our fluid separation product line which involves technical selling and product evaluations

Diagnosing production system issues and supporting customer through to successful resolution

Visiting customers with sales and engineering representatives to deliver technical presentations and reports

Leading and conducting new business field surveys, associated product qualification analyses and new program transitions

Troubleshooting production issues and providing technical support for facility and flow diagnostics as well as determining the root cause of the issue

Developing and implementing new technology to improve profitability for our customers and Baker Hughes

The salary range for this position is 96,400.00 - 179,000.00 USD

USD if employed in California.

Pay scale for CA is effective January 1, 2023

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will :

Have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technical discipline

5+ years oilfield production chemicals experience working with a variety of chemical applications including Technical Field Work and working in a Lab

Solid Communication skills with the ability to interact with internal and external customers, and technical team members.

Have a natural ability to engage, influence and build relationships with customers and teams across the business

Professional Writing skills.

Computer skills and knowledge of MS Office Suite.

Ability to manage data sets and analyze

Must have people skills and be able to present and conduct meetings with customers

Self-starter, independent, and not requiring micromanagement.

Must be a strong team player willing to bond / network with high caliber technical team.

Willing and able to travel overnight for work up to 25% of the time

5+ years experience working with in the oil and gas industry in a technical field role (preferred)

5+ years experience providing expertise to oil and gas clients. (preferred)

Strong background in Chemistry or Engineering. (preferred)

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 :

Monday Friday, (8am 5pm) must be willing and able to support the business as needed after hours and occasional weekends

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

Comprehensive private medical care options

Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Education Assistance

Generous Parental Leave

Mental Health resources, Virtual Therapy Programs

Dependent and Partners Care

Pet Insurance

Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The annual pay scale for this position is between $96,400.00 - $179,000.00.

Candidates for this role (office-based / hybrid / remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range / scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes’ good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position.

Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.

S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range / scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time.

Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation.

Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

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 , and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.