Senior Team Leader, Engineering Management - Mechanical

Senior Team Leader – CREE Compressor Projects Team

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Position Summary

The Senior Team Leader is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers delivering centrifugal and reciprocating compressor projects across the full project lifecycle, from order intake through design, execution, validation, and customer delivery. The role combines technical leadership, project execution excellence, people development, and strategic business alignment to ensure safe, high-quality, and on-time delivery of engineering solutions supporting Baker Hughes' energy and industrial customers.

The position plays a critical role in driving operational excellence, engineering productivity, digital transformation, and innovation while building a high-performing engineering organization in Bangalore.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Project Execution

- Lead execution of compressor engineering projects, ensuring adherence to quality, schedule, cost, and customer requirements.
- Drive engineering deliverables across aero, mechanical, rotor dynamics, packaging, systems integration, and manufacturing interfaces.
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, customer specifications, and Baker Hughes engineering processes.
- Provide technical oversight for complex compressor applications, root cause analysis, and engineering problem resolution.
- Support risk assessment, technical reviews, design validation, and lessons learned implementation.

Leadership & People Development

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers, technical specialists, and project leads.
- Build technical capability through mentoring, succession planning, and competency development.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Conduct performance reviews, talent assessments, and development planning.
- Promote psychological safety and employee engagement within the team.

Operational Excellence

- Drive key performance indicators including: On-Time Delivery (OTD)
- Engineering Quality
- Productivity
- First-Pass Yield
- Cost Competitiveness
- Customer Satisfaction

- Lead Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for process simplification, standardization, and automation.
- Support resource planning, capacity management, and workload balancing.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

- Interface with global engineering centers, project management teams, manufacturing sites, and customer representatives.
- Support technical reviews and customer meetings for strategic projects.
- Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project status, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Build strong partnerships across functions to ensure successful project outcomes.

Innovation & Digital Transformation

- Champion adoption of AI, digital engineering tools, simulation technologies, and automation initiatives.
- Drive use of digital workflows, engineering analytics, model-based engineering, and knowledge management practices.
- Encourage innovation and contribute to new technology development programs supporting next-generation compression solutions.

Business & Strategic Contributions

- Support business growth by improving execution capability, engineering productivity, and customer responsiveness.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives in energy transition areas such as hydrogen compression, CCUS, LNG, and sustainable energy solutions.
- Participate in organizational transformation and operational excellence programs.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or people management role.
- Strong experience in centrifugal compressors, reciprocating compressors, turbomachinery, or rotating equipment.
- Proven track record leading engineering projects and multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong understanding of compressor design, manufacturing, testing, and field applications.
- Experience working in a global engineering environment.

Desired Skills & Competencies

Technical Leadership

- Compressor and turbomachinery expertise
- Engineering governance and technical reviews
- Risk management and problem solving
- Root cause analysis and design validation

Leadership Excellence

- Team building and talent development
- Influencing without authority
- Executive communication
- Stakeholder management
- Change leadership

Operational Excellence

- Lean Six Sigma methodologies
- Project management fundamentals
- Resource planning and execution management
- Data-driven decision making

Digital & Innovation

- Engineering analytics
- AI-enabled engineering workflows
- Digital thread and model-based engineering
- Automation and productivity tools

Key Success Measures

- Consistent achievement of project OTD targets.
- Improved engineering quality and first-pass yield.
- High employee engagement and talent retention.
- Successful delivery of strategic compressor projects.
- Adoption of digital and AI-driven engineering practices.
- Development of future technical and people leaders within the organization.

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.

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 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
- Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Senior Team Leader, Mechanical, Engineering Management