Job Description

Field Specialist IV

Do you enjoy solving complex drilling fluid challenges and delivering technical expertise directly at the wellsite?

Are you passionate about optimizing drilling performance while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and customer service?

Join our Drilling Services Team

Our Drilling Services team delivers innovative fluid solutions that help customers optimize drilling performance, improve wellbore stability, and maximize operational efficiency. We work closely with customers across challenging environments to provide technical expertise, operational excellence, and industry-leading service while maintaining a strong commitment to safety, compliance, and environmental stewardship.

Partner with the best

As a Field Specialist IV, you will serve as a senior technical resource at the wellsite, providing drilling fluids expertise, operational support, and customer-facing consultation. You will be responsible for maintaining drilling fluid properties, overseeing fluid mixing and pumping operations, conducting technical analysis, and recommending solutions that enhance drilling performance. This role requires extensive field experience, independent decision-making, and strong customer relationship management skills.

As a Field Specialist IV, you will be responsible for:

• Providing onsite drilling fluids services with minimal supervision across assigned wellsite operations.
• Monitoring, measuring, and testing drilling fluid properties to ensure compliance with operational requirements and customer objectives.
• Supervising fluid mixing, treatment, and pumping activities to maintain optimal drilling fluid performance.
• Conducting technical analysis and recommending appropriate products, treatments, and operational solutions to control fluid properties.
• Maintaining accurate drilling fluid testing records and reporting operational data in a timely manner.
• Managing drilling fluid inventories and ensuring adequate product availability at customer well sites.
• Communicating regularly with customers, rig personnel, and operational coordinators regarding wellsite progress, fluid performance, and operational challenges.
• Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving drilling fluid-related issues while minimizing operational risks and non-productive time.
• Providing ongoing support to drilling operations by delivering environmentally responsible fluid solutions that optimize wellbore construction and enhance customer results.
• Supporting business development activities through customer engagement, field-level sales support, and technical consultations when required.
• Ensuring all activities are performed in compliance with Baker Hughes HSE policies, Legal Compliance requirements, and Baker Hughes Core Values.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in drilling fluids operations and drilling fluid supervision.
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently and effectively with minimal supervision in remote field environments.
• Possess strong technical knowledge of drilling fluid systems, testing procedures, and wellsite operations.
• Be proficient in the use of computers and industry-related software applications.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Have excellent communication and customer relationship management capabilities.
• Be willing and able to work a rotational schedule of 20 days on / 20 days off.

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 offer a structured rotational work schedule that supports operational requirements while allowing time for rest and recovery. Talk to us about how we can support your preferred working arrangements within the needs of the business.

Working with us

At Baker Hughes, our people are at the heart of what we do. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged, and empowered 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 challenge 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 programs, and tailored financial programs, along with additional benefits.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Safety net programs and insurance coverage where applicable.
• Tailored financial and retirement programs.
• Career development and training opportunities.
• A culture focused on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Work Authorization

Baker Hughes will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the country in which the position is located. Baker Hughes does not consider candidates requiring sponsorship for employment visa status for this position unless otherwise stated by local laws and regulations.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: FIELD SPEC IV - FLD