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Our Newcastle facility has been operating for more than 25 years, delivering engineering excellence and innovative solutions for some of the industry's most demanding applications.\nAs part of our continued transformation journey, we are looking for a Lean Transformation Lead to support Engineering Design and Project Execution teams in driving continuous improvement, Lean maturity, and operational excellence across the organization.\nPartner with the best\nAs a Lean Transformation Lead, you will be a trusted advisor to Engineering and Project Execution teams, helping them embed Lean principles into everyday work practices. You will support the delivery of our established Lean Journey programme while shaping the future roadmap, strategy, and priorities for operational excellence.\nWorking closely with technical teams, site leadership, Supply Chain Lean professionals, and global FPS colleagues, you will help improve productivity, quality, delivery performance, and customer outcomes through structured continuous improvement initiatives.\nAs a Lean Transformation Lead, you will be responsible for:\nSupporting the continued delivery and evolution of the Engineering Lean Journey programme while helping define future operational excellence priorities.\nDeveloping Lean strategies, roadmaps, and improvement plans aligned with Engineering, Project Execution, site, and business objectives.\nPartnering with engineering leaders and cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities and translate them into structured initiatives.\nFacilitating Lean workshops, Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping exercises, and problem-solving sessions to drive measurable business improvements.\nCoaching and mentoring teams in the practical application of Lean principles, methods, and continuous improvement behaviours.\nSupporting root cause analysis, process optimization, workflow improvements, and the elimination of non-value-added activities.\nEstablishing governance, performance metrics, visual management systems, and Lean maturity assessments to measure progress and sustain results.\nCollaborating with global FPS Lean teams and supporting cross-site improvement initiatives, including occasional international travel.\nFuel your passion\nTo be successful in this role, you will:\nHave significant experience in Lean, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, or Business Transformation within Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Project Execution environments.\nHave experience leading or supporting Lean transformation programmes within complex technical organizations.\nDemonstrate strong practical knowledge of Lean methodologies and tools, including Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, A3 Problem Solving, DMAIC, and Visual Management.\nPossess excellent facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, and communication skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.\nHave experience working with engineering and project teams to improve processes, quality, delivery performance, and operational effectiveness.\nDemonstrate a track record of delivering measurable and sustainable business improvements through Lean initiatives.\nBe comfortable using operational metrics and data-driven insights to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.\nBe willing to work primarily from the Newcastle office and travel internationally when required.\nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Operations Management, Business Improvement, or a related discipline.\nLean Six Sigma Black Belt certification or equivalent advanced Lean qualification.\nFormal training in Lean methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping, A3 Problem Solving, DMAIC, Standard Work, Visual Management, 6S, and Root Cause Analysis.\nWork in a way that works for you\nWe recognize that everyone is different and that the way people work and deliver at their best varies from person to person. In this role, we can offer the following working pattern:\nPrimarily site-based at our Newcastle upon Tyne facility.\nOpportunity to work from home 1 day a week\nOccasional international travel to other FPS global locations \nWorking with us\nOur people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and wellbeing of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.\nWorking for you\nOur inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. To continue advancing tomorrow's energy solutions, we know we must push the boundaries today. We reward those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their contributions. Join us, and you can expect:\nContemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.\nComprehensive private medical care options.\nA highly competitive pension scheme.\nSafety net of life insurance and disability programs.\nTailored financial programs.\nAdditional elected or voluntary benefits.\nThe Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Lead Engineer, Technical Support & Management, Engineering Operations and Transformation","description_format":"text","description_chars":5691,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T14:59:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":41,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.737,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":23,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/baker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/baker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T23:30:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14837,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1758363},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1758363"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/baker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-lean-transformation-lead"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1960127}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"bakerhughes.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1960127},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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