Junior Driver Manager

Jr. Driver Manager

Driving Operational Excellence Through Fleet Management, Safety Leadership, and Resource Optimization?
Are you passionate about leading teams, ensuring safety, and optimizing logistics operations in a fast-paced environment?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

Fuel your passion

The Jr. Driver Manager supports field operations and logistics efficiency by ensuring safety, complaints, and optimized fleet and driver management. The role is driving operational excellence through resource planning, route optimization, and safety-first practices while enabling continuous improvement across driver operations, warehouse activities, and compliance standards. By contributing to daily operations and strategic planning, the role is helping improve efficiency, safety performance, and overall service delivery within the region.

As a Jr. Driver Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Instilling a strong safety culture by leading safety initiatives, conducting safety observations, and organizing safety meetings

• Driving field resource deployment planning and executing operations to meet customer and business performance metrics

• Building and maintaining strong coordination with Baker Hughes personnel while monitoring team performance and supporting career development

• Delivering employee training programs and ensuring capability development across driver teams

• Developing long-term forecasts for regional resource requirements

• Creating and executing short and long-term resource plans, including recruitment, driver assessments, and advanced training mentoring

• Developing and implementing operational plans to support departmental activities and business objectives

• Identifying and driving improvements in processes, systems, and procedures

• Demonstrating in-depth understanding of treater, delivery, and warehouse operations

• Collaborating with executive and operational teams to contribute to overall South Texas business unit planning

• Managing day-to-day driver activities and ensuring operational efficiency

• Monitoring and optimizing delivery and treater routes using systems such as Samsara, Omnitracs, and fleet management platforms

• Managing inventory and warehouse operations, including internal and external audits

• Interfacing with Account Managers, Field Managers, and customers to ensure seamless operations

• Managing and auditing fleet repairs and maintenance activities with proper documentation

• Conducting vehicle audits (including heavy-duty vehicles) and maintaining compliance records

• Ensuring full compliance with DOT regulations and audit standards

• Driving HSE compliance with a strong focus on safety, competency tracking, and reporting through systems such as Kahuna, LMS, and Intelex

• Providing operational support, including vacation coverage for drivers and warehouse personnel

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in fleet management, logistics operations, or field operations

• Have exposure to safety, compliance, and HSE practices within an operational environment

• Have experience in managing or supporting driver's teams, warehouse operations, or logistics workflows

• Have knowledge of fleet management systems such as Samsara, Omnitracs, or similar tools

• Have exposure to DOT regulations, audits, and compliance processes

• Have the ability to manage day-to-day operations and coordinate multiple stakeholders

• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships

• Have the ability to analyze operational data and identify improvement opportunities

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:

• 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 must 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

This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role

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