Global Lifting Safety SME

Baker Hughes; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Private medical care options

Life insurance

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Global Lifting Safety SME to provide expert leadership for lifting operations and equipment governance. You will drive global standards, governance, and competency programs while supporting safety performance across high-hazard operations.

The role emphasizes risk reduction, audits, and continuous improvement across a global organization. You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and HSE leaders to ensure regulatory alignment, robust controls, and reliable

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or related discipline.
• Significant experience in lifting operations, crane management and lifting risk management.
• Experience developing and implementing lifting standards, governance frameworks, and competency systems.
• Strong knowledge of lifting legislation and industry standards.
• Experience supporting complex, engineered lifting activities and risk assessments.
• Experience integrating lifting risk into operational risk management and controls.

Responsibilities

• Serve as global technical authority for lifting safety, operations, asset integrity and governance.
• Provide technical support for complex lifting activities via lift reviews and risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain global lifting standards, governance requirements, and engineering guidance.
• Lead lifting assurance programmes through audits and performance reviews.
• Review lifting methodologies to identify hazard reduction and efficiency gains.
• Integrate lifting risk management into permit-to-work and control-of-work processes.
• Establish governance for lifting equipment, cranes, hoists, and rigging gear.
• Apply Human and Organizational Performance principles to lifting operations.
• Define competency requirements and support training programs for personnel.
• Support investigations of lifting incidents and share lessons learned.

Skills

Lifting operations

Crane management

Lifting asset integrity

Lifting equipment governance

Risk management

Global standards development

Competency programmes

Audits & assurance

HSE leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Permit-to-work systems

Risk assessment techniques

Job description

Global Lifting Safety SME

Are you a lifting safety professional with deep expertise in lifting operations, lifting asset integrity, lifting equipment governance, and assurance programmes

Do you have experience developing global standards, driving operational excellence, and improving safety performance across high-hazard industries

Join our Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems Team

Our Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems business delivers innovative solutions that support safe, efficient, and reliable operations across the energy industry. We partner with our customers to provide industry-leading technologies and services while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational performance.

Partner with the best

As the Global Lifting Safety SME, you will provide expert leadership and assurance for lifting operations and lifting equipment across the Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems business. You will support operational teams in the safe planning, management, execution, and assurance of lifting activities while driving the development of global standards, procedures, governance frameworks, and competency programmes. You will serve as the recognised technical authority for lifting safety, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and company expectations while fostering a culture of hazard identification, risk reduction, and operational excellence.

As a Global Lifting Safety SME, you will also be responsible for:

• Serving as the global technical authority for lifting safety, lifting operations, lifting asset integrity, and lifting equipment governance across the business.
• Providing technical support for complex, critical, engineered, and non-routine lifting activities through specialist technical advice, lift reviews, risk assessments, and engineering assurance.
• Developing and maintaining global lifting standards, procedures, governance requirements, and engineering guidance to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, industry best practice, and company expectations.
• Leading global lifting assurance programmes through audits, assessments, and performance reviews to evaluate compliance, identify systemic risks, and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Leading the review of lifting methodologies and operational practices to identify opportunities to eliminate hazards, reduce risk, improve efficiency, and adopt industry best practices and benchmarking.
• Driving the effective integration of lifting risk management requirements into permit-to-work, control-of-work, operational risk management, and assurance processes across the business.
• Establishing and improving requirements for the planning, authorisation, supervision, execution, verification, and post-job review of lifting activities to strengthen operational control and consistency.
• Establishing governance requirements for lifting equipment, cranes, hoists, rigging gear, and lifting accessories, including inspection, certification, traceability, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
• Applying Human and Organizational Performance principles to identify and address the human, organisational, and environmental factors that influence lifting performance and operational reliability.
• Defining lifting competency requirements and supporting the development of training, qualification, and capability programmes for personnel involved in the planning, supervision, execution, and assurance of lifting operations.
• Supporting investigations of lifting incidents and near misses, identifying systemic causes, and ensuring lessons learned are shared across the organization.
• Influencing operational, engineering, maintenance, and HSE leaders to promote a culture of lifting safety, operational discipline, and continuous improvement across global operations.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related technical discipline.
• Have significant experience in lifting operations, crane management, lifting equipment governance, and lifting risk management within high-hazard industries.
• Have demonstrated experience developing and implementing lifting standards, governance frameworks, assurance programmes, and competency systems across multiple sites or regions.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of lifting legislation, regulatory requirements, and industry standards applicable to lifting operations, cranes, and lifting equipment.
• Have experience supporting complex, critical, engineered, and non-routine lifting activities, including lift planning, risk assessment, and engineering reviews.
• Have experience integrating lifting risk management into operational risk management, permit-to-work, and control-of-work processes.
• Demonstrate experience leading audits, assessments, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen lifting safety and operational performance.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Human and Organizational Performance principles and their application to lifting operations, risk reduction, and incident prevention.
• Possess strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage leaders at all levels and drive strategic improvement across a global organisation.

• Preferred to have recognised audit and/or health and safety qualifications.

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 flexible working patterns in line with local policy and business needs.

Working with us

Our 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 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

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Environmental Health & Safety Advisor - Specialist EHS Mgmt

About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward - making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress

Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let's come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.