Global Lifting Safety SME

Baker Hughes; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contemporary work-life balance

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional benefits

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Global Lifting Safety SME to lead lifting safety, asset integrity, and equipment governance across the Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems business. You will develop global standards, provide expert assurance, and drive hazard identification and risk reduction across a global operation.

You will influence leaders to strengthen lifting safety culture, support investigations, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or related technical field.
• Significant experience in lifting operations, crane management, and risk management.
• Experience developing lifting standards, governance and competency systems across sites/regions.
• Knowledge of lifting legislation and industry standards relevant to lifting equipment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as global technical authority for lifting safety and equipment governance.
• Provide technical support for complex lifting activities via lift reviews and risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain global lifting standards and governance requirements.
• Lead global lifting assurance programmes through audits and performance reviews.
• Review lifting methodologies to identify hazard elimination and risk reduction.
• Integrate lifting risk management into permit-to-work and control-of-work processes.
• Establish requirements for planning, authorisation, supervision, and post-job review of lifting activities.

Skills

Lifting operations

Crane management

Lifting risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Technical assurance

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Occupational Health & Safety qualification

Tools

Audit frameworks

Job description

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

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.

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.

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