Global Lifting Safety SME

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

Job summary

Global Lifting Safety SME in Newcastle upon Tyne area is seeking a specialist to lead lifting safety, asset integrity, and equipment governance across Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems. You will drive global standards, risk reduction, and competency programmes to ensure safety and operational excellence.

The role focuses on planning, supervision, and assurance of lifting activities, including lift planning, risk assessments, and engineering reviews within a high-hazard industry.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in lifting operations, crane management, and lifting risk management in high-hazard industries.
• Experience developing and implementing lifting standards, governance, and competency systems across sites or regions.
• Knowledge of lifting legislation and industry standards for cranes and lifting equipment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the global technical authority for lifting safety, operations, asset integrity, and equipment governance.
• Provide technical support for complex lifting activities through advisory reviews, risk assessments, and engineering assurance.
• Develop and maintain global lifting standards, governance requirements, and engineering guidance.
• Lead global lifting assurance programmes through audits, assessments, and performance reviews.
• Drive lifting risk management integration into permit-to-work, control-of-work, and operational risk processes.

Skills

Lifting operations

Asset integrity

Risk management

Hazard identification

Education

Engineering degree

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.

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 Organi