Lead Quality Specialist - QA Engineering

Baker Hughes Company; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Work–life balance programs

Competitive financial programs

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Lead Quality Specialist - QA Engineering to drive quality excellence across EPC tendering and project execution, ensuring contractual and regulatory requirements are met and customer satisfaction is maximized. You will establish Project Quality Plans, witness points, and quality records, implement lessons learned, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams.

The role involves leading small projects and enabling continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or equivalent).
• Proven experience in QA Engineering and quality systems.
• Strong communication and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support EPC tendering and project execution phases.
• Verify contractual and regulatory requirements are fulfilled.
• Establish and execute Project Quality Plans, witness points, and quality records.
• Incorporate customer requirements and lessons learned into proposals and execution.
• Advise functional managers on quality processes and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Lead small projects or act as a project team member.

Skills

Quality management

Project coordination

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

QA engineering

Job description

Lead Quality Specialist - QA Engineering

Are you passionate about driving quality excellence across complex projects? Would you like to ensure products and projects consistently meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements? Join our team Baker Hughes is a global energy‑technology company operating in more than 120 countries. We deliver innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our Quality organization plays a critical role in ensuring products, projects, and services meet the highest standards of quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction while driving continuous improvement across the business. Partner with the best

As a Lead Quality Specialist - QA Engineering, you will develop and maintain systems, rules, and processes to ensure fulfillment of internal and external requirements. You will support Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) tendering and project execution activities, ensuring projects and products are capable of meeting specified standards while maximizing customer satisfaction and project profitability.

As a Lead Quality Specialist - QA Engineering, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) tendering and project execution phases.
• Verifying contractual and regulatory requirements are fulfilled while supporting customer satisfaction and project profitability.
• Establishing and executing Project Quality Plans, including witness points and quality records to ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
• Ensuring customer quality requirements and Feedback of Experience (FOE) / Lessons Learned are incorporated into tender proposals and execution processes to avoid deviations and drive continuous improvement.
• Advising functional managers regarding projects, processes, and procedures within the quality discipline.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues and business stakeholders regarding quality approaches, project coordination, and service delivery.
• Contributing as a project team member or leading small projects as required.
• Supporting work objectives typically completed within 3–6 months, with results and impact realized over a 2–12 month timeframe.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a High School Diploma / GED with proven experience in Quality).
• Bring additional proven experience in QA Engineering.
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills.
• Possess strong interpersonal and leadership capabilities.
• Have the ability to influence others and lead small teams.
• Be able to lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate effective problem‑identification and problem‑solving skills.
• Bring proven analytical and organizational abilities.

Work in a way that works for you

This is a full‑time quality role supporting tendering, project execution, and quality assurance activities across engineering, procurement, and project teams. The role requires close collaboration with cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and compliance.

Working with us

At Baker Hughes, quality is embedded in everything we do. We foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, empowering our teams to deliver reliable products, exceptional customer experiences, and operational excellence.

Working for you

We offer a competitive benefits package aligned with local market standards, including:

• Work–life balance and wellbeing programs
• Comprehensive private medical care
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Competitive financial programs
• Additional voluntary or elective benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is:

Quality Specialist - QA Engineering

At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we bring our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. 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. We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.