Senior Project Manager

Baker Hughes; North East; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne to oversee project life cycles from inception to installation. You will use your project management expertise to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery while maintaining strong relationships with clients. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the oil and gas sector, coupled with excellent communication and leadership skills. This role also offers flexible work options and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Comprehensive private medical care options

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional elected or voluntary benefits

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the oil and gas sector or similar industry.
• Proven track record in managing large scale projects.
• Expertise in structured stage-gate project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer kick-off meetings and project status meetings.
• Translate customer needs into detailed project plans.
• Engage and drive safety values in line with company commitments.
• Build positive long-term relationships with regional customers.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Process Improvement

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Senior Project Manager, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Client:

Baker Hughes

Location:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Can you bring project management and innovative improvement skills to a bespoke engineering & manufacturing environment?

Are you an effective communicator who loves to work collaboratively with cross functional teams and customers to ensure flawless project delivery?

Join our Flexible Pipe Systems Team

We operate in a diverse global team engineering and manufacturing Flexible Pipe Systems to customers across the globe. Baker Hughes has in-depth experience in pipe design, manufacturing and installation with a wide portfolio of flexible risers and flowlines. This combination enables reliable and efficient subsea and offshore field development.

Create high quality outcomes

As the Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for working through the whole project life cycle from inception to installation. You will develop a detailed understanding of our Flexible Pipe Systems and manufacturing processes which will be critical in identifying and mitigating project risk to drive flawless execution. You will drive process, improvements and change across business functions to ensure timely and on-budget delivery of projects. You will work collaboratively with business and regional leadership, manufacturing and functional leaders as well as regional sales & commercial teams, to build in-depth stakeholder relationships and deliver high quality outcomes for our customers. You will be the key reference point with the customer for complex Flexible Pipe Projects.

As our Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for:

Leading customer kick-off meetings, project status meetings, site visits, customer project reviews and audits.

Translating customer needs and requirements into detailed project plans shared with company.

Engaging and driving safety values in line with HSE, Customer & Quality Leadership commitments.

Driving flawless execution to project deliverables across the business functions.

Building positive long-term relationships with regional customers to capture market share.

Promoting a risk management mind-set to identify and eliminate project risk.

Understanding customer contracts and executing within parameters while mitigating risk.

Interfacing with other Baker Hughes product and service lines to maximise opportunities for the company as a whole and to support the delivery of the project level financial plan.

Developing regular redesign of processes due to changing circumstances or management needs and elaboration of process improvement considering the broader functional context.

To be successful in this role you will:

Have significant experience working in a medium to large company in the oil and gas sector or similar industry i.e. a regulated engineering and manufacturing environment.

Have a proven track record in Project Management working on large scale, high value and long cycle projects.

Demonstrate expert ability in structured stage-gate project management principles (e.g. Prince, APM).

Have ability to understand the design and engineering phases for a range of technically complex products.

Have credible stakeholder management and relationship building skills that inspire trust and confidence.

Have effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and influence cross functional teams in a matrix style organisation.

Be able to demonstrate good client facing skills with a proven track record of achieving project goals and customer satisfaction.

Have a continuous improvement mind-set, knowing how to prioritise and influence change.

Be able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Work in a way that works for you

One of our core values as a business is collaboration and, as such, whilst flexible work options are available, we believe there is a great benefit of having our teams co-located in one of our many offices across the UK.

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.

The Good Stuff

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge 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