Quality Specialist -Production Regulation_09

1030 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Region Quality Compliance Specialist to monitor and report on regional quality compliance, coordinate audits, and lead remediation efforts. You will collaborate with GeoZone, country and site teams to ensure alignment with legal, regulatory, and customer requirements.

The role focuses on initiating audits, tracking corrective actions, and supporting regional management reviews, tender activities, and compliance program maturity.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality compliance, audit execution, and corrective action management.
• Strong knowledge of QA standards, legality, and customer requirements.
• Ability to coordinate across regional operations and stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience with cross-country regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform regional Quality compliance monitoring and reporting.
• Lead audits for API/ISO standards and customer audits.
• Plan and perform Quality audits aligned with regional priorities.
• Drive corrective action closure and remediation.
• Track actions and analyze repeat findings.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal standards.
• Support management reviews and audit outcomes.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for compliance execution.
• Support regional tender activities with Quality input.
• Escalate gaps to leadership and drive remediation timelines.

Skills

Quality compliance

Audit execution

Root cause analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Quality management systems

Job description

The Region Quality Compliance Specialist supports regional Quality compliance monitoring, reporting, audit execution, corrective action tracking, and compliance gap remediation. The role provides practical compliance coordination across regional operations and GeoZone, country, and site HSE teams to help ensure alignment with applicable legal, regulatory, company, and customer requirements. The role initiates and performs Quality audits, supports regional management reviews, provides tender and commercial support, and partners with QHSE COE, Operations, AMO, WH&Y, SD, SDT, regulatory authorities, and customers to strengthen compliance program maturity and reduce repeat findings across audited sites. The role reports to the Regional Quality Compliance Leader.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform regional Quality compliance monitoring and reporting.
• Provide QHSE leadership and audit support across the region for API/ISO standards and customer audits.
• Initiate, plan, and perform Quality audits in alignment with regional compliance priorities.
• Drive corrective action closure, compliance gap remediation, and effectiveness follow-up.
• Track corrective actions, support root cause analysis, and monitor repeat finding trends across audited sites.
• Ensure regional compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, customer, company policy, and internal standards requirements.
• Interpret and support application of Quality policies, standards, and compliance requirements across the region.
• Support compliance program maturity assessments, including audit preparation, audit team planning, and subject matter expert participation.
• Support regional management reviews for Quality performance, compliance status, audit outcomes, and corrective action progress.
• Support OFSE Commercial and tender activities by providing Quality compliance input and documentation support.
• Coordinate with GeoZone, country, and site HSE teams for compliance execution and follow-through.
• Engage with Regional Operations SD and SDT, AMO, WH&Y, GZ and Region Leadership, QHSE COE, regulatory authorities, and customers as required.
• Support carbon footprint reduction initiatives through compliance monitoring, reporting, and regional follow-up.
• Approve regional compliance audit plans and schedules within delegated authority.
• Escalate compliance gaps to the Region Quality Compliance Leader and recommend appropriate remediation actions.
• Direct corrective action closure timelines within the region and monitor progress to completion.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or global degree equivalent.
• Experience in Quality compliance, audit execution, corrective action management, operations, service delivery, or related functional roles.
• Working knowledge of Quality management systems, legal and regulatory compliance requirements, customer requirements, internal standards, and audit practices.
• Strong capability in compliance monitoring, reporting, audit preparation, audit execution, corrective action tracking, and root cause analysis support.
• Ability to coordinate across regional operations, GeoZone and country teams, QHSE COE, Commercial, customers, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and follow‑through skills with attention to compliance detail.
• Ability to work across multiple countries, sites, cultures, customer environments, and regulatory frameworks.

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.

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.

Working for you

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 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

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans. This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans. This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans. This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Quality Specialist - Quality Management 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 are bringing 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.