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Field HSE Supervisor

Baker Hughes
Nairobi, KE Posted 5 months ago

Job Description

FIELD HSE SUPERVISOR About This Opportunity Baker Hughes, a global energy technology leader operating in over 120 countries, is seeking a Field HSE Supervisor to join our integrated solutions team. In this pivotal role, you'll champion health, safety, and environmental excellence across drilling and completion work sites, directly shaping our commitment to achieving perfect HSE performance every single day. Your Impact As Field HSE Supervisor, you will take full oversight of safe operations on drilling and completion work sites, including rig operations and supporting maintenance facilities. You'll work closely with field operational supervisors, contractors, and crews to ensure strict adherence to health, safety, and environmental standards while fostering a genuine safety culture rooted in industry best practices. Your core responsibilities will include: Maintaining direct liaison with operational teams to ensure safe drilling and completion activities across all rig operations and supporting work. Implementing and enforcing Baker Hughes and Client HSE policies, procedures, and management systems across all project sites and contracted parties. Conducting comprehensive site inspections, monitoring work environments, and identifying hazardous situations before they become incidents. You'll generate remedial work plans and action trackers for any non-compliance issues discovered. Leading and participating in HSE meetings, presenting safety data and statistics, communicating alerts and lessons learned, and fostering open dialogue with crews about safety concerns. Managing permit-to-work systems and conducting PTW audits to ensure consistent compliance. Conducting site HSE inductions and verifying that all personnel hold required certifications according to Client and Baker Hughes training matrices. Investigating all incidents, accidents, and near misses, leading analysis and compiling comprehensive reports for stakeholder communication. Verifying risk assessments are properly developed, implemented, communicated, reviewed, and updated as required. Administering the Safety Observation System, analyzing behavioral data to identify trends, and recommending best practice improvements. Overseeing H2S and fire contingency provisions and leading emergency drill exercises and simulations. Verifying tools, equipment, and documentation validity while ensuring all HSE-related documentation stays current and complete. Coordinating rig move operations, confirming personnel competencies and equipment certifications, and participating in rig move convoys. What We're Looking For You'll bring a Bachelor's degree in engineering or a scientific discipline from an accredited university, or demonstrate relevant industry experience equivalent to this qualification. You possess a minimum of five years of professional experience with at least five years specifically focused on Environmental Health and Safety. You're comfortable with rotational schedules and extended stays on rig sites, with willingness to frequently travel to remote field locations. You demonstrate strong competency in planning, problem-solving, organization, and directing wellsite operations with proven ability to build collaborative relationships across multiple teams and functions. You exhibit exceptional leadership, interpersonal, and influencing skills, with the ability to manage, develop, coach, and mentor high-performing teams across organizational boundaries. You're skilled in Microsoft Office Suite with familiarity in Microsoft Project, and you communicate with excellence in both written and oral English, including meeting organization and accurate documentation. Why Join Baker Hughes We believe our people are our greatest asset. Baker Hughes invests in developing engaged employees who bring their authentic selves to work. You'll receive: Contemporary work-life balance policies supported by flexible working hour arrangements that allow you to work when you're most productive. Comprehensive wellbeing activities and private medical care options. Life insurance and disability protection programs. Tailored financial programs and additional elected or voluntary benefits. A collaborative environment where innovation is rewarded and continuous learning is encouraged. Baker Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.