Job Description

Job Requirements

About the Role

Quest Global is seeking an experienced HSE & Production Standards Lead to take a hands-on role driving Health, Safety & Environmental performance, raising operational standards, and ensuring audit findings are effectively implemented across production and overhaul operations. This role is central to supporting the site leadership team through a period of operational improvement and transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead HSE Standards: Champion and reinforce cusotmer HSE standards across rail production and overhaul activities. Act as the key point of contact for site safety, ensuring proactive identification and resolution of issues. Drive delivery of safety improvement actions, including training, onboarding processes, and safety topic enhancements. Operational Excellence & Audit Implementation: Translate internal and external audit findings into clear action plans, ensuring timely and effective resolution. Support cultural and leadership initiatives to embed high safety and production standards. Coordinate and track actions across leadership, production teams, and logistics to ensure progress and accountability. Action Plan Delivery - based on the current production improvement action plan, typical workstreams include: Production facility presence to drive standards. Implement findings of recent working at height and noise audits. Implement safety improvements highlighted from the continuous improvement plan. Supporting leadership commitment to daily shop-floor engagement and production stand-ups. Enhancing training and onboarding, including supporting the development of safety training roadmaps Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with site leadership and functions including logistics, training, and CI.

Provide clear updates on progress, blockers, and next steps to leadership forums.

Work Experience

Skills & Experience

Proven experience leading HSE and operational improvement in a rail, heavy engineering, or complex manufacturing environment. Strong understanding of production operations, overhaul processes, and safety management systems. Demonstrated ability to turn audit findings into action, with a focus on sustainable change. Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills at all levels. Structured and disciplined approach to action tracking and follow-through. * NEBOSH or equivalent HSE qualification preferred.