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.