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SQE Lead (Safety, Quality & Environment) Location: Midlands (with travel to depots/sites as required) Reporting to: Managing Director Working with: Executive & Senior Leadership Team Sector: Heavy Industry – Rail, Energy, Automotive or Manufacturing Role Purpose The SQE Lead will be responsible for leading and embedding best-in-class Safety, Quality and Environmental standards across the organisation’s rail vehicle overhaul and maintenance operations. This is a senior, influential role working closely with the leadership team to shape, govern, and continuously improve company-wide SQE frameworks, ensuring compliance with rail industry regulations while driving a proactive safety and quality culture. The role will act as the custodian of standards, ensuring that safety and quality are integral to operational delivery, business growth, and client confidence. Key Responsibilities Safety Leadership * Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the company’s safety management system. * Ensure compliance with relevant rail industry standards, legislation, and regulatory requirements (e.g. ROGS, HSWA, RSSB guidance). * Act as the principal authority on safety matters, providing expert advice to the leadership team. * Promote a strong, positive safety culture across all depots and functions. * Lead accident, incident, and near-miss investigations, ensuring robust root...

Trainee Quality Technician / Trainee Quality Engineer - £30-£35k DoE Working for an Aerospace First Tier Supplier Root Cause Analysis / Calibration of Equipment Based between Long Eaton & Castle Donington – Site Based 5D are working alongside a leading precision engineering first-tier supplier based in the heart of the midlands. They supply to some of the most well-known companies including Rolls Royce and Siemens. They are experts in sheet metal, fabrication, machining, assembly, and special processes, including welding, non-conventional machining, and heat treatments and have developed a consultative relationship with their clients due to their expertise and commitment to delivering a quality product and service. Supplying into the Aerospace, nuclear, power generation, and precision engineering industry sectors and due to winning significant new projects with new and existing clients we are looking to grow the team. Working alongside the Quality Manager, and drawing on his wealth of knowledge and experience. He is looking for someone he can train, develop, and mentor. What the Role will Become: • Quality engineering – root cause analysis of non-conforming products and processes., • Development of corrective action plans., • Hands on inspection of parts using traditional measuring equipment – verniers, calipers, slip and height gauges etc., • Responsible for the managing the calibration database of equipment – this could include oven controls, CMM’s, gauges and other instrumentation., • Calibration is conducted through a third party; your role will involve requesting the equipment to be calibrated within the required timescales., • Communicating with customers, suppliers, and third parties as part of the RCA process. What we are Looking for in the Candidate: • Ideally from a shopfloor background, with a keen interest in quality., • You will have an inquisitive nature and want to understand processes, why things go wrong, and how to correct the issues., • Ideally you will have some experience within a quality setting, this could be in inspection, or root cause analysis etc., • Experience in a high volume, precision manufacturing environment – ideally aerospace. What we Can offer the Successful Candidate: • Training and development in some areas – this could be in quality systems, auditing, special processes (NADCAP) etc., • Monday to Friday day’s role., • An opportunity to step up – working with clients and external contractors, with the full ownership of a manufacturing and assembly process., • Unfortunately, sponsorship can’t be offered for this role