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QHSE Director

Ref: 642407

West Midlands, UK

£80,000

  • Permanent
  • QHSE Leadership
  • ISO & API Certification
  • Continuous Improvement

About the candidate

A highly experienced QHSE, certification and compliance leader with 15+ years’ experience across nuclear, oil and gas, petrochemical, automotive, fabrication, manufacturing and environmental laboratory testing environments. They have led quality, health, safety, environmental, certification and compliance functions at senior level, including teams of 50+ and multi-site operations across the UK and Europe.

They bring strong expertise across ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 19443, UKAS 17025, IATF 16949, API Q1, API 20E/F and ISO 9001, alongside APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC and MSA. Known for building robust systems, improving audit performance and driving practical continuous improvement, they are well suited to organisations needing confident QHSE leadership in highly regulated technical environments.

What makes them great?

  • Proven certification delivery: Implemented ISO 19443 with zero non-conformities and supported an early transition to a revised API 20E standard with only two minor findings.
  • Strong operational impact: Sustained 99% Right First Time performance across 60,000+ shipped lines over three years, while improving certification review accuracy through AI-assisted process improvements.
  • Commercial and safety results: Delivered around £500k in savings through laboratory consolidation, reduced recordable accidents to zero in one role and achieved a 25% scrap waste reduction through Six Sigma activity.

Areas of expertise

  • QHSE & Compliance Leadership: Experienced in setting quality, safety, environmental and compliance strategy across regulated manufacturing, laboratory and engineering environments.
  • Certification & Audit Management: Strong track record implementing and maintaining ISO, API, UKAS and automotive standards with minimal or zero non-conformities.
  • Continuous Improvement & Root Cause: Skilled in Lean, Six Sigma, NCR governance, 5S, process mapping, risk assessment and cross-functional training.