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Company: CAF Rail UK
Location: CHESTER, GB
Innovation is in our DNA - we thrive on pushing boundaries and adapting to new challenges with a flexible approach. Proud to be a global leader, our fast‑paced growth provides exciting opportunities for our team and the community.
Committed to maintaining trains and trams, our mission is to enhance vehicle safety and reliability. Our ultimate goal is to deliver a comfortable, dependable, and sustainable commuting experience for all passengers.
Based out of multiple locations across the UK, our 24/7 operation means we’re always on hand to deliver reliable technical support. Utilising the latest digital technology, we strive to enhance dependability, helping people to get to where they need to be!
We wouldn’t be where we are without our people. Working together as a team, we strive to achieve great things while supporting each other to thrive along the way. We’re going places, so apply today and become part of our exciting journey.
What can you expect from CAF?
* Positive Work Environment: You will work in a positive environment, based on mutual respect and team spirit.
* Professional Development: Our projects are often measured in years, sometimes decades, giving you and the organisation a future.
* Learning and Autonomy: We will encourage you to work autonomously, being able to propose and decide ‘what’ and ‘how’.
* Security and Reliability: CAF has been working for over 100 years on a path that stretches into the future, giving you the security you need.
* Cutting‑edge technology: You will work with the latest technologies, facing the challenge of devising innovative approaches and solutions every day.
What will be your role in the company?
To drive a proactive, people‑centred safety culture across CAF UK operations by integrating health & safety practices. Partner with front‑line teams, operations leaders, and unions to embed safe behaviours, reduce risk, and improve the lived safety experience—ensuring compliance with rail standards while elevating performance through culture and leadership.
What Salary will you be paid for this role?
As a Real Living Wage Employer, we are proud to pay competitively at CAF. For this role you will be offered a salary in the region of £45,000 per annum.
What will make you successful in this position?
* A NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum Requirement.
An appropriate and relevant qualification in either Auditing (i.e. IIA) or in Environmental Management (i.e. IEMA) – preferably both
* Experience in a similar role
* Strong problem solving and analytical skills showing clear attention to detail.
* Demonstrable ability to recognise, evaluate and recommend controls
* The ability to influence stakeholders across the business and engage them in Health and Safety initiatives and activities
* Proven experience in engaging with and supporting a broad and varied rage of stakeholders with the implementation of processes, policies, frameworks and controls and governing compliance in relation to them.
* Highly organised with a strong ability to plan complex and ever evolving workloads
* Language: English. A knowledge of Spanish would be beneficial but not essential.
Serving Customers
Driving for Results
Displaying Technical Expertise
Critical Thinking
Adapting to Change
Acting with Integrity
Building and Supporting Teams
Other requirements and/or aspects to be assessed
Certificates in Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics and applied psychosociology a plus.
Training in valid ISO standard 45001 is a plus.
What we offer
A Real Living Wage employer and proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, RSSB Mental Health Charter and Women in Rail EDI Charter, we’ve a lot to shout about at CAF.
Creating a culture of inclusivity and belonging is really important to us and we’re proud to offer our people a range of benefits to support wellbeing including 25 days annual leave, an excellent workplace pension scheme (with up to 10% contribution from us), not forgetting to mention our generous health care cash plan and Bike2Work scheme just to name a few!
Looking for career development? Our Professional Sponsorship scheme will help you to achieve your goals while our Flexible Working policy and Family Friendly culture mean everyone is supported to thrive at CAF.
As a socially responsible business, we offer paid volunteering days and promote a variety of social value initiatives, including tree‑planting, company‑wide donation drives, and providing support to the homeless community and refugees. We’re creating waves of positive change through delivering meaningful social value impact on and off the tracks!
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