Rail Testing Team Lead: Drive Quality & Safety

CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles); Newport; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Wage employer

Career development

Training opportunities

Safety culture

Job summary

CAF is seeking an experienced Team Leader - Testing to head a team of Test Technicians in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will oversee on-board testing and fault-finding to ensure rail vehicles meet safety and quality standards before release.

The role emphasizes driving performance, continuous improvement, coaching, and delivering production targets while maintaining a strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or recognised apprenticeship in an engineering, electrical or mechanical discipline.
• Experience leading a team within a manufacturing, engineering, testing or production environment.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of working to quality, safety and production standards.
• Ability to coach, train and develop others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of prioritising workloads and managing resources effectively.
• Knowledge of safe working practices within a safety-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of Test Technicians within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ensure all testing activities are completed safely, efficiently and in line with quality standards.
• Carry out on-board testing and fault-finding on rail vehicles prior to release into service.
• Monitor team performance and ensure production targets and deadlines are achieved.
• Support troubleshooting and resolve technical issues in collaboration with Production and Engineering teams.
• Coach, mentor and develop team members to build capability and improve performance.
• Deliver team briefings, toolbox talks and support employee inductions.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture and ensure compliance with company procedures.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, efficiency savings and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Ensure accurate completion of testing documentation, reports and records.
• Liaise with management to ensure appropriate resources, equipment and training are in place.
• Support competence assessments and ongoing development of team members.

Skills

Team Leadership

Fault-finding

Communication

Problem-solving

Coaching

Safety awareness

Education

NVQ Level 3 or apprenticeship

Job description

CAF is seeking an experienced Team Leader - Testing to head a team of Test Technicians in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will oversee on-board testing and fault-finding to ensure rail vehicles meet safety and quality standards before release.

The role emphasizes driving performance, continuous improvement, coaching, and delivering production targets while maintaining a strong safety culture.