Vacancy at Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR)
Group Quality Lead
Salary
£ Competitive
Great Yarmouth
Vacancy listed
09/02/2026
Application deadline
28/02/2026
Details
Summary:
We are currently looking for a Group Quality Lead to join our team and play a key role in strengthening our Quality performance across the business. This is a pivotal position responsible for driving compliance, continuous improvement, and a strong safety culture across all STR facilities and projects. This role ensures safe operations, high‑quality deliverables, and overall QHSE stewardship across all STR facilities and projects.
Principal Accountabilities:
We are currently looking for a Group Quality Lead to join our team and play a key role in strengthening our Quality performance across the business. This is a pivotal position responsible for driving compliance, continuous improvement, and a strong safety culture across all STR facilities and projects. This role ensures safe operations, high‑quality deliverables, and overall QHSE stewardship across all STR facilities and projects.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Be the subject matter expert and primary point of contact for all Quality matters, providing guidance, support, and authoritative advice across the organisation.
- Maintain, develop, and continually improve the company’s ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications, ensuring systems, processes, and documentation remain compliant and auditready.
- Monitor, analyse, and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) for quality performance, identifying trends and driving actions to improve outcomes.
- Plan, conduct, and support internal audits and manage external supplier audits, ensuring findings are documented, communicated, and closed out effectively
- Lead and drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and operations, including NCR management, BI actions, OBS management, closeout activities, change/improvement processes, and communication of outcomes.
- Ensure full compliance with all relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation, regulations, and industry standards, providing assurance that operational activities meet required obligations.
- Develop, review, and support the implementation of risk assessments, safe systems of work, safety procedures, and emergency response plans, ensuring they are understood and embedded across teams.
- Monitor and maintain KPIs for HSE performance, reporting on trends and supporting the development of improvement plans.
- Lead and actively promote Quality initiatives, including TOFS, TOFQ, and 6S, ensuring consistent engagement and adoption across the organisation.
- Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are implemented, communicated, and verified for effectiveness
- Promote and strengthen a positive safety culture through training, coaching, engagement activities, and visible leadership.
- Monitor the organisation’s environmental impact and ensure compliance with environmental regulations, identifying opportunities to reduce risk and improve performance.
- Implement waste reduction, resource efficiency, and sustainability initiatives in alignment with the company’s ESG policy and strategic objectives.
- Prepare environmental reports and maintain effective communication with regulatory bodies, ensuring timely submissions and proactive management of compliance requirements.
- Provide Quality expertise and input during project planning and execution, ensuring risks are identified and controlled from concept through to delivery
- Adhere to all STR policies and procedures, ensuring personal compliance and promoting adherence across the organisation.
- Carry out any other duties as required, supporting the wider business and contributing to organisational goals.
Application:
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest.
Recruitment agencies:
STR will only pay agency fees where a signed agreement is in place and the agency has been instructed by a member of our HR team.
We do not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from any third party, including recruitment agencies. Any CVs submitted to STR or any of our employees outside of our formal recruitment process, including those sent directly to hiring managers or other employees, will be deemed unsolicited and will not be eligible for any agency fees.
Benefits
• Private medical insurance , including dental and vision
• Wellbeing package such as additional paid leave day per year, enhanced sick pay and lunch and learns.
• Comprehensive, ongoing training and development programmes such as STR Academy
• Bonus plan
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Social events
• Charity/community events
• Service awards
• Competitive salary