Appointment:
Cath Pickett named SHEQ Director
Chepstow Plant International is delighted to announce the appointment of Cath Pickett as SHEQ Director, bringing three decades of experience across quarry operations and regulatory leadership.
Cath’s recent sector roles include chairing the Contractors Working Group, where she championed practical risk controls and competence pathways for contractors in high-hazard environments.
This combination of operational depth and systems expertise will guide CPI’s next phase of SHEQ performance.
Under her leadership, expect continued focus on engineering out exposure and reinforcing feedback loops that drive behaviour change.
Concrete examples include CPI’s ground-level refuelling initiative which eliminates working-at-height during refuelling and collaboration with OEMs to make safety-critical features standard across fleet orders.
Autonomy pilots and advanced telemetry will further reduce incident potential while creating new technical roles, redeploying experienced operators into higher-leverage supervision and control.
“SHEQ must be visible in every decision,” says Cath. “It’s how we plan, procure, operate, and review. When people, plant, and processes are aligned, performance follows.”
Her approach reinforces CPI’s award-winning safer tipping controls, data-led training, and site practices aimed at zero harm without slowing production.
For clients, this translates into method statements grounded in contemporary controls. For recruits, it creates a workplace where safety isn’t a poster, it’s the method.
As CPI’s portfolio evolves with electrification trials, HVO deployment, and new processing assets, SHEQ leadership will remain the constant. The outcomes are clear: fewer incidents, higher availability, stronger environmental performance, and empowered teams. That is the standard we hold ourselves to.
