About the Role
This post holder will operate across all QMUL campuses, covering properties that are directly owned, leased to tenants, and embedded spaces. The role involves working with senior colleagues across the University, as well as engaging with internal and external specialists, trade unions, employee representatives, and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to develop and maintain Estates policies and procedures in line with legal requirements and best practice.
About You
The Engineering Assurance Manager will act as the lead competent person, supporting the Directorate in meeting health and safety legislation and internal policies. Working closely with the Engineering Senior Management Team (SMT), the role will help embed audit, assurance, and risk management as key drivers of both strategic direction and day-to-day operations, with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
In collaboration with SMT colleagues, the post holder will contribute to delivering activities aligned to QMUL’s strategy, vision, and values, while supporting and challenging operational and capital project teams to ensure collective delivery. The role includes developing and maintaining quality assurance processes, supporting risk-based reviews, and enhancing the Directorate’s risk management framework.
The post holder will also ensure staff are trained and competent, maintain strong links with the Health and Safety Directorate, and provide assurance reporting to SMT and risk owners.
About the Directorate
The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary, University of London and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing at the College, and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environmental for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.
Details about the Estates and Facilities Directorate can be found at http://www.estates.qmul.ac.uk/
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
