Authorising Engineer, Technical Assurance & Safety Lead

EMCOR UK; Aldermaston; On-site; Full time

Job description

Location

Aldermaston

Salary

Competitive salary – dependent on experience

Working Hours

7:45 – 16:30 (16:15 on Fridays)

Benefits

25 days holidays + bank holidays, health cash plan, discount shopping, gym, days out, learning & development opportunities, paid volunteering days, and many more.

About EMCOR UK

At EMCOR UK, we revolutionise facilities management by combining our engineering heritage and innovation capability. We prioritise people in everything we do, collaborating closely with our customers to understand all their needs, from the big picture to day‑to‑day operations. Our purpose is to “create a better world at work”. Using our unique insight platform, “One Data World”, we harness data‑driven intelligence to make informed decisions, adapting our services to meet our customers’ evolving requirements. This allows us to cultivate an enhanced workplace experience for their teams whilst optimising efficiency, meticulously managing every asset, and minimising their impact on the planet. All supported by our commitment to safety, compliance, and assurance. Our partnering approach empowers our customers to shape a better future. Whether guiding their path to net zero or redeveloping their facilities for enhanced efficiency, we create better places for work whilst taking away the burden of facility operations, freeing up our customers to concentrate on their business.

Role Overview

To provide expert guidance and oversight to ensure that engineering systems and processes comply with statutory, regulatory, and organisational standards. This role is critical in maintaining safety, reliability, and technical integrity across high‑risk or specialist engineering domains.

What You’ll Do

• Support the effective delivery of EMCOR UK’s ‘Significant Risk’ Safe Systems of Work (SSoW) activities across accounts.
• Provide risk‑based delivery of technical audits, communicate identified corrective actions and, where required, support account teams to rectify corrective actions or escalates technical risk to leadership teams.
• Analyse existing technical compliance and assurance activities to identify opportunities across the People, Policy and Process pillars.

Who You’ll Be

• Minimum HND‑level qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, a similar technical field or equivalent technical/engineering experience.
• Hold IEng professional status with a desire to work towards CEng status (IET, IMECHE, CIBSE etc).
• Demonstrable AP/AE experience and qualifications with a minimum of 5 years relevant operation and maintenance experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of aspects of safety and risk management, including current safety issues, legislation, management and ISO standards.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems with a high degree of procedural, technical and HSE compliance.
• IT literate including Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Smartsheets and Visio.

Benefits

• Industry‑leading maternity & paternity policies
• Refer a friend scheme – worth £500 per referral
• GEMS – internal recognition scheme with vouchers for Amazon and retail/dining
• Extensive learning & development opportunities, including opportunities for progression
• Discount shopping, gym, mobile, family activities, insurance, dining experiences, car leasing and breakdown cover
• Bike‑to‑work scheme
• Health cash plan – benefits covered include optical, physiotherapy and a health & wellbeing program
• Dental scheme
• Access to health assessments
• Employee Assistance Programme – offering guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal and Financial queries

At EMCOR UK, we embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes you unique. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce fosters creativity, innovation, and better problem solving. We encourage applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and growth, supported by our inclusive policies and practices.

Join us in building a better world at work.