Head of Assurance - Engineering

Venn Group; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Venn Group requires a seasoned Head of Assurance (Engineering) to lead the newly established Estates & Facilities Assurance function for a large NHS Trust in Surrey. The role manages statutory compliance, governance, and assurance across a complex healthcare estate.

You will drive strategies for governance, audit, and reporting, overseeing multi-site hard services, asset management, health & safety, and CAD/BIM while engaging senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior Estates & Facilities compliance, assurance, or engineering leadership role.
• Technical or engineering qualification with evidence of continued professional development.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, NHS estates regulations, HTMs, HBNs, Health & Safety legislation, and CQC requirements.
• Experience developing and implementing compliance strategies, governance frameworks, and assurance reporting.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage change within complex operational environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
• Healthcare or NHS Estates experience.
• Location: Surrey
• Contract: 3-6 months initially (potential to become permanent)
• Start: ASAP

Responsibilities

• Leading the Trust-wide Estates & Facilities Assurance function, ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and NHS standards
• Developing and implementing a compliance and assurance strategy, alongside robust governance, audit, and reporting frameworks
• Providing expert leadership on hard services compliance, asset management, health & safety, and engineering assurance across multiple hospital and community sites
• Leading compliance performance monitoring, risk management, and assurance reporting to senior stakeholders and executive committees
• Managing specialist teams responsible for compliance, health & safety, CAFM systems, asset management, CAD/BIM, and utilities management
• Working closely with Estates, Capital, Quality, and Sustainability teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Ensuring all statutory maintenance, PPM programmes, and asset management activities are delivered in line with SFG20 and relevant NHS guidance

Skills

Estates & Facilities compliance

Engineering leadership

Governance & assurance reporting

Stakeholder management

Health & safety knowledge

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

CAD/BIM

CAFM systems

Job description

Head of Assurance (Engineering) - Surrey

Venn Group’s specialist Estates & Facilities recruitment team is recruiting for a Head of Assurance on behalf of a large NHS Trust in Surrey. This opportunity offers the chance to lead the development of a newly established Assurance function, driving statutory compliance, governance, and operational excellence across a complex healthcare estate.

The role

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the Trust-wide Estates & Facilities Assurance function, ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and NHS standards
• Developing and implementing a compliance and assurance strategy, alongside robust governance, audit, and reporting frameworks
• Providing expert leadership on hard services compliance, asset management, health & safety, and engineering assurance across multiple hospital and community sites
• Leading compliance performance monitoring, risk management, and assurance reporting to senior stakeholders and executive committees
• Managing specialist teams responsible for compliance, health & safety, CAFM systems, asset management, CAD/BIM, and utilities management
• Working closely with Estates, Capital, Quality, and Sustainability teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Ensuring all statutory maintenance, PPM programmes, and asset management activities are delivered in line with SFG20 and relevant NHS guidance

About you

• Significant experience in a senior Estates & Facilities compliance, assurance, or engineering leadership role
• Technical or engineering qualification with evidence of continued professional development
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, NHS estates regulations, HTMs, HBNs, Health & Safety legislation, and CQC requirements
• Experience developing and implementing compliance strategies, governance frameworks, and assurance reporting
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage change within complex operational environments
• Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills
• Healthcare or NHS Estates experience
• Location: Surrey
• Contract: 3-6 months initially (potential to become permanent)
• Start: ASAP

Why consider this role?

• Opportunity to shape and lead a newly established Assurance function within a major NHS organisation
• Strategic leadership position with significant influence on compliance, governance, and patient safety
• Diverse role covering compliance, health & safety, asset management, utilities, and assurance across a large healthcare estate
• Excellent opportunity to make a lasting impact within a forward-thinking Estates & Facilities directorate