Land & Property Safety and Compliance Lead

National Grid are recruiting a new and exciting role Land & Property Safety and Compliance Lead to join our ET Property Team! The individual will oversee compliance across a national portfolio of ET Asset Operations properties, ensuring operational excellence, statutory compliance, and risk management. They manage technical specifications and service matrices for facilities management and planned maintenance, including asset register approvals. They ensure contract scope adherence and collaborate with relevant teams to implement changes. Responsible for communicating compliance and Health and Safety performance to stakeholders, they also provide technical support and act as the key contact for resolving operational and maintenance risks. They maintain full compliance with National Grid policies, contribute to policy improvements, and lead an audit programme to monitor supplier performance against KPIs, asset standards, and Health and Safety requirements.

This role will require some travel to National Grid offices and operational sites and occasionally staying away from home. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

• Take a leading role in evaluating supplier’s approaches and capabilities to ensure full statutory compliance of ET Asset Operations property portfolio.
• Continually seek improvements to performance of a range of service contracts and challenge where appropriate to drive behaviour of continuous improvement
• Responsible for ensuring the ET Asset Operations property portfolio is operated and maintained in line with defined site strategy and standards
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of services delivered by the external supply chain in compliance with contract conditions and legislative constraints
• Plan and undertake agreed levels of assurance checks of the ET Asset Operations property portfolio and report findings of any deviations from contractual or legislative frameworks to the Land and Property Manager
• Promote Health & Safety policies and culture within the Land and Property Management team and across the supplier base
• Act as lead within ET Land and Property Management team for agreeing amendments to technical specifications for planned maintenance activities, working collaboratively with relevant teams.
• Act as lead on ET Asset Operations property asset register, monitoring standards of data integrity and driving completeness of data
• Work with Suppliers and internal teams to identify asset management scope gaps within existing contracts and collaborate with the contract management team to update and refine contract scope accordingly.
• Take lead in developing asset replacement plans and where necessary contribute to compiling business cases for presentation to senior management and regulatory submissions
• Take the lead in review of risk assessments actions, providing expert guidance on mitigation strategies and ensuring timely implementation of remedial measures in collaboration with the FM supply chain to maintain compliance and reduce operational risk.
• Provide support for tender and contract activities as required, ensuring effective coordination and delivery.

What You'll Have

• Member of, or qualifications leading to membership of IWFM, CIBSE, IET, IMechE,
• Effective contract management skills
• HNC in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Civil), in depth knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical, Building Systems and minor civil works.
• NEBOSH Certificate.
• Expert knowledge of BESA SFG20 maintenance specification and asset management processes including development of bespoke maintenance regimes where required.
• Knowledge of legislation and ACoPs relating to management of water systems
• Knowledge of NSI30 and AMBP310 and their application.
• Knowledge of ISO18000 (for safety), ISO9001 (Quality), ISO55001 (Asset Management), ISO14001 (Environmental) or other related standards would be advantageous.
• Detailed understanding of M&E infrastructure, life safety systems and all current legislation associated with assets leased or owned by National Grid.
• Extensive experience in a lead technical role with responsibility for both mechanical and electrical infrastructure maintenance and life cycle replacement.
• Property and Facilities Management activities in a high-risk environment including obligations of duty holder roles and how these are discharged.
• Detailed understanding of the roles and responsibilities associated with the operation, maintenance and development of a property estate including those of the site occupier, landlord/tenant, managing agents etc
• Experience in managing external supply chain partners to effectively deliver activities which ensure legal compliance.
• Exploitation of data to identify trends, production of reports illustrating profiles of asset information.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get

Salary up to £62,000 dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance) and annual salary review.
• Competitive contributory pension scheme (we double-match your contribution to a max company contribution of 12%.
• 26 days holiday (plus the opportunity to buy more each year).
• Life Insurance at 10 x your basic salary.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.
• Career development, ongoing training and support, career progression and plenty of opportunity to progress!

Further Information

This is an Onsite role with travel required. The closing date for this vacancy is midnight 27 April 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 4 May 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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