Technical Governance and Assurance Engineer

About us

Job Purpose

Working within a regulated engineering environment, you'll play a key role in ensuring engineering decisions are governed effectively, risks are managed appropriately, and compliance obligations are met. You'll support the development and implementation of governance frameworks, undertake assurance activities, and work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business to drive continuous improvement in engineering governance and control effectiveness.

This role focuses on how engineering activities are governed, controlled and assured, rather than the detailed technical design itself.

What you'll do

• Develop, implement and continuously improve engineering governance frameworks, policies, procedures and control arrangements.
• Support the effective operation of engineering governance processes, decision gates, approval pathways and technical authority arrangements.
• Ensure engineering decisions, assumptions, concessions and derogations are appropriately documented, governed and supported by robust evidence.
• Deliver and contribute to risk-based audit, assurance and compliance activities to assess the effectiveness of governance arrangements.
• Analyse governance, assurance and audit findings to identify trends, risks, control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the development and maintenance of governance, risk and control frameworks that strengthen engineering decision-making and compliance.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, asset management, safety, quality, risk and assurance teams to resolve governance issues and embed best practice.
• Maintain governance documentation, reporting and records, ensuring information is accurate, accessible and supports effective decision traceability.
• Provide advice and guidance on governance requirements, policies, procedures and compliance obligations.
• Support investigations into governance or process effectiveness and coordinate corrective and preventative actions.
• Identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives that simplify, strengthen and enhance governance arrangements across the business.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and influence positive governance outcomes across multiple disciplines and functions.

About you

We're looking for someone with an engineering background who understands how engineering decisions are made within a regulated or controlled environment.

You may come from utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, rail, defence, aviation or another engineering-intensive sector. What's important is that you've applied engineering principles in practice and understand the challenges of balancing technical risk, compliance, asset performance and operational requirements.

Alongside this, you'll bring:

• An engineering qualification or professional engineering background (essential).
• Experience working as an engineer, project engineer, design engineer, asset engineer, maintenance engineer or similar technical role.
• Experience operating within a regulated, controlled or safety-critical environment.
• An understanding of how engineering decisions are evaluated, justified, documented and governed.
• Experience managing technical risk, engineering change, assurance activity or compliance requirements.
• The ability to analyse complex technical information and challenge constructively where appropriate.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
• A curious mindset, sound engineering judgement and a desire to continually learn and improve.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £55,000 - £65,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 30th October. However, 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.

DE & I statement:

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, offering 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 that 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.