Head of Technical Assurance and Engineering Excellence

Person specification

Key Responsibilities Include

• Lead a specialist team, ensuring workload is prioritised and delivered to a consistently high standard, often at pace within a major central government environment, fostering a culture of professional development and high performance
• Manage delegated budgets effectively, ensuring resources are used responsibly and in accordance with organisational requirements
• Collaborate with supplier on engineering strategies and interventions and solution development
• Ensure HMRC Estates policies are applied across project activity, delivering safe, compliant and resilient Building Engineering Systems
• Lead on legislative change in the technical and engineering spaces, developing and implementing process and assurance changes to ensure compliance
• Provide accurate, timely and authoritative technical advice to senior colleagues, ensuring compliance, promoting best practice and ensuring engineering systems remain available, safe, operational, and compliant
• Lead, mentor, and develop Estates & Locations colleagues and supplier partners through the delivery of technical training and professional support
• Work with the property profession and accreditation bodies to ensure appropriate training and development is in place across the directorate
• Support the PS&EA Deputy Director in discharging their accountabilities on behalf of the Director of Estates & Locations by leading key actions, driving progress, and collaborating effectively with colleagues across Estates & Locations to ensure professional and timely delivery
• Lead the team responsible for preparing the short 1 year, medium 3 years and long-term 5 – 10 years Lifecycle Replacement Programme
• Provide assurance of Supplier LCR planning activities and technical oversight of the subsequent projects from scope through to delivery and commissioning
• Close collaboration with Digital Estates and BIM resources to integrate more efficient tech driven interventions to our estates asset portfolio
• Represent HMRC and its interests in the wider Government LCR / Asset Management forums and external Asset Management events
• Work with external consultants to develop the professional approach and deploying industry best practice in the HMRC environment

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in leading Building Engineering Services, with:
  • Strong knowledge of the design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness of electrical systems in commercial office environments (including experience with UPS systems, standby generators, and resilience measures)
  • Ability to demonstrate expertise in the design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness of mechanical systems, including HVAC, heat pumps, refrigeration, gas boilers, domestic hot water systems, and integration with district heating and cooling networks.
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of BREEAM processes, BISRIA and CIBSE commissioning codes, and practical application of ACOP L8.
  • Working knowledge of vertical transportation systems, IDS, CCTV, and Automatic Access Control Systems (AACS).
  • Experience and training across all relevant UK legislation, including those specific to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office closures

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
• Lynx House, Portsmouth – moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Memberships

You must be a qualified professional member of a relevant body, e.g. CEng, MCIBSE, CMIOSH, MIAM

Compensation and Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £71,725, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £20,778 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments.
• We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
• We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Strengths and Experience.

How To Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history, previous experiences and full qualification details
• A 1250-word Personal Statement, describing how your skills and experience would make you suitable for the role, and how you meet the Essential Criteria and Person Specification.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your Personal Statement.

At full sift your CV and your Personal Statement, will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked experience-based questions to explore what you are capable of and Strength-based questions to explore what you enjoy and your motivations relevant to the role.

There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and