FM Compliance Engineer

Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Havant, Reading or Thatcham

Salary: £35,200 – £52,800 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The Role:

This is a great opportunity to join SSE as an FM Compliance Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring our property portfolio across the UK and Ireland remains safe, compliant and operationally resilient.

Youll be at the heart of fostering a strong safety-first culture-bringing clarity, care and collaboration to complex compliance challenges. Working within the FM team, you’ll oversee statutory compliance programmes across a diverse range of building systems and assets, including electrical, mechanical, HVAC/F-Gas, fire safety, asbestos, water hygiene (Legionella) etc. You’ll work closely with FM teams, site responsible persons, contractors and stakeholders to ensure that statutory inspections, maintenance activities, remedial works and compliance records are managed effectively and in line with regulatory requirements. Youll help shape a proactive, well-governed approach to statutory maintenance and risk management, ensuring every site operates with confidence, integrity and resilience.

We are seeking a compliance professional with a strong electrical engineering or electrical compliance background who can apply their technical expertise across a broader range of building compliance disciplines. While electrical compliance will be a core area of focus, you’ll also play a key role in supporting compliance assurance across other statutory systems and services, helping to drive compliance excellence throughout the estate.

You Will:

• Develop, coordinate and monitor statutory compliance programmes across SSE’s property portfolio, ensuring all regulatory obligations are met across all compliance areas, such as electrical, mechanical, HVAC/F-Gas, fire safety, asbestos, water hygiene (Legionella) etc
• Work collaboratively with contractors, FM teams and Responsible Persons to ensure service delivery meets statutory requirements, contractual obligations and agreed SLAs.
• Guide contractor performance with a focus on quality, value and alignment to service standards and expectations.
• Analyse compliance records, maintenance data and audit findings to identify risks, drive corrective actions and support a proactive approach to compliance management.
• Maintain accurate compliance records within asset management systems and support internal and external audits.
• Identify, scope and manage remedial works required to address compliance issues, ensuring timely resolution and risk reduction.
• Provide clear, insightful reporting and performance analysis to support compliance governance, budgeting and strategic decision-making.
• Monitor changes in legislation, industry guidance and best practice to ensure continued compliance across the estate.

You Have:

• A background in electrical engineering, electrical compliance or building services, with experience applying compliance principles across a broad range of building systems and statutory compliance disciplines.
• Relevant technical qualifications and a genuine commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• A strong understanding of statutory compliance requirements affecting commercial buildings, including electrical systems, HVAC/F-Gas, fire safety, asbestos and water hygiene (Legionella) etc.
• Knowledge of compliance auditing, statutory inspections, risk management processes and the delivery of remedial works.
• Experience working in a compliance, technical assurance, engineering or hard services FM role within a commercial property or estates environment.
• Experience managing contractors and monitoring performance against compliance standards, contractual requirements and SLAs.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About SSE

SSEs purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

Over 14,500 brilliant people work together to power change at SSE. Our Human Resources (integrated Services) teams help make sure they’re getting and giving their best. They design the people strategies that make SSE a great place to work. And they empower our teams to meet the demands of our business today, and tomorrow.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact / 01738 344763 to discuss how we can support you.

We’re dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We’ll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we’ll be taking your application further. If you’re offered a role with SSE, you’ll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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