Assistant Director Engineering Compliance | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

This is a role which will be key to the Trust’s role as leader and influencer in South East London and to achieving Essentia’s strategic ambitions. The role is highly autonomous and ultimately accountable for interpretations of legal and national policies and interpreting this into a deliverable strategy and operational practice that ensures GSTT sites are compliant.

This is a pivotal leadership position responsible for leading the engineering and building governance strategy, operational procedures, competency and operational auditing for all infrastructure services across Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

The role will be responsible for leading infrastructure strategies and development to ensure the estate and associated building and engineering infrastructure is fit for purpose, legally compliant, whilst monitoring that the teams meet all technical and legal requirements.

The successful candidate will possess a high level of financial acumen, technical expertise, the ability to lead major function transformation to deliver operational excellence, patient, staff and visitor safety, and effective management of the estates backlog using risk-based prioritisation methodologies.

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· Lead the infrastructure strategy for the GSTT estate, ensuring it is legally compliant, safe and with appropriate levels of resilience.

· Drive a safety culture with the team and with all suppliers to ensure the delivery of a safe, healthy and secure environment for patients, staff and visitors

· To ensure that an effective governance strategy is in place to evidence organisational compliance with engineering related legislative requirements.

· To ensure suitable and sufficient operational policies and related processes are in place and monitor that this is embedded.

· Development and ongoing maintenance of a detailed dashboard to report against compliance.

· Provide technical and engineering support and coaching as necessary to ensure all Responsible Persons and other designated persons are able to carry out their duties; and to assist in the development of RPs, CPs and other designated persons to provide a balanced succession plan

· Continuously monitor and review services; identify and implement service, operational and financial improvements to deliver within allocated budgets, improving value for money, including being responsive to changing business needs.

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark

The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member, and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

Interest free Season Ticket Loan

Long Term Service Awards

Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers

A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'

Ride to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free stop smoking service

Our Trust values

We are Caring / Ambitions / Inclusive

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Aug 2026