Compliance Engineer (Contract)

Compliance Engineer - Heavy Industry & Minerals

UK Multi-Site | Contract / Permanent Opportunity | Engineering Compliance & Asset Management

KPI Recruiting are supporting a major UK industrial business with the appointment of an experienced Compliance Engineer / Engineering Assurance professional to support a significant engineering improvement programme across multiple operational sites.

This is an opportunity for an engineer who understands heavy industry, minerals, process operations or other highly regulated industrial environments and can take established engineering standards and compliance principles and turn them into practical systems that work across operational sites.

The role is not an audit-only position. You will be expected to identify gaps, establish priorities and then work with engineering teams to implement consistent standards, compliance processes, asset-management systems and lifecycle strategies.

The Environment

We are particularly interested in engineers who have worked within:

Minerals, quarrying, aggregates or cement

Heavy or medium industrial manufacturing

Building products and materials

Steel, metals or other process industries

Petrochemical, chemical or similarly highly regulated environments

Other asset-intensive industrial operations

Candidates from highly regulated petrochemical, chemical or process environments will be considered where they can demonstrate experience of transferring and implementing robust engineering standards and compliance systems into a different industrial environment.

This is not primarily aimed at candidates whose background is centred on automated fulfilment environments, Amazon-style operations or predominantly food manufacturing.

The Role

Working closely with the Head of Engineering and site engineering teams, you will help develop and implement a consistent group-wide approach to:

Engineering Compliance

Review current engineering compliance arrangements across multiple sites, establish a structured compliance register and identify gaps, risks and overdue actions.

This will include areas such as:

Pressure systems

Lifting equipment

LEV

Electrical compliance

Machinery safety and guarding

Structural inspections

Fire and life-safety systems

Gas systems

Workplace transport

Statutory engineering inspections

You will establish clear inspection and maintenance schedules, ownership, escalation processes and reporting, giving the business greater visibility and control of engineering compliance.

Engineering Standards

Review existing engineering standards, procedures and specifications and develop consistent group-level requirements where required.

This will include:

Equipment design and installation

Machinery safety

Electrical and mechanical standards

Guarding and isolation

Lockout / LOTO

Contractor works

Commissioning

Engineering documentation

Maintenance requirements

Asset record keeping

The objective is to create practical, proportionate standards that can be embedded across multiple operational sites.

Asset Management & Obsolescence

Support the development of a structured approach to engineering asset management, reviewing existing asset registers and identifying critical, ageing or obsolete equipment.

You will develop approaches covering:

Equipment criticality

Asset condition

Obsolescence

Reliability and operational risk

Safety-critical equipment

Spare-parts availability

Lifecycle management

Replacement and investment planning

Your work will help establish a clear view of asset risk, future capital requirements and engineering priorities across the group.

Key Deliverables

The initial programme will include:

Baseline engineering compliance assessment

Consolidated engineering compliance register

Prioritised gap analysis and action plan

Group engineering standards programme

Equipment criticality methodology

Equipment obsolescence methodology

Lifecycle risk register

Prioritised asset replacement strategy

Framework for embedding the approach into business-as-usual operations

About You

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Compliance, Engineering Assurance, Asset Management, Maintenance or Reliability professional who has worked in a complex, asset-intensive industrial environment.

You are likely to have experience within minerals, quarrying, aggregates, cement, building products, heavy manufacturing, metals, petrochemical, chemical or another highly regulated process environment.

Most importantly, you will be someone who has implemented engineering standards, compliance systems or asset-management processes, rather than simply conducting audits against them.

You will need to be comfortable:

Working across multiple operational sites

Engaging directly with engineering and maintenance teams

Working with senior engineering leadership

Challenging existing practices

Turning engineering risks into practical improvement plans

Establishing consistent standards and governance

Working independently and taking ownership of the programme

A relevant Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, Maintenance or Engineering qualification is required.

Professional registration or additional qualifications in areas such as machinery safety, asset management, functional safety or statutory compliance would be advantageous.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to make a genuine group-wide impact within a heavy industrial environment.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to take their experience of engineering compliance, assurance and asset management and build a consistent framework across a multi-site UK operation.

The role will involve travel across UK operational sites and regular engagement with the Head of Engineering.

Interested?

Apply today through KPI Recruiting or contact our Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment team for a confidential discussion about the programme, environment and requirements.

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