UK Compliance Manager

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering some of the UK's most important infrastructure and energy projects. We're looking for an experienced UK Compliance Manager to join our team in Glasgow and lead compliance, governance and assurance activities across our operations nationwide.

Reporting to the UK Head of Quality & Compliance, you'll play a key role in ensuring our business continues to meet legal, regulatory, contractual and management system requirements, whilst providing independent assurance and driving continual improvement across a diverse portfolio of projects.

This is a hybrid role based from our Glasgow office, with regular travel across operational projects and business locations throughout the UK.

What you'll be doing

As UK Compliance Manager, you'll provide strategic leadership and independent oversight of compliance activities across the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing the Business Unit Compliance Strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and governance requirements.


• Leading compliance governance arrangements and assurance programmes across the UK.


• Monitoring legislative, regulatory and contractual obligations and ensuring effective implementation across operational teams.


• Managing and developing a team of Compliance Advisors.


• Leading audits, inspections, reviews and compliance assurance activities.


• Acting as the key liaison with external auditors, certification bodies, regulators and assurance providers.


• Maintaining oversight of compliance risks and associated control measures.


• Leading investigations into significant compliance breaches and governance concerns.


• Providing expert advice and recommendations to senior leadership teams.


• Developing compliance KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.


• Analysing trends and identifying opportunities to improve governance, assurance and business performance.


• Embedding lessons learned and driving a culture of continual improvement.


• Delivering compliance awareness, training and capability programmes across the business.

Who we're looking for

We're seeking a highly capable compliance professional with strong leadership skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.

You'll ideally have:

• Significant experience in Compliance, Governance, Assurance, Quality Management or Risk Management.


• Experience working within large, complex or heavily regulated industries such as infrastructure, construction, energy, utilities or engineering.


• A strong understanding of regulatory compliance, governance frameworks and assurance processes.


• Proven experience leading audits, reviews and compliance programmes.


• Experience managing and developing teams.


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.


• The ability to challenge constructively and provide independent, objective advice.


• Experience working with regulators, certification bodies and external auditors.


• Lead Auditor qualifications or equivalent experience would be advantageous.


• Relevant professional qualifications or memberships in Compliance, Governance, Quality or Risk disciplines would be desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com