Technical Assurance Officer

Technical Assurance Officer
Contract: Government
Location: Birmingham, B37 7YB
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent

Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, is seeking a Technical Assurance Officer to conduct independent assurance reviews of technical compliance, maintenance activities, remedial works, asset records and supporting documentation.

This role plays an important part in ensuring contractual, statutory and organisational requirements are met through robust assurance processes and effective governance. The successful candidate will support compliance performance by reviewing technical information, validating evidence and maintaining accurate audit records.

Job Description

The position requires a confident and detail-oriented individual who can assess technical documentation, identify compliance risks and engage effectively with stakeholders across multiple functions. You will contribute to continual improvement initiatives while helping to ensure audit readiness and compliance with established standards.

We are looking for a confident and detail-oriented professional with experience reviewing technical documentation and compliance records.

This role requires the ability to interpret technical information, identify and escalate compliance risks, engage effectively with stakeholders, and support continual improvement across compliance and assurance activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess technical compliance documentation, inspection reports, certifications and maintenance records to ensure adherence with contractual, statutory and organisational requirements.
• Conduct independent assurance reviews of maintenance activities, remedial works, asset records and supporting documentation.
• Validate remedial and corrective actions through assessment of supporting evidence, photographs, test results and work records.
• Identify, record and escalate compliance risks, defects, non-conformances and data quality issues to support timely resolution and risk mitigation.
• Maintain accurate assurance records, audit trails and performance reporting to support governance, regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
• Collaborate with Technical Compliance Managers, subject matter experts, operational teams and Asset & Data Management functions to improve technical compliance performance.
• Support assurance reviews of CAFM records, asset information and maintenance activities to verify accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Contribute to continual improvement activities that enhance compliance performance and assurance processes.

Person Specification

• Experience reviewing technical compliance documentation, maintenance records, certifications and remedial works within FM, engineering, property or infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of compliance, assurance and audit principles, with the ability to assess technical evidence and identify non-conformances.
• Confidence in reviewing, interpreting and assessing technical documentation.
• Experience identifying, recording and escalating compliance risks and issues.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across multiple teams.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to risk identification and problem-solving.
• Confident communicator capable of influencing positive compliance outcomes.
• Professional, objective and committed to maintaining high standards of governance, compliance and continual improvement.