Compliance Technician

As a Compliance Technician at Tesco, you will help keep our colleagues, customers and contractors safe across one of the UK's largest and most diverse property portfolios.

Working as part of the Compliance Team, you will help ensure sites, assets and maintenance activities remain compliant with legislation, industry standards and Tesco policies through a mix of site‑based inspections, audits, assurance activities, compliance projects and desk‑based technical reviews.

• Support the team in ensuring the business meets compliance requirements across areas such as lifting equipment, fire safety, hazardous materials, pressure systems, water hygiene, LEV and statutory inspection programmes.
• Take ownership of specific compliance areas based on your experience, with the opportunity to build skills in additional disciplines.
• Carry out site visits, inspections, audits, assurance activities and desk‑based reviews to ensure safety, quality and compliance standards are met.
• Support and deliver compliance projects across Distribution Centres, Retail, One Stop and Property locations.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor statutory inspections across multiple asset groups, ensuring legal inspection requirements are completed within required timescales.
• Review inspection findings, identify trends and support corrective actions arising from audits, inspections and compliance reviews.
• Verify asset information and support the maintenance of accurate asset registers and compliance records.
• Investigate equipment issues and incidents by carrying out inspections, gathering evidence and supporting root cause analysis activities.
• Produce clear, accurate reports, compliance updates and recommendations for senior stakeholders within agreed timelines.
• Share technical updates and compliance guidance with operational teams, helping them understand and implement legislative and procedural changes.
• Support the development, review and continuous improvement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW).
• Keep up to date with changes to legislation, regulations and Safe Systems of Work, ensuring requirements are understood and implemented.
• Contribute to improving maintenance plans (PPMs), inspection processes and standard procedures (SOPs).
• Manage communications and reporting linked to legally required inspections and compliance activities.
• Monitor compliance data, KPIs and performance measures to track compliance against business and legislative requirements.
• Use business systems to oversee maintenance activity, support contractor performance management, and improve the use of internal resources.
• Support contractor audits and work with Contract Managers to ensure agreed standards and regulatory requirements are met.
• Work collaboratively with contractors, external specialists, industry bodies and regulatory organisations to improve safety, compliance and operational performance.
• Support compliance activities across assets including lifting equipment, automatic doors, fire systems, pressure systems, escalators, travelators and other regulated equipment as required.

• Full clean UK driving licence.
• Understanding of continuous improvement and how to apply it in day‑to‑day work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyse data and use insights to support decision making and compliance improvements.
• Good problem‑solving skills with a practical, solutions‑focused approach.
• Comfortable using systems and IT, including Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, statutory inspection programmes and engineering compliance processes.
• Awareness of governance and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience managing and delivering legal compliance within an engineering environment (e.g. DSEAR, LOLER, PUWER, L8, PSSR, COSHH/LEV).
• Ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation, regulations and industry standards.
• Experience carrying out audits, inspections, compliance reviews or assurance activities.
• Experience managing compliance records, inspection data and asset information.
• Ability to produce clear…