Compliance Assessor - South East
At Tesco, we’re committed to keeping our colleagues, customers and equipment safe every day. As a Compliance Assessor – PUWER, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, legal and reliable equipment across our estate.
You’ll be accountable for delivering PUWER compliance, exceptional service, equipment assessments and remediation across around 3,800 retail sites. Working closely with our Heads of Maintenance, you’ll help drive our maintenance and compliance strategy, support continuous improvement, and ensure our estate remains safe, legal and fully functioning for customers, colleagues and stakeholders. You’ll also be a trusted partner to our field teams, providing expert guidance and hands‑on support where it matters most.
The Hiring Manager for this role is Daniel Villiers.
You will be responsible for:
Delivering PUWER assurance across your region
Carrying out PUWER assurance activities including site inspections, validation checks, evidence reviews, and producing clear, accurate assurance reports.
Ensuring all assessments align with PUWER regulations, British Standards, and Tesco internal requirements.
Supporting safe and compliant equipment
Reviewing and validating contractor scopes and quotations for PUWER inspections and remedial works (guarding, control systems, isolation, interlocks).
Acting as the regional PUWER subject matter expert, supporting Maintenance teams across all equipment types and disciplines.
Completing on‑site post‑completion reviews to ensure remedial works meet statutory and internal standards.
Driving national consistency and improvement
Supporting national governance of PUWER Regulations 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 18, helping maintain consistent inspection quality, competence, and evidence management.
Contributing to the development and standardisation of PUWER procedures, ensuring ACoP‑aligned controls for guarding, equipment selection, control systems, isolation, and safety markings.
Identifying regional and systemic PUWER trends and supporting targeted improvement plans.
Working with our partners and internal teams
Collaborating with Tesco Business Solutions Bengaluru on supplier coordination, booking processes, remediation tracking, documentation flow, and compliance reporting.
Providing PUWER input into design, procurement, and asset selection to ensure suitability, risk identification, and alignment with LOLER/PSSR.
Partnering with Property Field Teams to prioritise remedials, coordinate site access, validate risk, and ensure timely closeout of actions.
Supporting safety, compliance, and operational performance
Maintaining accurate regional PUWER documentation and audit‑ready evidence trails.
Supporting incident investigations involving work equipment, providing technical PUWER expertise for root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Helping improve PUWER systems and technology, including registers, automation, scheduling, and evidence‑pack standardisation.
Enabling regional performance improvements by reducing downtime, enhancing safety, and maintaining statutory compliance.
Being mobile and hands‑on
Travelling frequently across your region to complete inspections, assurance reviews, and post‑remedial verification activities.
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You will need:
Strong understanding of PUWER regulations and associated British Standards.
Experience assessing work equipment, guarding, control systems, and safety‑related remedial works.
Confidence working with contractors, suppliers, and internal teams.
Ability to interpret technical information and turn it into clear, actionable guidance.
A proactive, organised approach with a passion for doing the right thing.
What's in it for you:
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Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us:
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.
NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.
We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility
