Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a exciting new position for you to become our Head of Engineering.

The Technical Conservation Team in the National Specialist Services Department specialises in the care, repair and conservation of buildings, structures and landscapes.  We set standards and provide specialist technical services and strategic leadership on the technical aspects of the care, repair, maintenance and adaptation of the historic built environment.  We do this by developing and promoting evidence-based technical policy and best practice and by providing specialist guidance to support those who care for and make decisions about the stewardship of the historic environment. 

What you will be doing

As a member of the Technical Conservation leadership team, you will lead Historic England’s engineering function and have responsibility for both the Building Services Engineering and Structural Engineering teams.  You will provide strategic leadership to the teams in their role of providing high quality specialist technical services and expert capability; ensuring their role of developing, maintaining and promoting appropriate standards, guidance and best practice on the application of building services engineering and civil & structural engineering is directed in support of national and regional corporate priorities. 

You will lead the closer integration of these teams to maintain and enhance a powerful and nationally recognised centre of excellence in all aspects of the application of engineering to the repair, maintenance and adaptation  of the historic built environment. You will do this by forging close links with Regional Delivery teams and other teams in Historic England; you will drive the development of diverse income streams for services (including provision of Shared Service support) to increase the resilience of the teams and Historic England.

What we are looking for:

• A Chartered Engineer

• Proven track record and wide-ranging post-qualification experience in a relevant discipline

• Experience of leading, motivating and developing a multi-disciplinary team

• Strong influencing and negotiating skills, including an ability to think quickly and mediate complex issues and problems in challenging circumstances

• Ability to build credibility quickly and effectively through demonstrating sound knowledge, experience and judgement

• Ability to communicate persuasively with staff at all levels, and with colleagues and a diversity of external partners, both verbally and in writing, in a manner which instils and inspires confidence

 Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at ResourcingTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

Provisional interview date: w/c 22nd January 2024 and w/c 29th January 2024

Please use the link below to view full Job Description:

https://historicengland.org.uk/content/job-descriptions-hr/head-of-engineering-1/

HOW TO APPLY:

We are asking for expressions of interest from anyone who wishes to apply for this opportunity and you will need to submit on no more than two sides of A4 explaining why you want to be considered for this opportunity and the key skills and experience you can bring to this role and why you believe you meet the person specification.  Please email your expression of interest to sally.embree@historicengland.org.uk. Please note you do not need to complete the Applied Online Application.