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Working at Tesco Retail

  • Company employees
    330,000+
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    49:51

Hiring in

  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland

Office locations

As an Engineering Controls Manager at Tesco in Welwyn Garden City, UK, you will lead the development and improvement of engineering controls and BMS platforms across stores and distribution centres. This full-time role features a hybrid work arrangement (60% on-site/office, remainder remote) and focuses on driving innovation, technical standards, and sustainability initiatives.

Requirements

  • Experience in engineering controls, Building Management Systems (BMS), or related technical fields.
  • Track record of delivering technical projects, writing specifications, and managing suppliers.
  • Strong communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on innovation and simplification.
  • No specific degree requirement or minimum years of experience stated in the posting.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Engineering Controls and BMS: Shape short, medium, and long-term development plans for controls platforms across stores and distribution centres.
  • Technical Standards and Compliance: Create world-class technical standards and apply relevant legislation to ensure compliance across the estate.
  • Project Management and Supplier Relations: Lead project design and delivery, write specifications, and build productive relationships with suppliers and industry experts.
  • Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Drive energy reduction and operational improvements by identifying cost-effective solutions and bringing new ideas.
  • Potential transition routes: People from controls engineering, automation engineering, or facilities management roles may bring relevant technical and project delivery skills, alongside meeting the core requirements of this position.

Job description

As our Engineering Controls Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our controls and Building Management Systems across our stores and distribution centres. You’ll help us deliver safe, efficient and future ready environments for colleagues and customers by developing world class standards, driving innovation, and ensuring our platforms are fit for today and tomorrow.

You’ll be the expert in your field—often the first layer of management for people or projects—and you’ll bring energy, curiosity and technical leadership to everything you do.

The Hiring Manager for this role is Matthew Reeves-Smith.

  • Identifying opportunities to develop and improve our engineering controls platforms, ensuring they remain robust, modern and scalable.

  • Creating and maintaining world class technical standards that support delivery of the annual Property business plan.

  • Working cross functionally with technical, operational, IT and Property teams to deliver Group technical standards consistently and effectively.

  • Understanding our existing controls platforms and collaborating with colleagues to shape short, medium and long term development plans.

  • Driving continuous improvement by finding better, simpler and more cost effective solutions that create value for customers and the business.

  • Building strong, productive relationships with industry experts, suppliers and internal stakeholders, influencing others to deliver great results.

  • Ensuring the right technical solutions are in place to meet the current and future needs of our stores and distribution centres.

  • Bringing new ideas and technical innovation to keep our controls strategy aligned with industry best practice and emerging technologies.

  • Creating business cases to support trials and initiatives within your product group, contributing to energy reduction and operational improvement plans.

  • Leading or supporting project design and delivery, including writing specifications within the controls and BMS sector.

  • Applying a strong understanding of industry standards and relevant legislation to ensure compliance and best practice across the estate.

  • Experience in engineering controls, BMS or related technical fields.

  • A track record of delivering technical projects, writing specifications and managing suppliers.

  • Strong communication and influencing skills—you energise others and bring people with you.

  • A continuous improvement mindset, always looking for ways to simplify, improve and innovate.

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Tesco Retail

Engineering Controls Manager

Welwyn Garden City
Hybrid

The ability to balance customer needs, business priorities and long term strategic thinking.

  • Confidence working cross functionally and building relationships at all levels.

  • A passion for delivering great results, bringing technical innovation and new ideas, ensuring the business stays up to date.

  • You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
    At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
    We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

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