Asset Performance Officer - 4 posts (2 x permanent & 2 assignment) - 13980

We're looking to strengthen our Asset Performance teams based out of Trentside Offices and Rothley Depot. You will play a leading role in planning the maintenance of our flood risk assets and take ownership for a geographical patch. Your enthusiasm and positivity will help you find solutions that deliver our maintenance activities.
You will perform an essential role in ensuring that people and property are protected from flooding by helping us take the right investment decision at the right time; based upon robust data and excellent knowledge of our assets. You will work in partnership with our Field Teams, external contractors, risk management authorities, and other partners to deliver improvements to our flood risk assets.
Your day to day tasks will vary such that you may be planning a construction project one day, undertaking data work the next day and liaising with contractors and local residents on another. You also have the opportunity to get involved in incident response and take a leading role in co-ordinating our field service operatives during a flood event. This is a hugely rewarding role that can provide a lot of job satisfaction and opportunities for professional development.

Based in the East Midlands, we manage our flood risk assets through all stages of the asset management lifecycle - from conception through to maintaining our current asset base to decommissioning assets. Our teams comprise a mix of civil engineers, data and technical leads, asset inspector and technical admin support. We inspect assets and develop work programmes in close collaboration with our Field Teams and other internal partners.

We're seeking individuals with a passion for asset management and a drive to better protect our communities at flood risk. We’re looking for people with project management skills and / or asset management experience, preferably with relevant work experience in the flood risk sector.
Ideally, you'll have an engineering or science background or be able to demonstrate comparable technical knowledge and work experience. Please don’t be put off applying if you don’t have a degree - we also value practical experience in the flood risk sector.
Formal qualifications in civil engineering, project management; data and information management (e.g. GIS); and experience of undertaking works in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 are advantageous.
Other key requirements for this job include excellent communication skills; proficiency in data and information management; undertaking work in accordance with health and safety requirements; team-working; and focussing on our customers and partners.

There are 4 posts available, 1 permanent and 1 temporary at both the Nottingham and Rothley offices. A lease car maybe provided for these roles on a business need basis as travel to site and across the East Midlands will be required. Additionally a full UK driving licence is required for all roles. We also expect all applicants to be prepared and willing to actively participate in an out of hour's formal incident role.
The Environment Agency offer an extensive range of employee benefits and encourage professional development and membership within professional bodies.
Interviews will be held in February/March 2020.
For any questions relating to these roles, please contact:
Toby.jesson@environment-agency.gov.uk - Rothley Depot
Thomas.bridge@environment-agency.gov.uk - Trentside Offices

As an Asset Performance Officer, you will be supporting the construction, maintenance and operation of our flood risk assets. Giving examples, please tell us about your knowledge and experience of managing assets?

In this role, you'll be expected to manage small-scale construction and engineering works. Giving examples, please tell us about your experience of project managing site-based engineering works and any health and safety requirements you've complied with.

As an Asset Performance Officer, you will be expected to communicate and engage with others effectively through speech and writing. Using an example, please tell us about a time where you had to use your communication skills effectively to convey information and ideas clearly to others. Who was your audience? What was the message? What did you take into consideration to ensure the message landed well?

In this role, you'll be expected to maintain and interrogate our databases and Asset Information Management System (AIMS). Using an example, please describe how you have collected, analysed, interpreted and managed data and information to make an evidence based decision. What factors did you consider in your decision making and what was the outcome?

Full UK driving licence