Mechanical Team Member - Field Operations Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) - 16026

We are looking for a skilled mechanical fitter to assist in planned preventative maintenance on flood defence structures and to carry out repair work when necessary. You will be working within a field based team situated across North Essex with mechanical and electrical team members helping to complete our maintenance programme for pumping stations, river control structures, flood barriers, sea wall tidal gates and sluices. The team also operates some of the key flood defences throughout Essex.

Our MEICA assets, which range from 1940s pumping equipment to the most up to date PLC systems, have a very important role in the protection of people, property and the environment.

Applicants will require good written, ‘IT’ and verbal communication skills whilst also being able to work well within a team environment and at times alone and unsupervised.

Work will involve travelling to remote locations, working at height, confined spaces and working near water.

A driving licence is essential, as the role will require travel to various sites within the East Anglia Area. A badged vehicle will be supplied for you to perform these duties.

Some standby and on-call work will be required. You'll also be required to take part in incident response.

MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation) Field Operations Team is a specialised group of mechanical and electrical engineers based across Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The team are tasked with maintaining a variety of flood defence assets from small manual flood gates to complex automated multi-gated sluices, flood defence barriers and pumping stations in a variety of urban and rural locations.

A MEICA operative qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a Mechanical discipline.
With experience in;
• Mechanical maintenance and methodical fault finding.
• Communication and customer relations skills along with the ability to develop and maintain good relations with customers and adapt behaviour to different situations and people.
• Delivering low to medium risk multi-disciplinary projects and/or activities to time cost quality ensuring successful outcomes are achieved.
• Working independently and make decisions about priorities and appropriate action on a day to day basis, to achieve planned outcomes.
• Applying up to date, technically sound knowledge to make decisions and providing sound briefing and guidance clearly and concisely to other staff and customers.
• Basic IT skills is preferably however training will be provided where needed

A full UK driving licence is essential.

You will be willing to undertake specialist/or further training when necessary.

Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be given all of the training and support needed.
We offer an extensive range of employee benefits and there are fully funded opportunities to develop further academic/professional qualifications.

The post will be covering the North Essex area.
The grade rate is £28,785 and the hours of work are 37 per week.

The candidate pack and role profile should be read along with the advert, in order to understand the key accountabilities and skills needed to succeed in this role.

If you have any questions please contact: John Dippnall - 07979245690, john.dippnall@environment-agency.gov.uk or John Withycombe on 07769643291, john.withycombe @environment-agency.gov.uk

Please note in our current coronavirus working environment, interviews will be held remotely by video call.

As part of the MEICA team you will be responsible for carrying out mechanical maintenace and delivering mechanical repair work. Please provide an example of where you have delivered such works and how you ensured it was to a high standard. This should include how you prioritised and organised your tasks and resources to ensure timely results.

Please note we do not accept CVs. It is your answer given below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your responses.

As part of the MEICA team you will work closely with other team members to deliver the maintenance program. Please provide an example of where you have worked co-operatively as part of a team to achieve common goals and what were the dynamics involved that contributed to a succesful result.

Please note we do not accept CVs. It is your answer given below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your responses.

MEICA works involve complex systems which come with their own inherent risks. Please provide an example of when you have delivered a mechanical project and how you managed your health and safety throughout.

Please note we do not accept CVs. It is your answer given below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your responses.

Full UK driving licence.
MEICA operative qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a Mechanical discipline