Senior Engineer (Electrical) G6 - North East - 14148

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North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
Beverley , Darlington , Leeds , Newcastle , Rotherham , York
Tyneside House, Teesdale House, Coverdale House, Templeborough, Crosskill House, Lateral
Staff Grade 6
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
£45,367
A Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) Senior Engineer will have a relevant Electrical engineering qualification and professional registration in order to assure MEICA whole life asset management activity across the business. This includes the technical assurance, statutory compliance, carbon reduction and capital delivery projects. The asset portfolios served include water resources, flood risk, navigation and air quality monitoring.
The role includes, providing electrical engineering technical leadership and acting as the Senior Authorised Person for engineering matters across the area. A key activity is the risk based MEICA assurance of the business’s Strategically Important Asset stock.

Providing design/technical advice ensuring compliance and staff competence across the area, together with electrical statutory legislation for British and European standards are met for the Environment Agency’s codes of practices, procedures and related guidance.

Assuring the technical capability of staff and identifying areas of technical development for the Agency. You will help to plan and deliver crucial assets, flood protection to homes, businesses and the environment; which will have an increasingly important role as we face the challenge of global climate change. Following our recent ISO55001 Asset Management accreditation, you will be working to develop a world class asset management organisation.
As part of the MEICA Team you will report to the area MEICA Team Leader, acting as technical leader on MEICA activity and will participate in our response to flood incidents. You will provide technical, electrical support and be responsible for liaising with business partners and leading on actions on behalf of the area MEICA Team Leader and Operations Managers.
• Assurance of detailed design of complex MEICA structure.
• Ability to drive resilience/reliability/innovation/efficiency and quality into design.
• Supervision/testing of MEICA process installations including site work.
• Manage whole life H&S and carbon emission issues.
• Knowledge of MEICA statutory legislation, British/European standards.
• Experience leading safety/technical investigations, identifying/disseminating learning to bring about improvements in mechanical/electrical and behavioural safety.
• Knowledge of Asset Management/computer systems including computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Educated to BEng in Electrical Engineering.
• Influencing to persuade/bring others with you.
• Technical Leadership
• CDM 2015/Health and Safety legislation.
• Experience in development/reviewing of technical standards.
• Knowledge of BIM.
• Demonstrated experience operating as the Subject Matter Expert in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in the Electrical role of Authorising Engineer including assurance of HV capability and management systems.

You will be a professionally recognised electrical engineer holding Chartered status with IMechE or IET.
Salary £45,367 (plus £6,000 p.a. for a Chartered MEICA engineer registered with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) (pro-rata – if part time)).

This role is eligible for a lease car as travel across the area (occasionally countrywide) is required.

Applications via CVs ONLY which should be no more than 3 sides of A4.

We offer opportunities to employees such as apprenticeships/job related training; enabling advancement in chosen career. We offer a great benefits package (see candidate pack), an impressive career average pension scheme and 27 days holiday with flexitime working available.

Further information about this role and the MEICA team please contact Neil Hull neil.hull@environmenagency.gov.uk. Recruitment Agencies please do not contact the role lead.

01/03/2020, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Valid UK Driving licence
Chartered MEICA engineer registered with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

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