Electrical/Mechanical Engineer / Officer - East Anglia - 12554

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East Midlands, East of England
Bedford , Brampton , Ely , Ipswich , Kettering , Lincoln , Norwich , Peterborough , Spalding
Bedford Depot, Ely Office, Brampton Office, Dragonfly House, Iceni House, Spalding Office, Kingfisher House, Nene House, Ceres House, 2 Searby Rd, LN2 4DT
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
£27,572
A Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) Engineer will have a relevant Mechanical or Electrical engineering qualification and will join the Midlands area MEICA team to prioritise, plan and deliver through contractors maintenance and replacement work to flood risk pumping stations, water control structures and our wider business. Following our recent ISO55001 accreditation, we are working closely with external contractors to develop a world class asset management organisation.

The role will be responsible for providing technical leadership to assure technical and design standards, monitoring the quality and advising on the requirements to meet specialist MEICA technical, safety, legal, environmental and operational requirements, spreading across the geographic areas covering a very diverse range of assets.

You will provide technical instructions to ensure staff across the Midlands involved with electrical and mechanical works comply with statutory legislation, British and European standards together with Environment Agency’s codes of practices, procedures and related guidance.
Joining our friendly and important East Anglian MEICA Teams you will report to the MEICA Team Leaders, acting as technical officer on MEICA activity and will participate in our response to flood incidents. You will provide technical electrical and/or mechanical support and direction to other team members and be involved with liaising with a wide range of business partners and assisting on actions on behalf of the East Anglian MEICA Team Leaders and Operations Managers
- Knowledge of MEICA related statutory legislation, British and European standards.
- Experience of safety investigations, identifying and disseminating learning to bring about improvements in electrical/mechanical and behavioural safety.
- Knowledge and experience of Root Cause Analysis, Reliability engineering and process improvement.
- A good understanding of Asset Management and asset management computer systems such as computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS) will be an advantage.
- Highly motivated self-starter.
- Outcome focussed. You will need to demonstrate you can deliver the required tasks.
- Educated to minimum HNC level or equivalent vocational experience.
- Ability to influence, persuade and bring others with you.
- Technical Leadership
- CDM 2015 and general health and safety awareness.
- Reviewing technical specifications.

You will ideally be a professionally recognised mechanical or electrical engineer holding either Chartered or Incorporated status with the IMechE or IET.
Travel across the area and occasionally across the country is required and a lease car is provided
We are an employer who offers continuous improvement opportunities to employees such as apprenticeships and job related training; enabling advancement in chosen career paths and improving knowledge to enhance their roles. Work/life balance is important to us as an employer and we offer a great benefits package (see candidate pack), an impressive career average pension scheme, 25 days holiday with flexitime working available.

For further information about this role, the teams and working with the East Anglian based MEICA teams please contact EANWC@environment-agency.gov.uk.

10/11/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
A full UK driving licence
Registered with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) as either an Incorporated or Chartered member.
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.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

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This Vacancy is closed to applications.