Asset Performance Advisor - 19453

1
South West
Bodmin , Redruth
Sir John Moore House, Tolgus Depot
Staff Grade 5
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£36,389
You’ll lead on portfolios of work to ensure that flood risk assets in Devon and Cornwall are reliable and resilient. Monitoring the progress of all work, identifying gaps in the delivery of priorities and taking the necessary remedial action, you’ll be on hand to respond to issues and emergencies. You'll be a point of technical expertise for colleagues, partners and stakeholders.

You’ll be tasked several of the following, ensuring that Health & Safety of our teams and impact on the environment is at the forefront of everything we do, you will:

•As a Senior User for our Capital programmes, ensure we identify our assets that are approaching the end of their lives and identify assets in need of reconditioning or repair to ensure they are fit for purpose
•Work alongside FCERM colleagues on the capital programmes to increase adaptation and resilience to flooding and coastal change for our communities
•Act as Responsible Officer for key flood risk assets on behalf of the Team Leader
•Provide technical leadership and development to Officers within the team
•Lead on decommissioning of uneconomic and legacy assets
•Coordinate robust plans for normal and abnormal operation of our assets as well as planning for exceedance events
Our assets are diverse, consisting of flood and coastal defences such as earth banks, walls, pumping stations, flood storage reservoirs, sluices & tidal barriers. Requiring constant management, maintenance and replacement. Our Asset Performance team makes sure that assets are inspected, surveyed, assessed, maintained and operated in a safe and effective manner to reduce flood risk for people and property. Ensuring that flood risk is managed by others, often inspecting assets and encouraging intervention if required.
You’ll understand and have significant experience in both flood risk and asset management and ideally be a qualified (Chartered or Incorporated) civil engineer. It is desirable that you’re a member of a relevant professional body (e.g. ICE or IAM). You'll be educated to degree level in civil or mechanical engineering 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 experience in the flood risk sector.

Experience of health and safety requirements and undertaking construction works in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 is advantageous.

Other key requirements for this job include excellent communication skills; proficiency in data and information management in order to make evidence-based decisions; the ability to coach and mentor others; and the ability to deliver results through others.
You will be expected to take on an incident management role to respond to flooding and environmental pollution incidents after a short period of becoming familiar with the patch. This will involve out of hours working. Full training and support will be provided.

Please download the candidate pack for more information.

For further information please contact Joe Parish. Tel: 020847 6272 email: josef.parish@environment-agency.gov.uk

24/09/2021, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Please tell us about a time when you have delivered a solution through analysing information to make informed decisions and considering all alternative solutions.
Influences and Persuades Others
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Embraces Change
Please tell us about a task or piece of work that you have identified the need for change, how you implemented and then supported others with/through the change.
Uses Initiative
As an Advisor the Team Leader relies on you to use your experience to be able to proactively look for better ways of delivering. Please give an example where you have used your initiative to deliver a task or piece of work more efficiently and perhaps adopted as best practice.
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.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

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