Electrical / Mechanical (Asset Performance) Technical Officer - 7238

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South East
Farnham , Guildford , Reading , Shepperton , Sunbury-on-Thames
Shepperton Navigation Off, Kings Meadow House, Ladymead Offices, Goldcrest House, Sunbury Depot Site (Leasehold Land)
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£27,138
At the Environment Agency, our Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) team plays a huge part in the work that we do, helping to protect against flooding and minimising the risks caused by any floods that do occur.

Within FCRM sit our Area Operations Teams: Partnership and Strategic Overview, Programme, Asset Performance and Environment & Business. The job-role requires frequent contact with people outside the department in order to provide or obtain information.

Our assets are a diverse range of flood defences, earth banks, walls, pumping stations, flood storage reservoirs, sluices and control structures. They need constant management, maintenance and replacement. Asset Performance (AP) identifies, plans and commissions work to a range of teams to deliver, from contractors to our own workforce. The team assesses our asset conditions, recording and managing that data to create programmes of work. The AP technical office will plan, coordinate and supervise these varied works so that it can be delivered safely, within budget and on time, in accordance with technical specifications, and adhering to environmental best practice.
Asset Performance (AP) talks directly with communities, landowners and partners informing and discussing the work we do with them. AP team strives to achieve results by working with other departments, communicating effectively, handling and recording data and managing information databases employing software packages.
Diploma in relevant vocational training or successfully completed apprenticeship as an electrician or mechanical fitter. Appropriate tertiary education in the form of an Indentured apprenticeship or equivalent to NVQ level 3, or ONC/D with recognised provable ‘hands-on’ training, and appropriate experience.
Computer literate in Word, Excel and Outlook.
Prioritise and efficiently manage mechanical and electrical engineering works.
Experience of the planning and coordination and project management of M&E type work in an efficient manner which required liaising with contractors.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to stay organised.
Some experience of control & monitoring systems, and/or drive systems, and/or pumps and/or river level control structures.
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings both electrical, mechanical and civil.
HNC (Mechanical or Electrical)
CDM awareness & knowledge.
LOLER / PUWER / Electrical testing & inspection and certification.
General knowledge of electrical control system and mechanical engineering systems.
Closing Date: 2nd March 2018 at 23:55 hours

Oluyinka Adelanwa
Telephone: 0203 0259557
Email: APT-LowerThames@environment-agency.gov.uk

Full clean driving licence, as company car or badged vehicle is provided.
Living as local as possible to the area to serve/work in, or able to relocate.
Organisational skills, open and honest approach to work, presentable and articulate mannerism.
Manage M&E maintenance planning and daily project inquiries.
Be able to plan and organise one’s own time and workload.
Awareness and basic knowledge of budgetary process.
Know ones limitations and work within specified / required job role parameters.
Very strong communication and interpersonal skills.

02/03/2018, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
MEICA - Maintenance and work management systems
All M&E flood defence and river level-maintaining asset is categorised as a mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control & automation (MEICA) asset. In accordance with statutory legislation, i.e. PUWER 1998, these assets have to undergo 'planned / programmed' periodic maintenance, and records of this, including replacement and modification, have to be compiled and stored.
What is your understanding and knowledge of why maintenance is required, and your experience of delivering / supervising / reviewing maintenance works?
Delivers Results Through Others
The maintenance of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control & automation (MEICA) assets for the asset performance (AP) and South East UK MEICA teams are all undertaken by in-house mechanical crew and M&E external contractors, with the technical officer as the client's / asset owner's delivery manager.
What is your experience of managing maintenance work or small to medium sized M&E projects; how do you manage, monitor and report on the works you have requested?
Manages Self
The technical officer has two lines of reporting and delivers work and maintains data from other teams. Hence the ability to prioritise one's workload is a vital skill for this job role.
What tools have you used to manage your ever-changing workload?
Technical Support
From the acronym MEICA, what is your technical skill you will bring and how will you apply it in a maintenance and / or M&E project delivery setting?
Manage your health and safety
The health & safety of personnel and members of the public is paramount to the EA, so too, is the protection of wildlife and the environment.
What training or awareness of Safety Health & Environment do you have and how do you apply this in a maintenance and / or M&E project delivery setting in the protection of people and the environment?
Valid Full UK & EU Passenger Vehicle Driving Licence.
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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This Vacancy is closed to applications.