Lead Team Member 2 - 23595

As a Lead Team Member you will lead a small team in the delivery of our area asset maintenance programme, in a safe and environmentally sensitive way, whilst maintaining the Agencies conservation and environmental policies & procedures in minimizing the risk of environmental damage.

Tasks will include the responding to both flooding and environmental incidents, operating and maintaining assets and minor construction.

You will act as site admin using the new AIMS OM app and assist your fellow field team members with AIMS OM where needed.

You will be required to help produce Construction phase plans, Winch and lifting plans and plan your teams work, this will include liaising with the specialist team members aiding the delivery

You will organise and arrange for equipment/materials to be available on site as specified so that work can be completed in line with required standards and to time scales. You will effectively operate assets and equipment in response to flood or environmental incidents in order to minimize the impact. You’ll assist the Team Leader in identifying development needs for you and other team members, coaching and mentoring them and ensuring they have the required skillset to deliver work to a good standard.

The team is well-trained and has a variety of specialist skills and experience, including driving and operating plant, undertaking tree work, grounds maintenance, minor construction works and the operation of water level management structures.
The team is also part of an out of hours incident response rota, and you will be expected to participate in regular rosters and may be asked to temporarily locate to other areas to assist in incidents.

You’ll need to be:

• A team player willing to work with and lead others;
• Positive, adaptable with a can do approach;
• Lead in health & safety, conservation & environmental awareness ensuring compliance with policies and standards;
• Able to communicate effectively with team members, landowners and the public and able to make decisions;
• Able to organise and arrange equipment & materials to be available to enable work to be carried out on time and to a high standard.
• Competent using IT devices, iPad and willing to use our systems;

We would like you to have a good level of environmental awareness and be able to use a range of different tools, although training will be given.

The post holder will be expected to hold an incident role and to contribute to incident response activities.

A Full UK Driving Licence is essential.

The role is based at Kidderminster which is on the Hoo Farm Industrial Estate in Kidderminster You will be working in the West Midlands, predominantly Worcestershire and live within 45 mins comfortable drive of Mance House. Salary £22,043

For further details please contact the recruiting manager Andrew Rogers on 07748111798 or Andrew.Rogers1@environment-agency.gov.uk

In this role you will be leading your team to carry out our work in the field. Give examples of your team leadership. Describe how you like to lead people and why. If you have not led a team before describe how you would like to lead people and why.

Give us examples of Health, Safety and Wellbeing risks that you have faced or managed whilst challenging others and what were the outcomes?

Please provide an example of a time you have delivered the below competency:

You will be required to use your own initiative to resolve problems, sometimes under pressure during incidents. Tell us about a time you found and delivered an innovative solution to an ongoing issue. What information did you need to consider and what were the alternatives to the solution you chose?

Full UK driving licence.