Senior Electrical Engineer - 30462

Environment Agency; Playden; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental agency seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to provide technical guidance and ensure compliance across various assets. The role involves working closely with construction partners and leading safety initiatives. The successful candidate will have experience with high voltage equipment and will be part of a national network of senior engineers.

Benefits

27 days holiday

Flexitime working

Career average pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with high voltage supplied equipment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of electrical statutory legislation.
• Experience leading safety/technical investigations.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical technical guidance and ensure compliance.
• Deliver role of Senior Appointed Person (High Voltage).
• Assure technical capability and competence of staff.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Technical Leadership

High Voltage Management

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

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Job Description

We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. As an organisation we strive to reflect the communities we serve and continue to develop diversity throughout our workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation, or religion.

Job Description

We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. As an organisation we strive to reflect the communities we serve and continue to develop diversity throughout our workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation, or religion.

This role is an opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer to assure all electrical activity, provide electrical technical guidance, ensure electrical statutory compliance, across multiple flood & coastal risk management and Water, Land & Biodiversity assets. The successful candidate will work very closely with numerous construction and design partners acting as the knowledgeable person for the client. You will be a key person within the EA’s national network of senior engineers and work in partnership with the national electrical assurance and safety initiatives.

You will provide design/technical advice ensuring compliance with electrical statutory legislation for British and European standards, and the EA’s codes of practices, procedures, and related guidance.

With several high voltage supplied assets in the Area, you will deliver the role of Senior Appointed Person (High Voltage). Experience of, training in and working with High voltage supplied equipment is an essential requirement of this role. Assessment will be via the Environment Agency appointed authorising engineer. You will also become part of our group of HV engineers working across the EA.

You will assure the technical capability and competence of staff, identifying areas of technical development for the EA. You will help to plan and deliver crucial asset investments, including flood protection to homes, businesses and the environment.

You will be asked to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents. This will attract an additional payment. Full training is available to support you with your incident role.

The team

You will work in the MEICA Operations team for the South-East Supra Area covering Hertfordshire and North London (HNL) and Kent, South London and East Sussex (KSLES). The Team covers a wide range of technical specialisms known as MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation), responsible for the technical assurance of associated MEICA projects and asset maintenance delivered through contracted maintenance organisations. You provide technical support to staff within your team.

Experience/skills Required

Experienced, trained and qualified in the running, maintenance and safe management of high voltage supplied equipment: to a level you may be appointed as a ‘Senior Appointed Person (SAP) High Voltage.

Comprehensive knowledge of Electrical statutory legislation, British , European standards

Demonstrated experience as a Subject Matter Expert in Electrical Engineering, providing electrical technical advice

Experience in providing assurance of complex electrical works , electrical design, to drive resilience, reliability, innovation, efficiency, safety, quality, carbon efficiency, and maintainability

Experience in managing/testing electrical and instrumentation installations including site work.

Experience leading safety/technical investigations, identifying/disseminating learning to bring about improvements in electrical and behavioural safety

Ability to influence and persuade others combined with strong technical leadership

Knowledge of Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM2015), Health, Safety & Welfare Regulations, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Asset Management, maintenance management systems.

Professionally recognised electrical engineer holding Chartered status with a professional body e.g. IET

Contact and additional information

Salary £52,929 p.a. (plus £9,750 p.a. for a Chartered MEICA engineer registered with an appropriate institution). London weighting may apply.

We offer a great benefits package (see candidate pack), an impressive career average pension scheme and 27 days holiday (increasing with period of service), plus bank holidays, with flexitime working available of up to an additional 18 days leave based on accrual/use.

You will have a designated EA Office base location selected nearest to your home address, but as the team cover a large area the working location is flexible and home working arrangements can be negotiated. UK Driving license essential for regular attendance at assets locations or offices throughout the region. Interviews Week Commencing 2nd June.

For further information please contact [e-mail].

Competence 1

Focuses on Customers and Partners

Description

Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.

Question- A key aspect of this role will be the customer single point of contact in a given area to manage work priorities and project support needs. Can you describe where you have had to do this, how did you manage priorities and gaining support to pick up tasks etc. How do you improve effectiveness?

Note- Specific real examples are better than generic answers.

Competence 2

MEICA Technical Advice and Design

Description

MEICA Technical Advice and Design

Provision of specialist technical advice and design to ensure effective, efficient and safe MEICA activity

Question- In this role the advisor acts as internal consultant to the EA partners we work with, we provide expert advice aligned to standards and regulations accordingly. Can you explain where you have had responsibility for the generation of technical documentation to support a multi-discipline project? How was this linked to any regulatory requirements if any and what challenges have you dealt with in the creation and approval of said documents? Note- Specific real examples are better than generic answers.

Role specific license requirements

Full UK Driving License - Essential

Role specific professional membership requirements

Chartered through IET or 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.

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.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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