Senior Electrical Engineer

at  Environment Agency

Region
South East, South West
City/Town
Chichester , Farnham , Oxford , Pevensey, Reading , Romsey , Worthing
Grade
Staff Grade 6
Post Type
Permanent
Role Type
Engineering, Environment & Sustainability
Working Pattern
Full Time
Salary Minimum
£52,929
Closing Date:
02/02/2025, 23:55 hours
Security checks level
Basic Check
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 unique role is an opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer to assure all electrical activity, provide electrical technical guidance, ensure electrical statutory compliance, and enable carbon reduction initiatives 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.
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, which will have an increasingly important role as we face the challenge of global climate change. Following our ISO55001 Asset Management accreditation, you will be working to develop a world class asset management organisation.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be asked to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This will attract an additional payment and full training will be available to support you with your incident role.
The team
You will work in the MEICA Operations team for the South East region covering Solent and South Downs (SSD) and Thames. 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
Comprehensive knowledge of Electrical statutory legislation, British and European standards
Demonstrated experience operating as a Subject Matter Expert in Electrical Engineering and providing electrical technical advice
Experience in providing assurance of complex electrical works and 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 (HS&W) Regulations, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Asset Management/computerised maintenance management systems.
A 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 the an appropriate institution).
We offer a great benefits package (see ), 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’ll 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.
Candidates may become eligible for the Lease Car Scheme, dependant of quantity of travel required.
For further information about this role and the MEICA team please contact recruitment.lna@environment-agency.gov.uk. interview dates 12-18 Feb
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 Licence
Role specific professional membership requirements
Yes chartered through IET or IMECHE