Environment Agency
Specialist Team Member (STM) - 36136
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Job Description
This role is primarily an office-based role, but you will be required to work outside in all weathers. This role is not compatible with remote or hybrid working and there is a requirement to live within 1 hour of the Mablethorpe Depot LN12 1NB.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference?
Our Field Operations teams work towards protecting people and the environment by maintaining and operating our flood and coastal risk management assets across the country. We provide advice and support to our colleagues across the business and to external customers and stakeholders. We respond to flooding and environmental incidents both day and night and provide mutual aid which supports our colleagues and communities during flooding.
Role of the Maintenance Planner (STM)
The role of the Maintenance planner (STM) is to provide technical knowledge and assistance, onsite risk assessments and method statements along with the organisation of plant and materials required to complete onsite works. As our ‘frontline’, the field teams use a range of plant, machinery and equipment to carry out maintenance works on local river systems and coastal defences. Our team protect people and the environment by providing 24/7 operational response during flood events. The teams work collaboratively across the organisation to achieve positive outcomes. In this role you will work closely with your Team Leader to:
- Complete our maintenance programme by planning, scheduling and resourcing works
- Actively monitor the team’s work to ensure that high standards in health, safety and wellbeing are maintained whilst promoting a proactive culture
- Ensure we have clear and concise site paperwork, assist on projects, take responsibility for work specifications, and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
- Ensure work sites are fully compliant to legal requirements and Environment Agency policies and procedures
- Identify, organise, and coordinate training to test our incident response plans
The Team
Mablethorpe Field Team are responsible for carrying out the yearly routine maintenance on local river systems and coastal defences. The works include grass cutting of embankments using a range of machinery, weed cutting of river systems by machinery and by hand, Bushing winter works, Ground maintenance of pumping stations and amenities, and ongoing coastal defence repairs. Along with providing a 24/7 incident response capability to assets to ensure correct working conditions.
Experience/Skills Required
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Our team are currently seeking a proactive, self-motivated and confident communicator with experience working in the maintenance sector. The ideal candidate will have a sound knowledge of Health & Safety procedures with agricultural, grounds maintenance or construction based experience.
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You'll be able to demonstrate the following:
- Background working with machinery and heavy plant.
- Knowledge and experience managing Health & Safety in a maintenance and response environment
- Competent IT literacy; the ability to use devices, Excel and databases
- Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities
- Good knowledge of Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS), Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
- Great organisational skills and the ability to work well under pressure
- Effective and inclusive leadership
Qualifications/Licences:
- Full UK Driving Licence – essential.
- Health & Safety accreditations are advantageous
Contact and Additional Information
Please thoroughly read the attached Candidate Pack and Additional Information document for a full breakdown of what is available, and where.
Please note, this role is not compatible with remote or hybrid working.
For questions relating to this role, please contact: Bradley.Bushnell@environment-agency.gov.uk
Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.
Interviews will be held in person three weeks after the closing date.
If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.
Competence 1
Health Safety & Wellbeing
Description
Description: Making sure that risks to your team are controlled safely and effectively.
Question: As a Specialist Team Member your role is key to ensuring that the risks to the team are controlled safely and effectively. Please tell us about your approach to health, safety and the environment for on-site working. How have you helped ensure that people work safely, whilst also considering the environmental impacts of the work?
More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.
Competence 2
Programme and Project Management
Description
Description: Selects, plans and manages contractors, programmes or events to achieve a set of Environment Agency objectives cost-effectively.
Question: As a Specialist Team Member, you will need to work closely with your Team Leader to help schedule the team’s work, and to produce accurate and appropriate paperwork/documentation (including site packs) to enable work to be carried out on site. Please tell us about your experience of producing/working to documentation for site work or similar?
Competence 3
Communicates Effectively
Description
Description: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
Question: A Specialist Team Member regularly interacts with landowners and members of the public, as well as team members and other colleagues, so you will need to be able to communicate confidently and professionally. Please tell us how your personal approach ensures you provide clear and effective communication to others, and provide an example of how you have previously dealt with a difficult situation to ensure a positive outcome?
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Role specific license requirements
- Full UK 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.
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.
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