Senior Electrical Engineer

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., 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, 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 A Full UK Driving Licence Role specific professional membership requirements Yes 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 for more information.

• 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
  
  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 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'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.