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Asset Performance Engineer x2

Closing date: 21 February 2023 | Salary: £32,876-£36,229 (Grade 5) | Location: Cross Hands

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full Time, 37 hours

Post numbers: 200844, 202748

As an organisation we support flexible working. This role allows hybrid working (a mix of home and office working) and a working pattern suitable for you can be discussed on appointment if you are successful.

You will be contracted to the NRW location stated in this advert, of which you will be required to attend for regular meetings, training and for one-to-one meetings with your manager. These will be planned in advance.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team developing and delivering long term flood risk asset management plans. These plans help identify the need and opportunities for new assets and ensure that existing critical flood risk assets are managed appropriately now and into the future. Flood risk assets include coastal and tidal defences, river side flood walls and embankments to sluices, penstocks and pumping stations.

We are looking for suitably qualified individuals to collect and analyse asset data and flood risk information to produce briefing notes, business cases, reports, and contracts to inform actions and projects that will reduce the risk of flooding to communities across South Wales

The ideal candidate will have gained relevant experience in a range of roles and/or organisations and have developed a good understanding of the technical nature of the function as well as organisational policy and procedures.

This role is primarily office based but may entail travel between different NRW locations, as well as working at partner organisations and other premises. It will also require work out in the field which will entail working at different sites and locations, requiring you to take relevant equipment with you.

NRW is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004). This means all staff may be required to undertake activities, at a level commensurate with the skills and experience required by their role, to assist in ensuring this duty is undertaken.

This role is suited to a technical person with a passion for working with the environment to make a difference to the lives of people in South Wales.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include:

Manage the National Asset Management System (AMX) and associated data including collecting survey data.
Analyse asset information and flood risk data to determine current and future flood risk asset management need
Support Health & Safety best practice by actively promoting awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices to comply with NRW’s policy and standards
Assist the development of the Medium-Term Plan
Carry out pre-feasibility studies from Flood Risk Management Plans and Shoreline Management Plans
Undertake engineering assessments
Project management of small/medium value (up to £100K) capital and revenue projects
Design, cost benefit, risk priority, project scopes, tender evaluation, and reporting for projects. Also act as Senior User
Monitor compliance with Reservoir Act 1975
Supervise consultants and contractors on frameworks
Representative as a professional partner on flood groups, coastal groups and community events
Advise and support risk management authorities, communities and other stakeholders
Required to take part in incident response activities

Qualifications, experience and knowledge

Knowledge and experience of the following:

Educated to degree level in Civil Engineering or equivalent in a related scientific subject.
Good knowledge of ICT, including GIS systems and CAD (e.g. ARCGIS, AutoCAD). Good knowledge of AMX database would be an advantage.
Good awareness of Health and Safety and relevant regulations e.g Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM).
Knowledge of civil engineering design, construction contract practices.
Member of or demonstrate willingness to work towards membership of a relevant professional body such as ICE/CIWEM.
Project Management experience and PRINCE 2 would be desirable.
Must have full UK driving licence.

Welsh language requirements:

Essential Level 1– able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases

Desirable Level 3 – ability to use Welsh with confidence in some work situations

Please note if you do not meet the level 1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Competencies

Please note - Applications to this role will be assessed based on the following competencies, both at shortlisting and interview. Please give examples of how you demonstrate these competencies when completing your application form.

Essential Knowledge and Skills	Demonstrable relevant experience gained in a number of environments or range of roles, with a good grasp and understanding of organisational policy and procedures. Has previous project management/contract management experience in a technical field and able to undertake the full range of tasks associated with managing projects. Able to evidence a good level of literacy, numeracy and communication skills. Post holders will typically have experience of supervising others/contractors. Able to demonstrate a high level of knowledge and experience of health, safety and wellbeing as well as public safety and public liability.
Evaluation of Information	Ability to understand and interpret technical procedure manuals and statutory codes used whilst undertaking the role. Able to produce business cases, reports, briefing notes and contracts, which will be signed off by others as part of agreed internal processes.
Decision Making and Autonomy Requirements	Ability to decide how best to achieve results, requiring objective judgment. Able to alter priorities where there are conflicting demands or work activities. The post holder will be required to make decisions of a technical nature based on the scope of work, with guidance from others if necessary. Objectives and targets will be delivered in accordance with a governance procedure and will be reviewed on a regular basis. The post holder will be accountable to a Project Executive. Able to apply prior knowledge to resolve problems based on known outcomes, with guidance from the Project Executive if required. Has an understanding that the impact of their decisions will be wider than the immediate function or department and impact the environment and landscape over a long-term.
Impact	Demonstrates an understanding that their decisions and actions will influence others and that projects undertaken, may affect NRW’s reputation externally and impact members of the public. Has an appreciation that decisions taken will have a lasting influence on the landscape with a short to medium term impact. Able to take responsibility for the overall delivery and output of the range of projects, managed within a governance structure. Health and safety considerations will be a feature of all projects and the impact of any risks will need to be identified and managed by the post holder.
Communication and Relationships with Others	Ability to interact and link with other roles across the business, fostering and maintaining good working relationships and networks to engage the organisation in delivering polices and work plans in the most efficient way. Effective communication and persuasive skills, which may include facilitating and presenting at internal or external meetings; giving advice and input as required. Able to manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and third parties involved in project delivery, which may involve a degree of influencing. Ability to produce technical documents, reports, accounts, contracts etc., containing advice, guidance or opinion, which could have detrimental consequences and financial implications if incorrect or poorly drafted. Able to source information and data from multiple locations, requiring external research and professional judgment to determine how the information should be interpreted. Confidence to interact with people externally at all levels. Whilst this is an external facing role; the work undertaken will impact externally and internally at a range of levels, depending on the nature of the project.

Benefits of working for us

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

Agile and flexible working (role dependent)
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and wellbeing benefits and support
Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

How to apply

Please send a completed application form to: Applications@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk using the post number as the email reference

Before completing your application, please read our Guidance on completing a job application form

Application closing date: 21 February 2023

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Gareth Richards at Gareth.richards@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Natural Resources Wales embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

We welcome and encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented, including women, black and ethnic minority groups and people with a disability. We have a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.

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