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Assistant Engineer (Flood Risk Management)

Closing date: 19 February 2023 | Salary: £28,403 - £32,088 (Grade 4) | Location: Flexible within South East Wales

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week.

Post numbers: 201080

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 a NRW office within the place base, 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

Covering South East Wales, the Integrated Engineering team provides professional technical services to ensure delivery of the annual flood risk asset maintenance programme and low to medium value capital projects.

As a key part of this team, the post holder will support the preparation of information required to allow the work identified in our programmes to proceed in a safe and efficient manner in support of senior staff.

Ideally from an engineering or construction background, your key duties will include the upkeep of our asset maintenance GIS database, surveying and monitoring of assets out in the field, producing asset inspection reports to help plan and deliver a work programme.

You will be working in a team of similar experienced technical staff, delivering a risk-based service across South East Wales and you may be involved in NRW's emergency response to flooding as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).

This role is suited to a technical person with some post qualification experience and who has a passion for working with the environment to make a difference to the lives of people in South East Wales.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

Contribute to and monitor the planning and delivery of the flood risk asset maintenance programme, including individual projects.
Undertake utility searches and gather other technical, environmental and H&S information for individual works and input into the risk management planning of the work.
Provide financial and technical data, including estimating, to enable accurate costing to ensure efficient and effective delivery of works to meet cost, quality, and deadlines.
Assist in the support of contract management and the undertaking of active monitoring to deliver the flood risk maintenance programme.
Effective use of GIS systems to produce critical documents, used in the delivery of FRM maintenance and projects.
Procuring goods and services, adhering to framework agreements and following processes and procedures.
Liaise with stakeholders such as local authorities, landowners, environmental groups etc.
Assist with the development of flood incident response plans.
Independently undertake site surveys assessing asset maintenance and flood scheme improvement projects.
Participate in an emergency response rota.

Qualifications, experience and knowledge

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:

Educated to HND/HNC in Civil Engineering or equivalent with a minimum advanced level (A levels or equivalent) and related experience. Consideration will be given to applicants who are able to demonstrate significant equivalent relevant experience.
Knowledge of flood risk management activities and understanding of wider approaches to river and coastal asset management.
Good knowledge of ICT. Knowledge of GIS systems and CAD (e.g. ARCGIS, AutoCAD).
Some knowledge of Health and Safety and relevant regulations e.g. Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM) would be an advantage.
Full UK driving licence.

Welsh language requirements

Essential: Level 1 - able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases

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

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	Ability to demonstrate a good level of previous practical experience in a defined technical skill that enables the post holder to provide guidance and supervision to others, as well as undertake surveys and inspections and manage small discrete projects. Roles may be graduate entry level roles. Technical, operational and project management skills are important. Able to demonstrate a good level of literacy, numeracy and communication skills, with a good knowledge and understanding of health, safety and wellbeing, as well as public safety and public liability. Able to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders. Technical skills in CAD, GIS and project appraisal may be required. Ability to supervise contractors and have knowledge of safe working practices, together with the ability to undertake health and safety surveys and inspections.
Evaluation of Information	Ability to understand and interpret requirements, procedure manuals and statutory codes. Ability to understand the obligations within contractual documentation, which may need to be measured and monitored. Work undertaken by the post holder may also involve the use of CAD/GIS and some project assessment and evaluation.
Decision Making and Autonomy Requirements	Work will be guided by defined policies, procedures and expected outcomes and will be managed, rather than directly supervised. Ability to interpret methods, allowing the post holder some discretion to vary or tailor the approach, within broad procedures. May manage small projects requiring decisions to be taken around how best to achieve results, with a degree of problem solving. Decisions may have a degree of complexity and require the need to apply different techniques or methods. The post holder may be involved in contract design, tendering and project appraisal, although the post holder will generally make recommendations to others, rather than be the final decision maker. The post holder may supervise contracts, supported by making operational decisions on a day to day basis, escalating issues as required.
Impact	The work primarily affects the direct environment, which may have the potential, if carried out incorrectly, to impact on the team, people and property. The impact would be known fairly immediately and could be rectified and addressed quickly without any longer-term issues arising.
Communication and Relationships with Others	The post holder will have a high level of customer interaction requiring good communication skills, both verbal and written. The work may involve dealing with complaints and stakeholder liaison so that tact, diplomacy and the ability to deal sensitively with people or issues is important. The work may involve the supervision of contractors requiring the post holder to brief and advise others.

Benefits of working for us

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

Agile and flexible working
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
Competitive financial rewards to enhance your monthly pay

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: 19 February 2023

Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams

If you have any queries about the role, please contact James Galsworthy at james.galsworthy@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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