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Job Summary:
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.
We, at the Joint Services Adventurous Sail Training Centre deliver offshore sailing Adventurous Training to the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, in order to develop important leadership and resilience in service personnel. We deliver the full range of shore and water-based training courses from the Royal Yachting Association to over 4500 service personnel each year. In addition, we enable military organisations to plan, manage and deliver their own sailing training through provision and support to Continuation Training in the UK and worldwide. We manage and maintain a fleet of twenty-five MOD Sailing Training Craft ranging 34ft to 72ft at its excellent facilities in Gosport, as well as providing support to deployed Sailing Training Craft in the UK and overseas.
We are looking for a motivated and dynamic individual to join our core engineering team responsible for delivering technical support to the maintenance of MOD Sail Training Craft.
The Marine Electrician will provide Marine Electrical Engineering support as part of a team of 14 staff maintaining the training fleet alongside another Marine Electrician, working to scheduled maintenance programmes and making repairs to the MOD yachts in a purpose-built engineering facility alongside Portsmouth harbour.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description:
The Marine Electrician is directed by the Engineering Facilities Manager in the primary role to:
* Operate as part of the maintenance and engineering team who provide technical maintenance and repair of the MOD training yachts
* Repair and maintenance of all yacht electrical systems 12/24V
* Manage and provide equipment care and maintenance of 12/24V batteries.
* Assure the quality of electrical work on ail Training Craft.
* Ensure the routine maintenance of electrical systems as listed in the Maintenance Schedule is carried out
* Manage and operate with a good knowledge of Safety Health Environment and Fire (SHEF) orders, including working at height regulations, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH), safety data sheets and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with Risk Assessments.
* Conduct local purchase of consumable material/tools/equipment to ensure electrical tasks are completed
* Supervise and provide guidance, advice, direction and training to other staff members in the Engineering and Maintenance Department.
* Manage the care and operation of electrical machinery in the workshop, including maintaining staff competency and ensuring the correct use and maintenance of appropriate PPE.
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options
* A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
* A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and experience in working in the maritime environment with electrical systems on commercial sailing yachts or motorboats.
Whilst holding a formal qualification (City & Guilds Level 3 Or NVQ Level 3 in Marine Engineering and Electrics or Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications) suitable applications should be able to show evidence in the following areas.
Essential Criteria:
* Working with power tools and Workshop static machinery.
* Operating electrical diagnostic tools.
* Knowledge of working with 12/24V/230V electrical systems.
* Knowledge of working with electrical Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) Testing.
* Knowledge and good practice of health and safety.
* Applications without formal qualifications but knowledge and experience of working with sailing yachts will be considered. Further training will be provided to suitable candidates, as required.
* Ability to work independently using own initiative with a flexible and proactive approach to work.
* Experience of working in a fast-paced dynamic environment including the ability to work calmly to achieve tight deadlines.
* Well-organised with good interpersonal and communication skills
* Evidence of collaborative work within a team.
* City & Guilds Level 3 Or NVQ Level 3 in Marine Engineering and Electrics or Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications.
Desirable Criteria:
* Evidence of recent professional development and willingness to develop further
* Experience of working in a workshop environment
* Knowledge and understanding of Leadership and Resilience Training
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
At application you will be assessed against the following:
* CV with job history and qualifications
* Personal statement 500 words providing evidence that you have the knowledge and recent practical experience for each of the following:
- Working with power tools and Workshop static machinery
- Operating electrical diagnostic tools
- Knowledge of working with 12/24V/230V electrical systems
- Knowledge of working with electrical PAT Testing
At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and Statement of suitability and the following:
* Delivering at Pace
* Managing a Quality Service
* Working Together
Applications will be sifted using the success profiles that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour 'Working Together'
At interview you will be assessed against the following:
* Delivering at Pace
* Managing a Quality Service
* Working Together
Application sifting will be scheduled to take placewithin 7 days of the application closing date.
Interview dates are to be confirmed. These will be held in person. We endeavour to stick to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.