Overview
Flood Defence Team Member - Environment Agency. £25,308 rising to £27,293 for Team Member Level 2C after 2 years subject to satisfactory performance. Cattawade. Permanent, full-time role. Grade: Team Member Level 2A.
Are you passionate about the outdoors and eager to contribute to a greener, more sustainable future? This is your chance to be part of a dynamic team working on the front line to combat the climate emergency and address environmental challenges like flooding, drought, and coastal changes. This is an exciting time to join the UK’s biggest environmental organisation and influence how we do things in the future.
Responsibilities
* Operate, maintain and respond to flood and coastal risk management assets, ensuring their optimal performance in safeguarding communities.
* Tackle incidents and emergencies related to flooding and other environmental challenges, playing a vital role in our 24/7 standby roster. Your dedication will be compensated in addition to your basic pay.
* Contribute to initiatives, such as installing flood barriers, building sandbag walls, deploying high-volume pumps and providing assistance to affected communities during flood situations.
* Utilise a wide range of tools and equipment, including chainsaws, strimmers/brush cutters, heavy plant machinery, boats, and more. Your proficiency will be key to preventing and mitigating flood risks.
* Participate in various tasks such as structural maintenance, vegetation management, small construction projects, soft engineering methods, beach maintenance, and culvert and grille clearances.
* Your work will be critical both to improve the environment and to protect local communities from flooding, operating, maintaining and responding to a range of assets—from a large flood relief channel and flood storage reservoirs to local flood defences.
* Day-to-day duties will typically involve working in both urban and rural environments and will involve a mix of asset operation and response, asset maintenance (e.g., vegetation control and small construction tasks) and incident response.
* Use a variety of tools and equipment as part of your role, from small hand and power tools to larger ride-on plant and tractors. Use of IT devices will be required to track work tasks and communicate with team members.
What we offer
* Starting salary of £25,308 rising to £27,293 for Team Member Level 2C after 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance.
* A generous career average pension scheme.
* Overtime opportunities through standby and incident pay.
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays for full-time employees; note Flood Defence Team Members may have non-standard hours (e.g., 9-day fortnight) so holiday entitlement will be adjusted accordingly.
* Great career opportunities. Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave scheme. This is a full-time role.
* In some cases, option for job share or working set days a week; however, full days will need to be worked.
Requirements
* Ability to work in all weather conditions in a mix of urban and rural environments, as part of a dedicated team.
* A valid UK manual driving license.
* Ability to travel to your base depot within 60 minutes to respond to incidents and meet urgent business needs.
* Passion for the outdoors and a genuine commitment to protecting the environment.
* Literacy and numeracy skills, willingness to learn in-house systems and use IT devices.
* Some understanding of site health and safety requirements; full training will be provided.
Where you will work
You will be expected to travel to your depot to check in daily and then be dispersed from there in smaller teams to carry out field work tasks for that day within our geographical area.
Working patterns and benefits
More on this and the working patterns will be explained at the interview. We offer a culture that embraces difference and is inclusive where you’ll feel supported and trusted to do the right thing.
Additional information
* We’ll invest in you and allow you to grow and shape your career. Where appropriate, we will support you to complete and achieve our Water Environment Worker apprenticeship.
* Where applicable, there is access to our benefits package including: great pension, considerate holiday allowances, and other benefits described above.
* We will maintain a reserve list for 12 months and may offer similar roles at other locations linked to this position.
* Please note: Candidates selected for interview will be notified by email at least five days in advance. Check inbox and junk mail folders to ensure you don’t miss our message.
*Please note, job title will differ on appointment due to internal alignment. Advert close: Monday 13th October. Interviews to be held w/c Monday 3rd November.
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