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Team / Directorate: MEICA, Operations
Starting salary: £36,246 rising to £39,942 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)
Interview Date: 17/09/2025
Post number: 200331
The role
We're looking for a motivated and technically skilled professional to join our specialist MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control, and Automation) team, helping to deliver critical infrastructure across Wales.
As part of our expert team, you will take ownership of both reactive and planned maintenance programmes using our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and AMX platform. You'll manage the day-to-day delivery of works through our MEICA Term Contractor - issuing work programmes, monitoring progress, and producing routine updates on outstanding tasks.
In this role, you'll be managing essential MEICA assets, leading the identification and resolution of equipment faults and responding to emergency incidents when needed. You will procure goods and services, help shape design and specification of MEICA works. You'll also be acting as the primary point of contact for regional electricity network connections, overseeing MEICA-related elements of flood risk infrastructure, managing capital improvement projects and conducting key technical reviews.
This is a varied and rewarding role with a strong focus on project management, technical expertise, and operational delivery - ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, solutions-focused environment and wants to help shape Wales' vital environmental infrastructure.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
What you will do
* Manage the reactive and planned maintenance programme of MEICA works through the MEICA computerised maintenance management system.
* Issue the MEICA work programmes to the MEICA Term Contractor, monitor the progress of the work and provide routine reports on any work outstanding.
* Identify and resolve equipment faults and respond to emergency incidents.
* Procure goods and services to enable effective delivery of the works programmes.
* Contribute to development of designs and specifications for MEICA works including asset refurbishment projects.
* Participate in the MEICA Standby Rota.
* Provide MEICA specifications to projects and project manage the MEICA Specific works.
* Bid, tender, and project manage capital projects up to £50k.
* Carry out preliminary design review (PDR) and critical design review (CDR) on projects
* Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
* Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
* Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
* Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
Your Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge And Skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
* Required to be a time served engineer qualified to HND level or equivalent, in a relevant MEICA engineering discipline working towards incorporated engineer status. Also, qualified in a recognised health and safety certificate (IOSH).
* You will be able to demonstrate a wide range of engineering experience in a multidiscipline MEICA engineering environment and have a working knowledge of industrial control systems, motor starters, PLC's, HMI's pumps, automated sluice gates and associated PLC's, SCADA, CCTV systems etc.
* It is desirable for candidates to have experience of managing high risk work such as contractor management, confined space work, working next to water etc.
* You should have good IT skills and be familiar with: MS Office Suite, computerised maintenance management systems and AutoCAD (Computer Aided Design) systems.
* Be familiar with the requirements of managing health and safety for MEICA works.
Welsh Language Level Requirements
* Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)
Please note if you do not meet the A1 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.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
* Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
* 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
* generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
* commitment to professional development
* health and wellbeing benefits and support
* weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
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