Engineer - Controls and Instrumentation

Job description

Job responsibilities

The key job objectives are:

• Adhere to the Engineering Policy and maintain compliance.
• Engage in the coordination of technical and admin support activities including but not limited to, installation, repair, preventative maintenance, and equipment upgrades
• Provide input to strategic decisions that affect the engineering equipment function in relation to projects and wider UKHSA developments
• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of policies and procedures for designing/developing equipment and ensure they comply with UKHSA policies
• Strategically improve equipment used within the department by analysing current performance levels and conducting extensive repairs on existing equipment
• Communicate proactively and professionally with customers and stakeholders at all levels.

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:

You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the advertised essential criteria please do provide evidence of how you meet this.

Your Statement of Suitability of no more than 1000 words should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

This will be used in sifting process and will be scored.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 INTERVIEW

This stage will involve an interview on site in person.

As part of the process, candidates will be invited to interview which will involve an in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Candidates may also be asked to participate in a session where they will be required to prepare and deliver a 5-10 minute presentation to the panel. This will be followed by a question-and-answer segment. The presentation will be designed to assess each candidates experience in line with the requirements of the role. Full details will be provided prior to the interview.

The interview will be a combination of technical and behaviour- based questions. The Success Profiles framework will be used to assess and recruit the most suitable candidate. The following behaviours will be used at the interview:

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

For further information on the selection process, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack.

Expected Timeline:

Advert close: 23:55hrs on 17th September 2023 unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Interviews: TBC 2023

Please note these dates could be subject to change.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants)

Nationality requirements

Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

Security clearance level requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard. People working with government assets must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard checks.

For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Please Note

This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&Cs are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/

Are you already a civil servant, or employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body? Please state home department on your application form.

Do you meet the nationality requirements for this post? https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/

Complaint process:

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email:Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Engineering, Engineering Management or an equivalent qualification in the same or similar qualification in Mechanics or another subject relevant to the role (NVQ /C&G or HNC/ONC)
• Member of a professional engineering institution IET, IMechE etc with or working towards a chartered status.
• Substantial experience within a senior estates engineering and maintenance management role along with detailed and current understanding of complex maintenance and engineering installations, their operation and maintenance and associated health and safety requirements.
• Experience in preparing engineering technical documentation including diagnostic reports, SOP's, management reports, risk assessments and method statements, and incident reports
• Demonstrated experience of commissioning engineering systems, witness testing and commissioning, snagging and handover/ acceptance of new assets from main contractor to the client.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation and compliance requirements
• Risk-based prioritisation and ability to multi-task effectively, delegating where appropriate
• Ability to solve problems and summarise complex problems, identify and recommend timely and realistic solutions to your line manager and other senior stakeholders as may be required
• Interpersonal skills, able to build effective working relationships at all levels and between organisations, building coalitions of the willing and able
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Communication skills with ability to communicate clearly in verbal and written form with direct reports, line manager and other stakeholders at all levels
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

Desirable

• Relevant industry certification on Functional Safety, Hazardous Areas and / or Cyber Security ISA 62443
• Experience in an engineering operational role in a regulatory industry with particular experience of regulatory audits to ensure compliance
• Experience of successfully leading / involvement with a variety of major specialist engineering initiatives
• Organisational skills and ability to scan the horizon, anticipating future challenges and mitigating actions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

UKHSA Porton Down

Salisbury

SP4 0JG

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)