Senior District Heating Network Engineer

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Job Description

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £49,764 (Level One) rising to £52,805 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: London Road Heat Station, 12 London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AB

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

No two days are the same here at Nottingham City Council, Enviroenergy. One day you could be working on planned preventative measures, the next day you could be responding to a leak on the network. This role is crucial in maintaining the ongoing supply of heat and power to our domestic and commercial customers across the City. We have a lot of exciting projects planned for the future.

The post holder will be working for Nottingham City Council, Enviroenergy department leading on the maintenance of the District Heating Network, encompassing primary and secondary pipelines and associated infrastructure assets. Establish and execute safety protocols, monitoring, and inspection regimes. Ensure the annual delivery of all planned maintenance work and manage reactive maintenance in response to incidents and service failures, including overseeing the emergency callout response for the network maintenance team. Effective risk management of the Heat Station and its operational assets is crucial to ensure quality service aligned with the business plan and operational priorities.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Hold a minimum Level 3 qualification in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or Controls and Instrumentation Engineering or similar and have significant relevant experience.
• Successful track record of delivering service improvements in an engineering environment, effective project management and cross service collaboration.
• Working knowledge of asset management software including: Scada, Pirana and corporate asset management systems.
• Evidence of establishing a performance management culture, including service planning, target setting, performance appraisals and the management of different staff groups.
• Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills, inspire, motivate and lead by personal example. To have clear track record of successful team development, developing others by creating a culture of innovation and achievement.
• Experience and working knowledge of Health & Safety Legislations and other appropriate regulations.
• Completion of a recognised engineering apprenticeship or academic course.

- The role requires you to participate in the on-call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact David Nicoll, Customer Service & Transformation Manager, by telephone on 07548 159143 or by email at david.nicoll@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 06/12/2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 16th December 2024

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.