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Regional Engineer - North and East

Salary: £34,253 to £40,298 (dependent on experience)
Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Location description: Home Based within the North and East region; Berwick upon Tweed to Burnham on Crouch
Interview date: w/c 7th October
Closing Date: 22-09-2024
Reference: 18005

About us

The Regional Engineer will be a key member of the Regional Technical team with the drive and skills required to operate within the developing regional model. This will include the need to collaborate with their counterparts in the other 5 regions developing common ways of working whilst ensuring regulatory compliance and conformance to the central governance and guidance provided by the Poole Support Centre.

Your role

As a Regional Engineer, you will be required to:

- Provide rapid and effective technical helpdesk support to coastal staff and volunteers
- Collaborate inter-regionally to develop common ways of working
- Ensure that the design intent of RNLI plant, equipment and procedures remains in accordance with engineering design authority processes and standards
- Track and manage engineering assurance status report actions and to progress resolution of issues
- Plan and undertake technical investigations, troubleshooting, trials and analysis of data
- Be an integral part of the Regional Technical Cell
- Undertake other ad hoc duties as required

About you

You’ll be familiar with a variety of engineering equipment and it’s design, production or support. Ideally from a maritime background, you will relish the challenge of resolving technical queries outside of your comfort zone. This is an ideal opportunity for someone seeking to develop their engineering career as it will offer you the opportunity to deal with all aspects of equipment be it mechanical, electrical, electronic or structural. You will be familiar with supporting documentation and processes across the whole engineering lifecycle. You’ll be able to handle time dependent demands so that we can keep our lifesaving assets on service. You will be currently residing in the North and East region.

You will need:

- Engineering Qualification level 6 in England or equivalent in Scotland, Wales and NI. ROI NFQ Level 7 in an engineering discipline
- Able to demonstrate working towards and an expectation to achieve Engineering Council registration at Engineering Technician level
- Health & Safety qualification (IOSH Managing Safely) - desirable
- Experience of working in an engineering environment
- Experience in marine equipment design, production or support

Regular travel across the region and presence in the Regional Office in Thornaby, Stockton on Tees is required with occasional travel to the Coast and other operating areas including Poole.

So, if you have a high degree of customer focus and a desire to ensure safety and quality of front-line services so that our volunteer lifesavers can achieve our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One