Incinerator Maintenance Supervisor

Job summary

The Incinerator Maintenance Supervisor reports to the Maintenance Manager and is responsible for diagnosing, repairing and preventing reoccurring issues with the plant and when required engaging with the Incinerator Maintenance provider, providing accurate and clear explanations of faults to ensure operational continuity.

You will work independently with minimal supervision applying engineering knowledge to identify root causes of faults. The role involves undertaking Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks as well as managing the critical spares store.

Updating the maintenance records on the Elecosoft SHIRE database will be a key component of the role, as well as preparing weekly and monthly reports for the Maintenance Manager.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

Job description

Mostly office based, this role requires a high level of flexibility as there is an element of heavy engineering, mechanical manual work using tools and equipment which may sometimes involve unsociable hours.

The majority of your time will be devoted to inputting records and analysing maintenance data within the Elecosoft SHIRE system. You will leading the management of critical spares and parts ensuring value for money and operational resilience.

You will also plan and manage Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to optimise reliability and performance.

For more information on the job responsibilities, please see the job profile attached below.

Person specification

You will have experience of undertaking maintenance tasks within industry, you have experience writing risk assessments and/or operating procedures.

You will also have experience of mechanical maintenance processes and experience of undertaking PPM taks.

For more information on the essential criteria for the job, please see the job profile attached below.

Important Information:

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats.

For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

Qualifications

Essential:
• GCSEs or equivalent including English and Mathematics at Grade C or above.
• Driving licence.
• Minimum NVQ level 3 in engineering skills or completed a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• "Describe a situation where you identified the root cause of a mechanical equipment failure. What steps did you take to diagnose the fault, implement a solution and prevent recurrence?"
• "Explain your experience of Planned Preventative Maintenance and how effective maintenance planning contributes to operational reliability and safety."

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,741, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £8,905 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so If at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team [email removed] and we will do all we can to support you.

If you are a current Dstl employee you must ensure your line manager is aware of your application and the potential situation regarding release dates.

At the application stage, we will assess your submitted application against the essential criteria set out in the job profile.

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