31772 - Field Operations Technical and Contracts Advisor
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £41,617 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oxford |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 5 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Environment Agency |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 31772 |
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The team
The Thames Area Operations Teams are motivated, vibrant and successful, offering a great place to work. They have a pivotal role in delivering our strategic goal of ‘assets operate when required’; our ambition to deliver a world class asset management service; and in particular planning and delivery of revenue maintenance activities. We maintain an extensive range of flood defence assets and as part of our ambition to be lead asset managers we have achieved ISO55001.
Experience/skills required
You’ll be confident, organised and able to demonstrate a great track record of delivering projects / programmes of work.
Knowledge and demonstrating experience of the following are essential:
• A Full driving licence.
• Managing health, safety and wellbeing through on site management.
• Familiar and competent using Microsoft Office with willingness to learn our in-house systems.
• Managing contractors and/or NEC contract management.
• Knowledge and experience of Asset Management.
• Ability to manage a programme of works.
• HNC/HND with Contract and/or Construction Management Modules, or EA NVQ Level 4 or relevant technical qualification equivalent.
Desirable:
• Site Managers Safety Training Scheme
• Formal contract management training with NEC4 or similar.
• Experience in technical leadership or people management skills desirable Experience managing projects within the Environment Agency
• A familiarity with assets in Thames area will be beneficial but not essential
As we continue to Modernise Asset Management this role will support the programming, commercial and technical management of suppliers delivering our revenue maintenance activities within Thames Area, whilst strengthening technical skills and assurance of our Field Operations Teams enabling efficient and safe delivery of our maintenance programmes.
Reporting directly to the Field Team Leader, you will build working relationships with the Local Delivery Lead, Asset Performance teams, Water Land and Biodiversity teams, and framework suppliers to develop and deliver an optimised programme of work. This role is an area role so you will be responsible for all elements of asset management; FCRM, Navigations and Water, Land and Biodiversity assets.
Your duties will include:
• Review programmes to optimise delivery arrangements, whilst ensuring our assets reduce flood risk to the communities they protect.
• Manage and develop contract arrangements to ensure they meet our future requirements.
• Work with field operations to ensure efficient use of our staff as they operate, respond and maintain assets.
• Building relationships, internally and externally.
• Assessing and assuring the health and safety of our field teams and suppliers to ensure they deliver work required standards.
• Provide assurance skills, knowledge and experience to internally and externally delivered work.
• Monthly reporting on key information to inform the wider business.
• Working with the local delivery lead to ensure we stay within budget and get value for money.
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment.
The Thames Area Operations Teams are motivated, vibrant and successful, offering a great place to work. They have a pivotal role in delivering our strategic goal of ‘assets operate when required’; our ambition to deliver a world class asset management service; and in particular planning and delivery of revenue maintenance activities. We maintain an extensive range of flood defence assets and as part of our ambition to be lead asset managers we have achieved ISO55001.
Experience/skills required
You’ll be confident, organised and able to demonstrate a great track record of delivering projects / programmes of work.
Knowledge and demonstrating experience of the following are essential:
• A Full driving licence.
• Managing health, safety and wellbeing through on site management.
• Familiar and competent using Microsoft Office with willingness to learn our in-house systems.
• Managing contractors and/or NEC contract management.
• Knowledge and experience of Asset Management.
• Ability to manage a programme of works.
• HNC/HND with Contract and/or Construction Management Modules, or EA NVQ Level 4 or relevant technical qualification equivalent.
Desirable:
• Site Managers Safety Training Scheme
• Formal contract management training with NEC4 or similar.
• Experience in technical leadership or people management skills desirable Experience managing projects within the Environment Agency
• A familiarity with assets in Thames area will be beneficial but not essential
As we continue to Modernise Asset Management this role will support the programming, commercial and technical management of suppliers delivering our revenue maintenance activities within Thames Area, whilst strengthening technical skills and assurance of our Field Operations Teams enabling efficient and safe delivery of our maintenance programmes.
Reporting directly to the Field Team Leader, you will build working relationships with the Local Delivery Lead, Asset Performance teams, Water Land and Biodiversity teams, and framework suppliers to develop and deliver an optimised programme of work. This role is an area role so you will be responsible for all elements of asset management; FCRM, Navigations and Water, Land and Biodiversity assets.
Your duties will include:
• Review programmes to optimise delivery arrangements, whilst ensuring our assets reduce flood risk to the communities they protect.
• Manage and develop contract arrangements to ensure they meet our future requirements.
• Work with field operations to ensure efficient use of our staff as they operate, respond and maintain assets.
• Building relationships, internally and externally.
• Assessing and assuring the health and safety of our field teams and suppliers to ensure they deliver work required standards.
• Provide assurance skills, knowledge and experience to internally and externally delivered work.
• Monthly reporting on key information to inform the wider business.
• Working with the local delivery lead to ensure we stay within budget and get value for money.
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment.