Senior Registered Gas Engineer (SD Band 3/SEO)

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HSE’s mission is to prevent death, injury, and ill-health in Great Britain’s workplaces.

HSE wants its workforce to represent modern Britain in all of its diversity

We want all our employees to feel that they can be themselves at work and to know that they are valued for the distinct perspective and experience that they bring.

We take the broadest possible view of equality, diversity and inclusion
We value the qualities that make you who you are
We believe that every member of the community has the right to work safely
We commit to nurturing and empowering our staff, so that they can progress their career as far as their talent takes them
We welcome applications from anyone who holds these same values and meets our personal specification for skills. We look forward to hearing from you.

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.

We are looking for a Senior Registered Gas Engineer to join our Engineering team in the Major Hazards Group based in Buxton, Derbyshire. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to lead HSE gas incidents, and contribute to innovative work to support valuable HSE and industry research projects to directly improve the lives of people.

You can expect to contribute to a diverse range of work within the health and safety sector, especially HSE incident investigation, but you can also expect to be involved in project work for HSE and industrial clients.You will primarily be part of a team of mechanical, electrical and gas engineers delivering incident investigation and experimental testing, but you will also collaborate with technical experts across many other disciplines.

You will have specific responsibilities for leading or assisting with incident investigations, under the direction of the Principal Registered Gas Engineer, as part of HSE’s gas engineering team. You will direct and, where appropriate, undertake related test and experimental work. This will include leading or directing other members of the team on incident investigations where and as appropriate.

You will also be required, under the direction of the Principal Registered Gas Engineer, to provide technical advice and training to HSE inspectors and others, with support where appropriate.

You will also be expected to support the provision of technical input to HSE’s policy as required in relation to relevant topics.

You will be expected to frequently attend incident sites across Great Britain, often at short notice, and some overnight stays will be required.

Your Technical Responsibilities Will Include

Leading and supporting gas incident investigations, including fatalities, working with other agencies such as the Police and attending incident sites as appropriate. This will involve travel and overnight stays away from home

Writing or contributing to technical reports in relation to incident, HSE research or commercial projects. In some cases you will be required to technical review the reports of others

Producing witness statements and presenting evidence in court

Providing technical advice and training to HSE inspectors and others

We Want You To Be

Able to apply your knowledge and experience of gas engineering in domestic, commercial, and industrial natural gas, LPG, oil, solid fuel and biomass installations to incident investigations

Able to apply your knowledge and experience of gas engineering in domestic, commercial and industrial natural gas, LPG, oil, solid fuel and biomass installations to the delivery of research testing in the field of industrial health and safety science and engineering

Able to write clear, high quality, accurate documents such as technical reports and expert witness statements that are suitable to be submitted as evidence if required

Able to clearly and concisely present information and opinion as an expert witness in court

Job Related Expertise

You must

Be able to demonstrate significant technical and practical experience and competence in gas engineering relevant to domestic, commercial, and industrial natural gas and LPG installations

Have experience and knowledge of undertaking gas-related incident investigations, and a willingness to obtain a relevant qualification in this area (e.g. IGEM GL8)

Be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge and application of standards and legislation relevant to downstream UK gas work

Be able to demonstrate a theoretical understanding of the underlying science relevant to combustion, and an ability to communicate that information to others not familiar with the subject

Be able to demonstrate experience of writing technical written reportsA full driving licence that enables you to drive in the UK is essential.

Must hold at least a Level 4 academic qualification (e.g. HNC) in a relevant engineering or science subject (for example mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry)

Must be currently qualified to work on: domestic, commercial, industrial, and commercial catering natural gas and LPG installations; and oil, solid fuel and biomass installations and appliances. Membership of your relevant professional body, Gas Safe Register, is required

Must hold, or be eligible to apply for, membership of a relevant Professional Institution, e.g. IGEM

Must hold membership of Gas Safe Register

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Demonstrate significant technical and practical experience and competence in gas engineering relevant to domestic, commercial, and industrial natural gas and LPG installations.
• Demonstrate a theoretical understanding of the underlying science relevant to combustion, and an ability to communicate that information to others not familiar with the subject.
• Experience and knowledge of undertaking gas-related incident investigations, and a willingness to obtain a relevant qualification in this area (e.g. IGEM GL8).

Learning and development tailored to your role

An environment with flexible working options

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

We Invest In Our People With

Competitive rates of pay

Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27.9% far more than in the private sector

Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career.

25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave

Parental leave benefits: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

Allowances

This post is eligible for Excess Fares Allowance. A successful internal candidate currently based at another office may be entitled to Excess Fares Allowance in line with HSE Policy: http://intranet.hse.int/finance/expenses/excess-fares-allowance-policy-procedure.htmSuccessful 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 security check.

See our vetting charter.People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.As part of the application form process you will be asked to complete a CV. Your CV should include all your experience that relates to the essential criteria detailed in the job description. When completing your application form, please give as much information as possible in the space provided to help us understand your skills knowledge, qualifications and experience in relation to the role. The STAR method of structuring answers (STAR stands for: situation, task, action and result) is an effective way respond to behaviour style questions.

We will also assess you against the Civil Service Behaviours outlined below during the selection process at sift and interview:

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

At sift you will be assessed on your CV, Civil Service Behaviours and Technical Questions.

Sift is expected to take place Week Commencing 9th August 2021.

At interview you will be assessed on the Civil Service Behaviours and Technical Questions.

Interviews are expected to take place Week Commencing 30th August 2021 by video (although this is subject to change dependent on circumstances at the time). Candidates invited to interview will be provided with further information with their invite.

There will also be a problem-solving element to the interview. In this you will be required to apply your knowledge and experience to a realistic scenario and demonstrate your ability to formulate solutions and suggest and justify options. Further information will be provided on the day of the interview but this will consist of approximately 15 minutes preparation time and approximately 10 minutes Q&A session.

Further Information

It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful in their application. For a summary of HSE terms and conditions as part of Civil Service Reform, please see the attached document.

Any move to Health and Safety Executive from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.

If you have a disability and you need an application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please contact: hr.resourcing-team@hse.gov.uk.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This 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 the European 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

Further information on nationality requirements The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.