Salary: Band 9, £36,647 to £40,220 per annum
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 22 July 2024, 23:59
Assessment Centre in Portsmouth on Thursday 1 August 2024, and interviews on 1, 5 or 6 August 2024, to be agreed with candidate
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
Your New Role:
You will ensure that Portsmouth City Council meets its statutory compliance duties to its HRA residential stock, and that Legionella Risk Assessments are in place for all relevant buildings and installations and are regularly reviewed and updated. You will provide advice to designers, technical professionals and contractors when designing and installing new or amended water installations. You will develop, implement, monitor and review policies and procedures in relation to Water Hygiene compliance activities, and manage data, documentation and certification in relation to Water Hygiene Compliance. You will work to continually improve the service and strive for 100% compliance in all service areas. You will facilitate training and support across Building Services, remain up to date with changes to legislation and the wider industry, and support the procurement of consultants, service providers and contractors.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have a qualification in Water Hygiene or other suitable engineering field, together with relevant practical experience in a similar role. You have an excellent working knowledge of applicable legislation and guidance, and experience of preparing and developing policies and guidance documents to ensure compliance with statutory requirements. You have technical knowledge of water systems and experience of preparing and undertaking Legionella Risk Assessments.
You have experience of using relevant data management systems and managing consultants and contractors. You have excellent communication skills and personally demonstrate, develop and work in accordance with the value and behaviours set out in the PCC Behaviour Framework. You have a driving licence and use of a car for work.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return:
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
If you have any questions about the application or the interview process please contact Patrick Leggett, Head of Capital Projects, on the details below.
Telephone: 075 07 966 572
Email: Patrick.Leggett@Portsmouthcc.gov.uk
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Please upload a detailed cover letter/statement as well as your CV.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.
We may close this advert early if we receive many applications of a good standard.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
