Senior Technician in Enfield

Are you a technically skilled professional who enjoys combining project delivery, site work, asset management and problem solving?

We are looking for a Senior Technician, Infrastructure Management to help manage and maintain infrastructure and assets across Enfield's Parks and Open Spaces.

You will undertake inspections and surveys, develop maintenance programmes and help deliver improvement projects using a broad range of technical skills, including feasibility and option studies, design, site supervision, project management, contract administration and financial control.

You will work with a high degree of independence, managing day-to-day decisions across your projects and programmes while maintaining regular communication with senior colleagues on significant decisions relating to specifications, maintenance programmes and budgets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing work programmes and financial estimates.
• Undertaking inspections, surveys and specialist investigations.
• Supporting the design of maintenance, improvement and new-build schemes.
• Preparing specifications and commissioning works.
• Supervising contractors and monitoring quality.
• Maintaining inspection and maintenance records.
• Managing expenditure relating to your projects.
• Communicating with residents, Members, stakeholders and other organisations.
• Supporting sustainable and innovative approaches to asset maintenance.

You will need experience developing maintenance work programmes and undertaking inspections and investigations relating to Parks and Open Spaces assets, alongside the ability to work effectively with contractors, prepare specifications and communicate technical information clearly.

An ONC/HNC in Civil Engineering or another relevant equivalent qualification, or the ability to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge and expertise, is required.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys seeing projects move from inspection and design through to delivery on the ground.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That's why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we'd love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

Certain posts in the Council are 'politically restricted' which means that staff employed in these posts may not undertake political activities either in or outside the workplace and therefore if candidates are affiliated with any political party, we may not be able to proceed with their application.

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