- East Suffolk Council
- Address: East Suffolk House, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT and Riverside, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0EQ
- Salary: £35,412 - £38,220 per annum (Band 6)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term maternity cover
East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.
We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Coastal Management and Adaptation Team as a Coastal Technical Officer
Supporting the Strategic and Operational Team Leads in creating a more resilient coast through a new Coastal Strategy, you will work across the Suffolk frontage to provide technical and engineering support to the team for the provision of an effective and efficient Coastal Management service.
You will be required to undertake asset inspections, support on maintaining our asset database and work collaboratively with the Adaptation team to further develop the asset inspection tool using GIS.
You will support delivery of the Coastal monitoring programme by analysing data and providing outputs to inform decision-making. You will also contribute to the development of innovative data and monitoring approaches.
A key part of this role will be working on the delivery of the Sizewell C Development Consent Order, by supporting the Senior Coastal Engineer and acting as Technical Lead on the Sizewell C monitoring and mitigation plan. You will also be required to act as technical lead on other energy planning and development enquiries.
This is a full-time role, however we would be open to discussing flexible working arrangements or part time working for this position.
A good understanding of coastal processes and engineering principles and practice, combined with applied technical knowledge of coastal consenting and licencing frameworks.
You will have a foundation degree or equivalent in a Coastal or Civil engineering discipline, such as Geography or Environmental Science, along with specialist Coastal Monitoring and technical knowledge.
A self-motivated and flexible individual, you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop monitoring approaches that are bespoke to different scheme and projects.
Being technically proficient in QGIS and or ArcGIS Pro, with experience using ArcGIS Online and related apps such as Survey123 and StoryMaps, along with the ability to fly a drone would also be advantageous.
Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
Local government pension scheme
Flexible working arrangements
Learning and development tailored to your role
A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.
For more information, please read our benefits brochure (pdf).
The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.
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