The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
South Dock Marina is London’s largest marina and is owned and operated by the London Borough of Southwark. The marina has 200 berths with many of them occupied for residential purposes. We are also the only small craft boatyard in London, lifting and moving vessels up to 20 tonnes. It also manages a number of other waterways on the Rotherhithe peninsula.
The Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Marina Electrician and maintenance technician to work within our existing operations team.
The Marina Electrician has a varied role and will manage the maintenance of all marina equipment and infrastructure, which includes the following: floating jetties, hydraulic lock gates, lifting bridge, cranes, plant, electrical systems, work boats, and boat moving equipment.
In this role you will manage other dock masters assisting in maintenance tasks requiring specialist knowledge and supervise two water wardens.
You will also be required to undertake duties and responsibilities in accordance with the council’s health and safety policy, and health and safety legislation.
About You:
This is an exciting role for which we are looking for;
- A proactive and engaging individual who can drive projects forward.
- The engineer is responsible for managing, planning and implementing the marina maintenance program in conjunction with the Harbour Master.
- The ideal candidate should be a qualified electrician with experience of both domestic and industrial electrical systems.
- We are looking for a person who must be an industrious individual who demonstrates a strong work ethic, has the ability to work well as a team or individually and can show good customer service skills.
If you would like an informal chat about this role, please email southdockmarina@southwark.gov.uk with your telephone number and the hiring manager will be in touch.
Additional salary details
40 hours per week Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm
https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/leisure-and-sport/south-dock-marina
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 03/05/2022
Interview date: 16/05/2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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