Senior Station Technician​/Station Technician - Cromer

Position: Senior Station Technician / Station Technician - Cromer (Permanent)
Location: North Norfolk

Senior Station Technician / Station Technician - Cromer

Salary: £29,079 - £41,050 (dependent on experience)
Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time
Location

Description:

This role is based at Cromer Lifeboat Station
Interview Date: w/c 12th January
Closing Date:
Reference: 19885

About us

Our purpose is simple: to save lives  hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.

There is an opportunity at Cromer Lifeboat Station for a Senior Station Technician / Station Technician to join the team. This role would be suitable for someone whose resilience, leadership, and management skills are just as strong as their ability to keep Cromer's Lifeboats in perfect operational order.

The role of Senior Station Technician is focused for those individuals with an NVQ L4/SVQ L5 in an engineering discipline, a time served engineering apprenticeship, or a sound background and experience in mechanical, electrical, or electronic engineering.

If these qualifications or experience are not held, then suitable individuals may be offered a Station Technician role in lieu.

Some of the benefits

- £29,079 - £41,050 (dependent on experience)
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cash plan

Your role

As a Senior Station Technician / Station Technician, most of your time will be utilised ensuring that the ALB Tamar Lifeboat and its equipment work to the highest order, ensuring that the Lifeboat Station is well managed, and assisting in training volunteer crew members so that when an emergency shout does occur, you, your crew, and your lifeboat will be absolutely prepared.

You will not be the sole individual responsible for the lifeboat and its equipment. Our existing mechanic volunteers are there to support you, your training, and your maintenance activity. The wider lifeboat staff and volunteers will be there to welcome and support you in all other aspects of the role.

Your role will include:

- Inspiring and motivating your team, managing their progress by leading them on seagoing exercises, conducting shore-based training, identifying ways they can improve, and imparting your valuable knowledge
- Meeting and talking to the general public about your station’s work
- Taking a lead on Quality, Safety, Health, and Environment issues, helping to develop a positive culture within the station
- Spending time in the day-to-day running of the Lifeboat Station, this may be in the form of answering emails, ensuring maintenance records are maintained or updating the station’s monthly assurance report

About you

You’ll have the ability to build effective relationships with volunteers at the lifeboat station, the supporters locally, and RNLI staff beyond, while acting as an ambassador for the station and the RNLI within the community.

To be considered for a Technician role at Cromer Lifeboat Station, you will need:

- To be a passed-out RNLI ALB Mechanic or have relevant experience to achieve competence in a timely manner
- To demonstrate leadership and management qualities, and have the ability to motivate and maximise people’s potential

- Experience of fulfilling a Lifeboat Technician role or equivalent, with the capacity and willingness to develop skills in other areas of seagoing duties
- Knowledge and experience of the operation, maintenance, and repair of marine diesels would be desirable, an engineering background and mindset is essential

Maritime mechanical skills are not an absolute necessity if you’ve worked on cars, HGVs, agricultural, plant, or generators. We can provide training to adapt your existing skills to suit our equipment.

So, if you are ready for your next exciting challenge as our new Senior Station Technician / Station Technician at Cromer, and if you consider yourself to be someone who is a natural leader, who can inspire and motivate a team of dedicated people, then please apply via the button shown.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

As this is a sea-going appointment, you will need to satisfy the Institution's medical and eyesight standards.

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