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Job information Technical Advisor from the Company Department for Transport, this latest Technical Advisor job vacancy is located in the city Birmingham located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

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Reference number

363769

Salary

£32,603 This role attracts a £3,000 allowance in recognition of the requirement for professional engineering and/or relevant professional occupational experience. After 3 years in the HEO post the allowance will be increased to £6,600 to reflect experience gained in the role.

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DFT - Corporate Delivery Group (CDG) - Portfolio and Project Delivery

Type of role

Engineering Policy Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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About the job

Benefits

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Location

Birmingham, Leeds

About the job

Job summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Are you a qualified engineer with strong communication skills, looking to make a significant impact in the public sector?

Do you want to be part of shaping the UK's most high-profile transport projects, and advancing the new government's ambitious infrastructure agenda?

If so, then this is the perfect role for you!

Job description

DfT's Infrastructure Efficiency and Engineering (IEE) team is an established Departmental centre of technical expertise operating within the central Portfolio & Project Delivery Directorate (PPDD). Led by the Chief Engineer, the team is formed of highly skilled engineers and project managers to support efficient and effective delivery of DfT's projects and programmes across all transport modes.

As a Technical Advisor you will influence the Department's ambitious portfolio of transport projects, working as an integral part of the Directorate and with wider project teams to ensure that major projects are delivered efficiently and effectively.

The role provides a challenging and rewarding opportunity to hone and apply your technical skills to influence some of Europe's largest transport infrastructure schemes; presenting a once-in-generation opportunity to unlock transformational economic benefits for the country.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Using your engineering expertise to provide technical advice across DfT's major projects portfolio, this may include undertaking analysis (such as cost benchmarking) and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
• Examining technical ALB evidence for advice to Government and the drafting of briefings and papers to Ministers, Boards (including the DfT Investment, Portfolio and Delivery Committee) and senior leaders.
• Lead on promoting the Engineering profession across the Department on behalf of the Chief Engineer, by working with colleagues in the Chief Scientific Adviser's office and the Government Office for Science e.g. management of ‘EngineeringLIVE webinar events'.
• Lead on cross-Directorate collaboration by managing IEE's presence on the Project Delivery intranet Portal, as well as embedding process improvement initiatives by working with colleagues across PPDD.
• Supporting the team's wider administrative needs as required, such as the arrangement of site visits, and management of ‘Plans on a Page'.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

Person specification

To thrive in this role, you will

• Be a qualified engineer, with an appreciation of innovative and technically complex infrastructure projects.
• Possess experience of generating evidence-based reports and presentations and communicating their findings to technical and non-technical audiences at a senior level.
• Have experience of producing high quality written work and strong verbal communication skills, which communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely to a range of audiences.
• Be able to apply engineering within a policy context and demonstrating your commitment to promoting the engineering profession.

Additional information

A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

This role will require travel to other DfT locations and site visits within the UK on a sporadic basis.

Qualifications

A degree in Engineering (or a related subject) at BEng/BSc level or equivalent (i.e. ‘Level 6'), or experience in the construction sector, with incorporated status (i.e. registered as IEng with the Engineering Council) and working towards chartership.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Building and applying knowledge.
• Communicating science and engineering for government.

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and 750 word personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form

The sift is due to take place 19th August 2024.

Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 2nd September 2024.

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process under the Government Science and Engineering Framework:

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

• An interview.

This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

You're encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Sam Allwood Email : Sam.Allwood@dft.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here Keywords : Birmingham jobs
Closed Date : 2025-12-11