Mechanical & Electrical Manager - Waverley Court

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Housing Mechanical and Electrical Manager
Waverley Court

Salary: £52,373 - £62,685
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council has declared a Housing Emergency and wants to ensure everyone has a secure, safe, warm place to call home, with access to services and a culture that supports individuals and communities to thrive.

Following a review of our delivery structure we are looking for an exceptional individual to deliver a high quality, front line operational repair service to local residents. You will lead from the front to drive performance and embed a customer focused culture within the service which has the needs of our tenants at its heart. You will contribute and champion service development and continuous improvement with your team and support their learning and development to help them be at their best.

You should have an excellent knowledge and understanding of current regulations, legislation and health and safety requirements in relation to electrical safety in social housing.

You must also hold the following qualifications:

• Educated to Level 3 Diploma in Mechanical and Engineering and/or
• MEng Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Degree.
• NIC EIC 18th Edition of IEE Wiring Regulations, BS7671:2018
• Certificate in Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification – City and Guilds

If you are someone how enjoys new opportunities and have strong leadership skills demonstrating our behaviours – respect, integrity, and flexibility as well as extensive experience of creating a high performing culture, driving change and service delivery, we would love to hear from you.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the role, please contact ronan.smyth@edinburgh.gov.uk.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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