Operations Engineer

MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Operations Engineer

Location: Maidstone, Kent

Contract: Permanent – Part Time (14.5 hours per week)

Salary: £34,154 (pro-rata)

About the Role

A vacancy has arisen for an Operations Engineer to join our successful Parking Services team working 14.5 hours per week. The successful applicant will jointly lead a team of 5 people providing operational support across both Maidstone and Swale.

Based in Maidstone House, you will be collaborating with internal teams and contractors to ensure we deliver excellent services to the public through the management of our on-street and off-street operation including car parks, organising repairs and maintenance to pay units, developing new parking schemes, facilitating ongoing maintenance of highway restrictions and signs all within agreed timescales and within budgetary requirements.

In addition, you will be required to conduct customer/traffic movement surveys and conduct car park inspections across both Maidstone and Swale districts.

Working alongside our existing Operations Engineer you will be communicating complex issues to the public, statutory bodies and elected members and preparing reports on operational issues. Therefore, good keyboard skills are essential with proven experience in Word/Excel software and excellent communication and customer skills.

It is essential that you have a flexible approach as duties vary from day to day to meet operational needs in all weather conditions. The successful candidate will need to hold a clean full driving licence and full training will be provided.

This is a part time position on a permanent contract working Thursday and Friday.

About Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council is a confident organisation with ambition and aspirations to deliver high quality services to our residents and local businesses. We strive to make the borough an attractive place for all and secure a successful economy. We continue to build on our strengths - assets, knowledge and expertise and our track record for innovation and improvement to create a financially sustainable future so that we can continue with our undiminished plans.

We will only achieve the results we are aiming for through the talents and hard work of all our people. You are encouraged to become part of our vision and in return you can expect support, training, and fair reward from us. We will give you the opportunity to develop the skills to do your job well and create a positive working environment where your ideas about improving how we do things are valued and we manage the changes needed for new ways of working well.

At Maidstone Borough Council we recognise the importance of flexible working and the benefits this can bring to both our staff and the Council. We know that by offering employees a range of flexible working opportunities we can positively impact their wellbeing and engagement, and drive productivity in return. As such we have developed a highly flexible hybrid working policy, alongside our flexi time and flexible working policies, enabling staff to shape their working patterns around building a greater work life balance.

Our Offer:

A range of benefits including:

• Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
• 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most roles
• Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
• Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year
• Free parking
• Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time
• Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing, and road tax
• Annual flu vaccine
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
• Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
• A professional fee payment, if required for the role

About You:

• A good level of education with particular emphasis on English and Maths
• Proven experience in Word/Excel software
• Excellent communication and customer skills
• Ideally you will have experience of the parking industry or experience of working within an operational environment

Selection Process:

Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.

Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date: 6 May 2024.

Interview date: 14 May 2024.