Engineering Group Leader

This is an Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, available on a lateral move basis only. Applications are open to Core Scottish Government employees only.

Job Title – Engineering Group Leader

Working Arrangement – Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen (not location neutral)

Grade – B3

Advert type – level transfer

Duration – Permanent

Eligibility - Expressions of interest are invited from substantive colleagues on level transfer from Core SG only.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered

Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

Overview

The Engineering Group Leader plays a key role in the provision of support to the science delivery areas within SEDD. The group of 10 colleagues comprises mechanical engineering, acoustic engineering, electronic engineering and net rigging teams. The group leader is responsible for the timely delivery of workstreams that underpin the survey work conducted by other SEDD delivery areas. Working within a multi-disciplinary operational group, the post holder has responsibility for compliance with health and safety requirements and ensuring colleagues are suitably trained. The group leader works closely with other SEDD senior delivery leads as well as the ships and logistics group leader. The role also includes line management of 5 colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Provide expert engineering expertise in alignment with one or more of the engineering teams.

• Maintain and expand a strong health and safety culture supported by targeted training within the group.

• Lead programme planning, reporting and performance tracking, providing timely, high-quality insight to SEDD senior delivery leads.

• Manage delivery oversight, including risks, issues, dependencies, change control and resource planning across teams and workstreams.

• Support delivery area assurance activities through the use of QPulse, ensuring compliance with audit actions and recommendations.

• Enable effective governance, ensuring meetings, reporting and decision-making processes run smoothly.

• Drive continuous improvement and team cohesion within the Engineering Group and across the wider delivery areas.

• Lead and develop staff, including line management and building team capacity.

Success Profile

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on.

Experience:

• Significant experience of working in an engineering environment managing specialist projects to deadlines.

• Experience of maintaining and developing delivery standards, and methodologies.

• Experience of maintaining and developing health and safety compliance in an engineering environment.

• Experience of line management.

• Experience of change of management.

Behaviours

• Leadership (Level 3)
• Managing a quality service (Level 3)
• Changing and improving (Level 3)
• Working with others (Level 3)

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide

Working Pattern

This post is a full-time permanent role 35 hours per week and site specific. Flexible working options are available including Flexi-leave.

Further Information

Further information about this opportunity is available from Peter Hayes (peter.hayes@gov.scot).

How to Apply

Please submit a CV and an Expression of Interest (maximum 500 words) outlining your suitability for the role, relevant skills and experience, and what you would bring to the team. Please align this to how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above.

Vacancies close at 11:59pm on the date displayed in the table, unless otherwise stated on the job advert.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of a light touch interview.

Discussions are scheduled for w/c 30th November however this may be subject to change.

For any questions relating to your expression of interest please contact peter.hayes@gov.scot

Recruitment Principles

As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.

About us

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Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service observing the Civil Service Codeand working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.

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Security checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.

Equality statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further information

Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.