Assistant Technical Services Officer (Electrical)- Internal

Internally restricted job. To apply for this job you must be an employee of the Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date. You must also be a substantive employee (or an employee with 12 months continuous service or more) of the Council or an Apprentice. Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.

At Kirklees we want to be innovative and creative in the way we work to deliver our services to our communities. This is an exciting and challenging time and we want to expand our team to manage and deliver construction related projects, to achieve the Council’s ambitions. We are looking for an Assistant Electrical Technical Services Officer to support Technical Services Manager with leading and ensuring effective design and delivery of capital programmes and individual projects involving new build and extensions, remodelling schemes relating to schools , leisure centres, offices, depots, blocks of flats, listed buildings that form part of the Council’s Capital investment and Blueprint Plans ranging from £5K up to £250K of Electrical services.  

Your key responsibilities as an Assistant Technical Services Officer (Electrical) will be:

• To work effectively on some occasions with minimal or no supervision, possessing significant skills, knowledge and experience ensuring commissions are completed in full, to the quality, time and cost requirements of the brief.
• You will ensure routine projects of various complexities are produced using computer-aided design software and including contract documents appropriate to the commission and ‘Form of Contract’
• To act as the Councils Technical Authority in relation to its Built Environment and Assets, developing, implementing, monitoring and amending technical specifications, strategies, practices and standards to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements

We are looking for someone who has:

• A relevant professional or academic qualification or extensive experience that supports the skills needed for an Assistant Technical Services Officer (Electrical)
• To carry out routine projects of various complexities which are produced using computer-aided design software and including contract documents appropriate to the commission and ‘Form of Contract’
• Strong IT skills with experience using a variety of packages such as Microsoft Office, AutoDesk, NBS Chorus, Hevacomp, Trimble and lighting design packages.

We need more talented and ambitious people to join our team. If you are this person, we look forward to hearing from you.

Individuals must be able to travel independently to and from locations away from the office such as construction sites or consultant’s offices. In addition, individuals need to be able to visit construction sites, and be able to ascend and descend scaffolding as an example, on accompanied visits.