The Environment Agency are fully committed to inclusivity and equal opportunities, offering flexible work arrangements for all our vacancies. Join us in a diverse environment where every voice is heard and valued. The Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) Advisor role is vital to the effective/efficient running of our flood risk pumping stations, water control structures and our wider business. You will be joining a MEICA team helping to prioritise, plan and deliver the maintenance or replacement of our crucial assets enabling flood protection to homes, businesses and the environment; which will have an increasingly important role as we face the challenge of global climate change. Following our recent ISO55001 Asset Management accreditation, you will be working closely with external contractors to develop a world class asset management organisation. The role will be responsible for providing strong technical leadership to assure technical and design standards. It will also be responsible for monitoring the quality and advising on the requirements to meet specialist MEICA technical, safety, legal, environmental and operational requirements, spreading across the geographic areas covering a very diverse range of assets. You will provide technical instructions to ensure staff across the area team involved with electrical and mechanical works comply with statutory legislation, British and European standards together with Environment Agency’s codes of practices, procedures and related guidance. Incident response remains a top priority for the Environment Agency. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. The team Our Supra-Area MEICA team is a multi-skilled, specialised group of MEICA engineers and support staff. We cover the EA’s Yorkshire and North East Operational Areas. You will report to the MEICA Team Leader, acting as technical leader on MEICA activity. You will provide technical support and be responsible for liaising with Business Partners and leading on actions on behalf of the Team Leader. You will participate in our incident response roster. Experience/skills required • Comprehensive knowledge of MEICA related statutory legislation, British and European standards • Knowledge and experience of Root Cause Analysis, Reliability engineering and process improvement • A good understanding of Asset Management and Asset Management computer systems such as computerised maintenance management systems will be an advantage • Highly motivated self-starter • Outcome focussed. You will need to demonstrate you can deliver the required tasks • Educated to degree level or equivalent vocational experience in an Electrical discipline • Ability to influence, persuade and bring others with you • Technical Leadership • CDM 2015 and general health and safety awareness • Writing and reviewing technical specifications. Desirable • Educated to BEng in Electrical Engineering. • A professionally recognised electrical engineer holding Chartered status with the IMechE or IET. Location : Yorkshire And The Humber, UK