Anglian Waterways Psra Assessor

2 weeks ago


Brampton, United Kingdom Environment Agency Full time

Number of jobs available- 2
- Region- East Midlands, East of England
- City/Town- Brampton, Ely, Kettering, Lincoln, Peterborough, Spalding
- Building/Site- Ely Office, Brampton Office, Spalding Office, Nene House, Ceres House, 2 Searby Rd, LN2 4DT, Quay House
- Grade- Staff Grade 4
- Post Type- Fixed Term
- Working Pattern- Full Time
- Role Type- Audit, Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Logistics, Operational Delivery, Risk Management, Knowledge & Information Management, Analytical, Health and Safety
- Salary Minimum- £29,706 Pro-rata
- Job description- This is an exciting development opportunity to support, shape and develop the Waterways PSRA assessment process for the EA's Anglian Waterways Team.
We are looking for 2 committed Public Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA) assessors who are determined to deliver results on time and to quality standards, assessing all Anglian Waterways assets & sites (i.e., lock sites, canoe portages, moorings, landing stages etc).
Your work will involve being out and about to inspect all Anglian Waterways structures and sites, including the management of our asset database to ensure public safety.
Through this work you’ll also be supporting the generation of any repairs and replacement work required at our sites.
Public safety at our sites is paramount. As the Waterways public safety assessor, you will (but not limited to):

- Improve and establish the PSRA assessment process to ensure consistency across the Area
- Share best practice and collaborate with other asset assessors/managers
- Proactively utilise & lead on our new AIMS OM
- Report to and liaise with the PSRA Lead for the area.
- Contribute to the Area local quality assurance/peer review programme
- Monitor the Key Performance Indicator reports to ensure public safety assessments are on time and of a good quality
- Maintain your skills and continued professional development in public safety
- Coach other team members (as required) in the PSRA assessment process.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. 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- The Anglian Waterways Asset Team manage the Waterways capital programme, routine revenue maintenance and repairs covering 568km of navigable rivers throughout Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
The work carried out is essential for the delivery of our statutory duties and for the safety of river users, the general public & colleagues who visit our Waterways sites.
- Experience/skills required- You will have good organisational skills with experience of data collection and an understanding of asset management (structural engineering is desirable but not essential). You will be comfortable working within a team and on your own.
You should:

- have knowledge of AIMS OM
- be comfortable using information technology and associated software especially Microsoft Office including Excel
- have Safety, Health & Environment experience
- be able to work/communicate with staff and our customers
- have a keenness to learn and develop
- hold a Full UK driving licence

You should have an enthusiasm to improve how we do things, championing efficiency and effectiveness, together with the ability to thrive in a changing, high freedom work environment.
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