An Assistant Engineer is currently the entry grade for the four tiers of engineering posts within Offaly County Council. These range from Assistant Engineer through to Executive, Senior Executive and Senior Engineer grades. Assistant Engineers work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within one of the previously outlined Local Authority Directorates to deliver key local authority services. These include social housing; transportation infrastructure; environmental protection; water, wastewater, & solid waste, recreation and amenity provision and community development. Local Authorities also play a key role in supporting economic development and enterprise promotion at local level.
The Assistant Engineer will from time to time be required to deputise for Executive Engineers or more senior personnel and must be willing to take on this challenge. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services and shall demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of:
Local authority services, its key stakeholders and relationships
Local government structures and its democratic role and mandate
Current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector
Key policies guiding the local government sector
Fostering and maintaining wide ranging productive working relationship both internally and externally to the organisation
Managing and implementing change
Public Works Contracts
Public Service values
The ideal candidate should also have a good technical knowledge base and experience of engineering practices to include the following:
Planning and costing of projects
Contract administration
Project management
Managing Health, Safety and Welfare in the workplace
Administration and report writing
Operating ICT systems
Prioritising of work effectively
Acting on own initiative
Dealing effectively with conflicting demands
Working under pressure to tight deadlines
Key Competencies for the post include the following and candidates will be expected to demonstrate sufficient evidence within their application form of competence under each of the following specific areas:
Engineering Practice:
Experience of the practical application of:
Engineering Design
Contract and construction processes, procedures and practices
Health and Safety legislation
Delivering Results:
Problem solving and decision making
Organising work programmes and implementing solutions
Managing Resources and achieving efficiencies
Delivering Quality Outcomes
Performance Through People:
Directing and Motivating
Managing Performance
Communicating Effectively
Personal Effectiveness:
Resilience and Personal Well-Being
Integrity & Public Service Values
Personal Motivation and Initiative
Understanding the structures and environment within which the local authority sector operates
Political awareness
Further information is available in the Candidate Information Booklet available on our website
Contact Details
Human Resources
Offaly County Council
Áras an Chontae Charleville Road
Tullamore Co. Offaly
R35 F893
0579346800
[email protected]
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