Skill Zone 3 Carpenter Part Time - RAF Marham Marham, England
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There is an opportunity to work at RAF Marham as part of the Maintenance Support Squadron (MSS) within Ground Engineering Flight (GEF) who are looking for a proactive and friendly addition to the carpentry team. You will ensure that tasks undertaken within the Carpenters Shop are in accordance with the relevant orders, instructions or regulations as laid down by the MOD, Civil Service, task related Military Publications or local management.
This post is part-time and is offered at 22.5 hrs (3 days a week).
Job description
Responsibilities include:
- Manufacture and repair Station support equipment in accordance with (IAW) drawings/patterns/repair schemes.
- Planning, scheduling and co-ordinating work operations.
- Monitoring and ensuring compliance with Health and Safety Instructions.
- Undergo any training that is deemed necessary.
- Undertake additional duties pertinent to their role IAW orders and instructions detailed in the MSS Management Book.
- Working overtime, although not normally required, as and when necessary.
- Ensuring that all personal protective equipment and respiratory protective equipment that is required for any task is in a serviceable condition and used IAW JSP 375.
- Bay husbandry, assisting with the cleaning and preparations for inspections and visits.
Person specification
This is a small team and so the successful candidate must be a great team player.
Essential:
- City & Guilds 2 or 3, NVQ equivalent in Carpentry or time served trades person.
To be achieved within 6 months of starting:
- Human Factors – with 2 yearly refreshers.
- Basic Fire Awareness – MOD Mandate with annual refresher.
- Display Screen Equipment - MOD Mandate with 2 yearly refreshers.
- Equality and Diversity Essentials - MOD Mandate with 3 yearly refreshers.
- Unconscious Bias - MOD Mandate with 3 yearly refreshers.
- Health & Safety - MOD Mandate with refresher as determined by Sqn Management.
- General Security Threat Brief - MOD Mandate with annual refresher.
- Defence Information Management Passport - MOD Mandate with 3 yearly refreshers.
- Pedestrian Operated Forklift Truck.
Desirable:
- IT: MS Office Suite with emphasis on MS Word, MS Excel, SharePoint.
- Working knowledge of STARS.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
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Using Success Profiles, we will assess you against Behaviours & Experience. Examples of Behaviours given in the STAR format would make your application stand out during a sift. Help regarding this is available in the information provided in CS Jobs.
Please note, you will also be asked to demonstrate a practical carpentry task, so come dressed appropriately. Overalls (ideal) and safety footwear (mandatory). Any further PPE will be supplied where necessary.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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