Senior Station Technician - Baltimore Salary €47,575 to €55,970 (dependent on experience) Contract type Permanent Hours Full Time Location Baltimore, Co Cork, Ireland Location description This role is based at Baltimore Lifeboat Station.
Closing Date ********** Reference ***** Documents (please view all documents) (PDF, ******kb) (PDF, ******kb) (PDF, *******kb) About us Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea.
24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
There is an exciting opportunity at Batimore Lifeboat Station for a Senior Station Technician to join the team.
This role would be suitable for someone whose resilience, leadership, and management skills are just as strong as their ability to keep Baltimore's Lifeboat in perfect operational order.
The role of Senior Station Technician is focused for those individuals with an NVQ L4/ Republic of Ireland NFQ Level 5, in an engineering discipline or time served engineering apprenticeship or sound background and experience in mechanical electrical or electronic engineering.
If you do not hold the experience to be appointed a Senior Station Technician, you may be considered for an offer as a Station Technician role in lieu, if successful.
Some of the benefits Senior Station Technician - €47,575 to €55,970 (dependent on experience) Station Technician - €35,810 to €42,129 (dependent on experience) 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays Competitive pension scheme Life assurance Health cash plan option Your role As a Senior Station Technician, most of your time will be utilised ensuring that the Tamar class ALB and it's equipment work to the highest order, ensuring that the Lifeboat Station is well managed, and assist training volunteer crew members - so that when an emergency shout does occur, you, your crew and your lifeboat will be absolutely prepared.
You will not be the sole individual responsible for the lifeboat and its equipment.
Our existing mechanic volunteers are there to support you, your training and maintenance activity.
The wider lifeboat staff and volunteers will be there to welcome and support you in all other aspects of the role.
Your role will include: Inspiring and motivating your team; managing their progress by leading them on seagoing exercises, conducting shore-based training, identifying ways they can improve and imparting your valuable knowledge Meeting and talking to the general public about your station's work Taking a lead on Quality, Safety, Health, and Environment issues, helping to develop a positive culture within the station Spending time in the day to day running of the Lifeboat Station; this may be in the form of answering e-mails, ensuring maintenance records are maintained or updating the station's monthly assurance report.
About you You'll have the ability to build effective relationships with volunteers at the lifeboat station, the supporters locally and RNLI staff beyond, while acting as an ambassador for the station and the RNLI within the community.
To be considered for the role of Senior Station Technician at Baltimore Lifeboat Station you will need: You will have completed a time served mechanical apprenticeship, or degree in mechanical, electrical and/or electronic engineering; Republic of Ireland NFQ Level 5, England, Wales