Integrated Engineering Team Leader

Team / Directorate: Integrated Engineering South West / Operations

Starting salary:  £45,367 rising to £50,877 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent 

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Post number: 200666

The role

This is an exciting leadership opportunity to head up our South West Integrated Engineering Team—delivering sustainable, legally compliant asset management on flood risk and forestry infrastructure across the region.

As Team Leader, you’ll lead a skilled team of engineers to plan, manage and deliver work programmes that protect people, enhance resilience, and support our Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) approach. You'll set clear tactical plans aligned to our strategic goals—ensuring efficient, impactful delivery.

You’ll work closely with internal colleagues and national partners including Welsh Government, Local Authorities, industry bodies, and community groups—representing NRW on key matters and helping to shape collaborative solutions to complex challenges.
With a team of 12 engineers under your leadership and peers across Wales, you’ll play a vital role in building capacity, consistency and innovation across our asset management work.
The role includes participation in our incident response rota as Flood Incident Duty Officer or Assistant Duty Officer (dependent on experience), with standby cover approximately every six to nine weeks, and availability to support major events as needed.

If you're ready to lead with purpose and apply your engineering expertise to help protect communities and the environment—we’d love to hear from you.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Lester Fulcher at
Lester.fulcher@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. 

 

What you will do

• Be responsible for the performance management of a large, complex engineering team.
• Provide effective leadership on health and safety matters to ensure compliance with all applicable legislation, policy and standards.
• Use engineering judgment to deliver a prioritised work programme to time, cost and quality for delivery of tasks on NRW FRM assets and managed land.
• Deliver a programme for the inspection of flood risk assets and NRW assets and managed land.
• Act as an "expert" on complex scientific, technical and engineering matters.
• Ensure all high-risk assets remain operational by routine maintenance.
• Provide plans and systems of work so that our Flood risk management assets and equipment can be operated both safely and effectively.
• Deliver essential engineering and project support in order for the Annual Asset maintenance/improvement works programme to be delivered.
• Ensure all activities are completed on time, cost and to quality targets.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development  through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent in an engineering or related subject (Essential) or substantial experience in a related subject.

2. Member of or working towards membership of a relevant professional body such as institute of Civil Engineers or CIWEM

3. Have obtained (or be able to work towards) relevant health and safety qualifications. (IOSH, NEBOSH

4. It is essential that candidates have a thorough understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 particularly with regard to the Designer Responsibilities.

5. Programme Management experience.

6. Must be able to motivate and establish a positive culture of continuous improvement.

7. Undertake a standby role for flood warning or incident management, representing NRW at Tactical or Strategic Co-ordination group as appropriate.

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: Level A1 – Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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