The role
Looking to kick‑start your engineering career in a role that makes a real difference to people and the environment? This is an exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Engineering team in North East Wales, where you will support the delivery of flood risk maintenance and capital improvement projects that protect communities and enhance the natural environment.
This role is ideally suited to those at the beginning of their engineering journey. It offers hands‑on experience across a wide range of activities, including asset management, health and safety planning, GIS mapping, and emergency response. You will work alongside experienced professionals who will support your development, with clear opportunities to progress into more senior engineering roles as your skills and experience grow.
You’ll be part of a supportive and collaborative team, working both in the office and out in the field. The role sits within our Operations Directorate and reports to the Team Leader. Your base location is flexible within the region, and you’ll work closely with colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders to help protect communities from flooding and enhance the natural environment
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within North East Wales and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any fieldwork, meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Craig Davies at Craig.Davies@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
This opportunity will be offered as a Fixed Term Appointment until 31 October 2027
Interviews will be face to face (details of time and location will be shared in advance)
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
- Contribute to and monitor the delivery and planning of the flood defence maintenance programme, including individual projects.
- Undertake utility searches and gather other technical, environmental and H&S information for individual works and input into the risk management planning of the work.
- Provide financial and technical data, including estimating, to enable accurate costing to ensure efficient and effective delivery of works to meet cost, quality, and deadlines.
- Assist in the support of contract management and the undertaking of active monitoring to deliver the flood risk maintenance programme.
- Effective use of GIS systems to produce critical documents, used in the delivery of FRM maintenance and projects.
- Procuring goods and services, adhering to framework agreements and following processes and procedures.
- Liaise with stakeholders including; local authorities, land owners, environmental groups etc.
Assist with the development of flood incident response plans.
- Independently undertake site surveys assessing asset maintenance and flood scheme improvement projects.
- 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.
- Required to take part in incident response activities.
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.
- Qualifications; HND/HNC in Civil Engineering or equivalent is desirable with a minimum advanced level (A levels or equivalent) and related experience.
- Knowledge of H&S best practice with experience of actively promoting awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices to comply with NRW policy and standards.
- Experience of cross-team working and stakeholder engagement to establish partnerships in the delivery of NRW flood risk objectives.
- Good ICT, organisational and records management skills.
- Full UK driving licence.
Welsh Language level requirements
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level
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.
Unless otherwise stated in the ‘Role’ section of this advert, Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Although we hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship licence, it applies only to specific roles that meet both the eligibility criteria and salary requirements set out by the UK Government under the Skilled Worker visa route.
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.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.