About the job

Job summary

The DSEME mission is to train and educate electronic, mechanical and specialist tradesmen, technical leaders and engineering managers to meet the requirements of Defence and needs of trainees now and into the future.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

 

Job description

The BSU (Base Support Unit) Equipment Operations Officer (EOO) is to act as the establishment Defence Transport Manager in controlling and co-ordinating the resources, vehicles, equipment and manage any infrastructure required to provide all Motor Transport functions to MOD Lyneham.  They will also as the MOD Lyneham Road Safety Advisor, Unit Collision Procedures Manager and Driving Permit Officer.  The EOO will advise and support all occupants of MOD Lyneham on all transport matters/issues.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have experience as follows:

Essential

Previous Motor Transport (MT), fleet management, logistics or heavy haulage industry experience. 

Full UK driving licence

Desirable

Previous employment as an Equipment Operations Officer or Defence Transport Manager (DTM).  

Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driving licence

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates are to apply on line.  Sift and interviews will take place week commencing 29 April 24.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.  

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours: -  

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours: - 

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

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. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk . 

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.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.