Are you looking to use your engineering skills for the public good?
Public Practice is looking to recruit talented, motivated and experienced mechanical engineers who want to gain experience working in the public sector.
We are looking for professionals across England to join our Associate Programme.
The Associate Programme involves completing a competitive application process.
When you apply to this advert, you're applying to the Associate Programme rather than a single role at a local authority.
Successful candidates (known as Associates) will secure a 12-month minimum employment contract, in a forward-thinking public sector organisation in England, with salaries ranging from £30,000 - £55,000.
As an Associate, you will spend most of your time in your public sector job, but you will also benefit from a unique 10-day Learning & Development Course provided by Public Practice.
During this course, you will join a cohort of interdisciplinary placemakers who are also transitioning into careers within the public sector.
YOUR JOB ROLE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Depending on your specialism, engineers in the public sector use their technical and construction skills and knowledge to manage large infrastructure or construction projects, or retrofitting and energy management strategies.
Engineering can include building, mechanical, structural or civil engineering backgrounds.
Roles within Authorities vary, but as an Engineer, your role might include: Delivering complex projects within infrastructure, property development, transport and utilities.
Carry out feasibility studies and site investigations, undertake complex calculations and set up project specifications.
Reviewing and providing input to local plan policies and guidance for sustainable construction and energy efficiency Project managing the delivery of carbon-reduction projects such as retrofitting, including thermal fabric strategies or the installation of new heat networks.
Acting as a specialist point of contact and presenting technical information to decision-makers and at inquiries, briefing Members and colleagues about sustainability or infrastructure decisions.
For more information about roles that Engineers can take on in the public sector, visit the disciplines section of our website: https://www.publicpractice.org.uk/disciplines/engineering WHO YOU ARE We want our cohorts to be diverse in terms of skills, experience, and backgrounds and actively encourage applications from all sections of society, be it age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, neurodiversity or disability.
We require applicants to have a minimum of three years of relevant professional working experience within the built environment so that they can hit the ground running from the start.
There is no upper limit.
To be eligible to apply to the programme, all Associates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
We are not able to sponsor visas.
Applicants must be willing to consider a full-time equivalent salary of £30,000 – £55,000, depending on the grade of the role and your experience.
WHY APPLY TO THE PROGRAMME WORK FOR A FORWARD-THINKING AUTHORITY: We only work with ambitious organisations.
Every placement is carefully selected and shaped by Public Practice.
JOIN A COHORT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY PLACEMAKERS: You will be part of a diverse cohort of highly skilled practitioners with different backgrounds, experiences and disciplines.
LEARN ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKS: The Learning and Development Course introduces you to the formal processes and protocols of working in the public sector, as well as the informal tactics and techniques you'll need to navigate the system.
BUILD YOUR NETWORK: Whether through learning sessions, or our programme of events, including our annual Community Forum and our Community Field Trips, we will draw on our network to introduce you to people, organisations and ideas that can support your practice.
WHO WE ARE Public Practice is a social enterprise that aims to help built environment practitioners transition and flourish in public sector placemaking careers.
We believe that: the built environment is where the symptoms and solutions to society's most complex challenges are played out.
the public sector is where an impactful change to the built environment can truly be made.
an interdisciplinary placemaking approach, with a diversity of thought, experience and skills required to deliver that change.
LOCATION We recruit Associates to jobs in Authorities across all regions of England.
Opportunities to work from home have increased, but there is generally an expectation that Associates are present at their Authorities' offices on a weekly basis (around two days per week).
You will also need to be able to attend a number of in-person courses and field trip days throughout the first 12-months in your role.
HOW TO APPLY The first stage of the application process is completing an online form where applicants are assessed anonymously based on their answers to three questions.
The deadline for applications is 10 am on 6th January.
Those successful at the online stage will be invited to book into two online assessments between 23rd January and 4th February We strongly recommend you read our take our Eligibility Quiz or attend an information session for further information on our programme before applying through our online form that can be found on our website: https://www.publicpractice.org.uk/become-an-associate ACCESSIBILITY Public Practice is committed to creating equal access to our recruitment process for all, if for any accessibility reasons you would prefer to submit your application in an alternative format, please email infopublicpractice.org.uk or call 020 3858 7447 to discuss your requirements.