Navy Command - Electrical Fitter

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy’s readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the authority responsible for generating the Royal Navy’s operational capability, Director Force Generation ensures ships, submarines, aviation, commando forces, supporting elements achieve the required levels of readiness. By balancing capability, risk, and operational demand, the directorate provides assured force output and acts as the Fleet’s scheduling authority, ensuring the Royal Navy can deliver whenever and wherever required.

You will be based at RNAS Culdrose, a front-line Air Station delivering Squadrons and personnel for operations worldwide. Working in the SMEO department, which provides engineering support to RNAS Culdrose and associated ships. As an electrical fitter, you’ll be working on ground power support units (GPSUs) and hydraulic rigs along with associated aircraft support equipment to keep the Royal Navy flying.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

As an Electrical Fitter, you will be responsible for a range of duties including:

• Carrying out the maintenance, testing, installation and repair of Air Support Equipment (ASE) in accordance with relevant Digital Air Publications and completing the relevant documentation.
• Prioritising ships flight equipment due to fast turnaround requirements.
• Maintenance, testing and repair of Functional Machinery (FM), IAW current regulations to ensure compliance with Military Air Authority regulations.
• Installing/derigging temporary electrical supplies for local events such as STEM days and fireworks nights.
• Delivering instruction regarding maintenance and fault rectification of ASE to Naval personnel booked onto a maintenance course after a suitable length of time in the position.
• Conducting occasional audits and ensuring the department is complying with current regulations.
• Driving and logistics around the establishment, including forklift where authorised.
• Maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

The list above is not exhaustive, and there will be some additional tasks held within some of the points above in line with the grade identified.

This role will initially require the post holder to undertake a period of on-the-job training and full support will be provided. You will become familiar with systems and procedures and build competence in specific aspects of the role and environment.

In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver.

Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.

NVQ Level 3 as a minimum in either Electrical Installation or Electrical Maintenance / or equivalent qualifications

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)

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

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

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

At Sift, you will be assessed against your CV, and the following Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing The Bigger Picture
• Working Together

In the event of a high volume of applications, an initial sift will be based on the lead behaviour Making Effective Decisions. Where the required standard for this behaviour is met, you will continue to be sifted on the remaining behaviours and CV, otherwise your application will be rejected.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing The Bigger Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating And Influencing

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.

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. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.