Mechanic / Coxswain - Hoylake

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Mechanic / Coxswain - Hoylake

Wirral, Cheshire

From £30,671 DOE Plus Benefits including: Pension, 26 Days’ Holiday (rising with service) + Bank Holidays, Employee Recognition Scheme, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Schemes, Sports & Social Clubs, Season Ticket Loans, & Many More

Our client is the charity that saves lives at sea. A vacancy has arisen for a full time Mechanic / Coxswain at Hoylake Lifeboat Station.

The charity’s full time Mechanics / Coxswains contribute to the operational effectiveness of the lifeboat station through the operation, maintenance and repair of the lifeboats and their associated machinery and equipment.

You will need excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with volunteers at the lifeboat station, the supporters locally and staff beyond.

You will work closely alongside the full time station Coxswain, and play an important and active part in the training and assessment of volunteer crewmembers to our client’s competence standards. Inspiring their motivation and progress, you’ll take them on seagoing exercises, identifying ways they can improve and imparting your valuable knowledge - so that when an emergency shout does occur, you, your crew and your lifeboat will be absolutely prepared.

To be considered, you will need:

- Extensive maritime experience and the ability to command lead a crew and safely operate/handle vessels up to 20 metres in length

- Experience of maintaining and operating high speed marine diesel engines and their ancillary systems

- Operational leadership skills

- Knowledge of SAR operations

- An RYA Yachtmaster Offshore (Power) qualification or equivalent

- A marine and/or mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent to NVQ level 3 standard

As well as being required to live in close proximity to the lifeboat station in order to meet callout response criteria, this seagoing appointment is subject to satisfying medical and eyesight requirements, and has associated conditions of service.

Successful candidates will be expected to fully complete a Coxswain plan to help provide flexibility in working and improve cover within the region. There is an expectation that the Hoylake candidate will be required to support flanking stations, specifically with Planned Maintenance over a defined period.

Ideally, you’ll have an RNLI COBT for ALB Coxswain and Command of the lifeboat operational pass out / RNLI COBT for ALB Mechanic and Command of machinery operational pass out, but this isn’t essential.

The closing date for applications is the 22nd July 2018, with interviews scheduled to be held on the 1st and 2nd August 2018.

Our client’s staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. They respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within their teams, and consider it essential to help deliver a world-class lifesaving service. They are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, our client also looks for applicants who share their commitment to living their values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping work towards their goal of halving drowning in the UK and Ireland by 2024. This involves a growing commitment to preventative action, using expertise to work in partnership with communities locally, nationally and internationally to prevent drowning.

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